Issue Watch point: a firm or its owner takes unilateral diplomatic or military action

Summary

This issue is a watch point from the report's story about technology firms challenging state primacy. In the future, a large technology company or its chief executive could decide to take diplomatic or military action unilaterally. The report sees this as cutting both ways. Such firms could become sources of disruption, especially if they put corporate interests ahead of national priorities or international stability. Alternatively, their independence might let them become drivers of collective security and stability. The watch point highlights how much could depend on the choices of private actors outside state control.