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The Uses and Abuses of Weaponized Interdependence
How globalized information networks can be used for strategic advantage Until recently, globalization was viewed, on balance, as an inherently good thing that would benefit people and societies nearly everywhere.
Now there is growing concern that some countries will use their position in globalized networks to gain undue influence over other societies through their dominance of information and financial networks, a concept known as “weaponized interdependence.” In exploring the conditions under which China, Russia, and the United States might be expected to weaponize control of information and manipulate the global economy, the contributors to this volume challenge scholars and practitioners to think differently about foreign economic policy, national security, and statecraft for the twenty-first century. The book addresses such questions What areas of the global economy are most vulnerable to unilateral control of information
and financial networks? How sustainable is the use of weaponized interdependence? What are the possible responses from targeted actors? And how sustainable is the open global economy if weaponized interdependence becomes a default tool for managing international relations?
Now there is growing concern that some countries will use their position in globalized networks to gain undue influence over other societies through their dominance of information and financial networks, a concept known as “weaponized interdependence.” In exploring the conditions under which China, Russia, and the United States might be expected to weaponize control of information and manipulate the global economy, the contributors to this volume challenge scholars and practitioners to think differently about foreign economic policy, national security, and statecraft for the twenty-first century. The book addresses such questions What areas of the global economy are most vulnerable to unilateral control of information
and financial networks? How sustainable is the use of weaponized interdependence? What are the possible responses from targeted actors? And how sustainable is the open global economy if weaponized interdependence becomes a default tool for managing international relations?
417 pages, Kindle Edition
Published March 2, 2021
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September 28, 2025
19年的一篇文章可以在短时间内让这么多学者在这么多不同sector写出一本书足以见得理论本身对于现象高度浓缩的魅力。WI这一个概念联络起来了IPE和安全研究两个大话题，同时将网络分析的重要性再次引入了IR当中，挑战了传统双边关系（其实也包括多边关系）这使得WI的对话层次不同于realist和 capitalist peace理论家。
关于WI和asymmetric interdependence的讨论很有意思，这似乎是现阶段美国和中国最大的差距。指出不同sector的不同可能会对WI出现造成的影响的分析也很有意思（网络外部性、中心国家意识没意识到可以使用WI、非国家进入网络等）
和地理关系的讨论值得关注，网络结构的地理不同于物理地理，他拓扑学的性质使得以往的发展史和国家制度能力都会直接影响网络结构地理的性质。如何动态地分析WI？如何解释不同网络间的相互作用？如何解释commercial logic和security concern之间的平衡？这是未来研究值得关注的重要问题。
关于WI和asymmetric interdependence的讨论很有意思，这似乎是现阶段美国和中国最大的差距。指出不同sector的不同可能会对WI出现造成的影响的分析也很有意思（网络外部性、中心国家意识没意识到可以使用WI、非国家进入网络等）
和地理关系的讨论值得关注，网络结构的地理不同于物理地理，他拓扑学的性质使得以往的发展史和国家制度能力都会直接影响网络结构地理的性质。如何动态地分析WI？如何解释不同网络间的相互作用？如何解释commercial logic和security concern之间的平衡？这是未来研究值得关注的重要问题。
July 19, 2023
This is a graduate level studies book. It is very dense and very heavy. I learned a lot. It is maybe the only meaningful book on the entire subject area. If there is another book on this subject matter, it’d be hard to be imagine it could be better. I definitely recommend reading it. It’s brilliant
July 18, 2022
Really good book.
March 24, 2025
Friggin’ scary…like the fable of the frog giving a ride across the stream to the scorpion…can’t help but feel that Canada is the frog here.
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