Essay | Spring 2026
A Shakeup Is Coming for the Nation-State
For centuries, holding vast territory has been the basis of state security. Drones and AI are about to make it a vulnerability.
Stephen Sims is associate professor of political science at the Rochester Institute of Technology.
In The New Atlantis
Essay | Spring 2026
For centuries, holding vast territory has been the basis of state security. Drones and AI are about to make it a vulnerability.