Rethinking Strategy and Statecraft for the Age of 4IR: Implications for Higher Education

This chapter1 recognises that the age of the 4IR (Fourth Industrial Revolution) will transform the context and alter the conduct of statecraft and strategy around the world. Accordingly, we offer a set of forward-looking ideas and observations about how this may evolve, with a focus on new thinking about the looming emergence of the ‘noosphere’ and ‘noopolitik’ – concepts we will clarify below. We then identify some prospective implications for HE (higher education) in regard to future coursework and curricula for educating professionals about grand strategy in the age of the 4IR.