The rapid evolution of digital technologies, including artificial intelligence, big data, cyber capabilities, and digital platforms, is fundamentally reshaping the architecture of national security while creating new opportunities and vulnerabilities for democratic governance. States increasingly face complex and interconnected threats that transcend traditional security domains, requiring innovative institutional arrangements, adaptive governance, and effective cooperation among public authorities, private actors, and civil society.
This Panel invites theoretical, comparative, and empirical contributions that examine how national security frameworks are evolving in response to digital transformation and how democratic resilience can be strengthened without compromising fundamental rights, accountability, and the rule of law. Particular attention will be given to issues such as cybersecurity, information integrity, foreign interference, election security, critical infrastructure protection, digital sovereignty, AI governance, hybrid threats, resilience strategies, and the role of international and regional organizations.
The panel welcomes interdisciplinary perspectives from political science and related fields, including public policy, international relations, security studies, law, and digital governance. By bringing together scholars from diverse methodological and geographical backgrounds, the panel aims to foster dialogue on emerging challenges, identify best practices, and advance theoretical and policy debates on building resilient democratic institutions capable of responding effectively to the security demands of the digital age.
