Political instability

Mitigation strategy

1. Implement stringent, rights-based governance and export controls on dual-use digital technologies (e.g., AI surveillance systems and commercial spyware) to prevent their deployment by state or non-state actors in ways that suppress dissent, erode civic space, or facilitate political repression. 2. Foster directed innovation and strategic investment in domestic or geopolitically stable technological capabilities (e.g., R\&D, reshoring/nearshoring) to reduce reliance on single-country supply chains, thereby insulating critical systems from foreign political shocks and trade-related instability. 3. Integrate systematic geopolitical risk analysis and technology impact assessments into enterprise risk management frameworks, utilizing stress-testing and scenario planning to anticipate and model the effects of policy divergence and technology-fueled political unrest on long-term strategic objectives.