Thread by @Cinzia_Bianco

A thread on imagining impacts of the #Metaverse on “my” world. How will the job of a #geopolitics analyst be different? How will this new platform change international relations in general and the #Gulf in particular? Feel free to add your take, it’s simply thinking out loud.
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First, meetings & events. #Zoom events are here to stay, alongside in-person ones. But a digital event on #Metaverse could be so much better and closer to a real-life experience, enhanced by instant access to resources 2/

Then, outputs. Will it make sense to write papers when you can produce an interactive output combining texts, recordings, images/videos in the form of a meta-research on #geopolitics on #Metaverse? 3/

Analysis will look different. I believe experts will become chiefly content-creators for #scenario-s on #Metaverse. Why analyze #geopolitical reality in words when you can re-create an enhanced #meta version? Stakeholders will want #simulation-s of the past, present, future 4/

Finally, quick thoughts on how #Metaverse will impact international relations. If our world become even more #energy-intensive, will energy producers, such as in the #Gulf, gain relevance? I think with #metaverse energy consumption will skyrocket! 5/

#Metaverse provides opportunity to re-imagine #political and #economic realities in infinite ways. This could put into questions existing assumptions and structures in the relations among states. 6/

First-mover states on #metaverse, ie those who are now into very advanced #tech, will incur higher risks of unknown impacts on their politics, society & economy. But they could also be rule-setters, as #metaverse interactions (among people & states) will have to be regulated 7/

It’s a very sci-fi conversation today but I believe #Metaverse is coming and will disrupt “our” world of #geopolitics analysts even more than social media did! 8/8