Trends of Digital Transformation Based on the UN, EU, and NATO Experiences

Digital technologies have profoundly affected various aspects of people’s lives from the economy to healthcare. Governments have struggled to implement norms that enable digital innovation while protecting consumers, users, and democratic institutions.1 In 2016, World Economic Forum Founder and Executive Chairman Klaus Schwab used the title of his book, e Fourth Industrial Revolution, as the umbrella term describing the process of how technology has come to impact all aspects of society. Artificial intelligence (AI), fifth-generation mobile networks (5G), threedimensional (3D) printing, cloud computing, robotics, unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs), augmented reality, the Internet of ings (IoT), genomics, biometrics, and blockchain are commonly included in the list of presentday emerging technologies anticipated to assist human societies to overcome global challenges.