“…Essentially, there are four main QT categories: quantum communication, quantum computing, quantum metrology and sensing (Thew, 2019 ). Most significantly, these QT fields have become a key enabler of several emerging technologies, with applications in sports (Torgler, 2020 ), biology (Marais et al, 2018 ), chemistry (Lanyon et al, 2010 ; Deglmann et al, 2015 ), nuclear physics (Carlson et al, 2015 , 2018 ), chemical engineering (Ajagekar and You, 2022 ), business and finance (Orús et al, 2019 ; Aljaafari, 2023 ), education (Fox et al, 2020 ), healthcare (Ur Rasool et al, 2023 ), agriculture (Wang and Blagrave, 2021 ), cybersecurity and defense (Krelina, 2021 ) and, surprisingly, the social sciences and humanities, for instance, psychology (Busemeyer and Wang, 2015 ). Therefore, this broad influence of QT signals that, in addition to being a fundamental technological enabler that could impact every sector (Jaeger, 2018 ), it has significant potential to revolutionize how countries conduct international relations and science diplomacy.…”