Artificial Intelligence

Opinion – AI Nationalism and the Multipolar Future

Nicholas Morieson • Oct 7 2025 • Articles

The race for AI supremacy is about legitimacy, identity, and the authority to decide which values will be embedded in infrastructures that increasingly govern human life.

The Algorithm is the Musket

Ali E. Erol • Oct 6 2025 • Articles

Today, wars are algorithmically targeted, fought at state borders and within cities, and financed by the dispossession of the very people the state claims to protect.

Interview – Arshin Adib-Moghaddam

E-International Relations • Sep 4 2025 • Features

Arshin Adib-Moghaddam calls for globally rooted, justice-driven AI ethics to resist algorithmic bias and reclaim human agency in an increasingly coded world.

Opinion – Intersectionality, Artificial Intelligence and International Relations

Tusharika Deka • Jul 30 2025 • Articles

AI is political and its future will be shaped by who participates and who ‘gets’ to participate in the conversation.

Tech Imperialism Reloaded: AI, Colonial Legacies, and the Global South

Salvador Santino Regilme • Feb 17 2025 • Articles

A future where AI is truly ethical, sustainable, and just is possible – only if we demand it.

Opinion – The Concept of Soft Power and AI

Daniele Carminati • Oct 19 2024 • Articles

AI’s understanding of soft power shows insightful and concerning developments at once.

Automated Genocide

Jingwen Wu and Matthew Penn • Jul 4 2024 • Articles

Automated genocide is a product of the intelligence revolution, and it is the result of the failure of both international and domestic legal frameworks to regulate and curb the misuse of these emerging technologies.

Interview – Swati Srivastava

E-International Relations • Jun 18 2024 • Features

Swati Srivastava discusses the concept of hybrid sovereignty, the power of Big Tech, and the use and regulation of artificial intelligence by governing bodies.

Review – The Language of Deception

Abdul Samad • Mar 5 2024 • Features

Justin Hutchens explores the potential for artificial intelligence to be used for malicious ends, but focusses purely on the risks while ignoring the possible benefits.

Review – Artificial Intelligence and International Relations Theories

Amelia C. Arsenault • Oct 24 2023 • Features

Ndzendze and Marwala elucidate the impact of artificial intelligence on international relations theories, but fail to delve into AI’s unique features at key points.

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