AI & Emerging Technology
Just Security’s expert authors offer strategic analysis on AI, cyber, quantum and other emerging technologies, including the national security implications of AI, global governance frameworks, the evolving cyber risk landscape, and how technology use cases comport with legal and ethical considerations.
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AI Needs Accountability. We Can’t Rely on Companies and Governments Alone.
In a functioning democracy, citizens don’t fear who is in power because rules, not rulers, hold sway. The same principle should govern the future of AI.
Will the Next U.N. Counterterrorism Strategy Hold States Accountable For Their Use of AI?
The 9th U.N. Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy should insist that AI-enabled counterterrorism policies and practices demonstrably comply with international law.
Beware the AI Preemption Trap
The White House's National AI Policy Framework asks Congress to shut down the only governments that are regulating AI, in exchange for a federal regime that would not.
Ban Pay-to-Play National Security Approvals
Congress must ban demands for payment to the government for national-security related approvals and prohibit companies from making these payments.
How Iran, Anthropic-DoD Dispute Show the Need for Protective AI
The Iran War and the public rupture between DoD and Anthropic point to a fundamental imbalance in current military AI.
Interface Design as a Condition of Remedy in Meta’s Platform Governance
The case of Meta's platforms in India reminds us that in digital governance, rights are not only written into policy, but must be written into design.
The Trump Administration Has a Cyber Strategy. Does It Have a Plan?
The real test will be whether clearer policy guidance, legal authorities, and institutional structures follow the Trump administration's Cyber Strategy for America.
When AI Runs the Operations: Autonomous Agents and the Future of Cyber Competition
Stakeholders have a narrowing window to shape what comes next with highly autonomous cyber-capable AI agents—before capabilities increase further and incentives harden.
Iranian Attacks on the Amazon Data Centers: A Legal Analysis
Do data centers qualify as lawful military objectives? If so, under what circumstances are they subject to attack? And what precautions must be taken before targeting them?
AI is the New Plastics. Can We Govern it Better?
Like plastic, AI is permeating every corner of life. But there is still time to manage AI better than we did with synthetics.
Grok Showed the World What Ungoverned AI Looks Like
As the Grok case demonstrated, AI harms will continue to unfold without trusted channels between governments, industry and civil society.
Technology and the ICRC’s GC IV 2025 Commentary
Surveys how the 2025 ICRC GC IV Commentary integrates technology into its analysis of specific rules, while raising concerns about its treatment of data as property.