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Governing AI Agents Globally: The Role of International Law, Norms and Accountability Mechanisms

Stakeholders must creatively leverage existing legal and normative tools to ensure AI agents serve humanity — not destabilize it.
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Embedded Human Judgment in the Age of Autonomous Weapons

A new framework for autonomous weapons shows that real control depends on embedded human judgment across design, command, and operation.
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Trading Sovereignty for Scale? The Costs of the U.S.–U.K. Tech Prosperity Deal

In its Tech Prosperity Deal with the US, the United Kingdom may be trading its sovereignty for dependence on American tech firms.
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Export Controls and U.S. Trade Policy: Making Sense of the New Terrain

The Trump administration's use of export controls as leverage in trade diplomacy creates risks for key U.S. national security interests.
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AI’s Hidden National Security Cost

Generative AI is being integrated across the federal workplace, but efficiency gains risk weakening national security professionals’ critical thinking and judgment.
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The Just Security Podcast: Sen. Elissa Slotkin on a New Vision for American National Security

The Senator joins Tess Bridgeman and Ryan Goodman for a wide-ranging discussion on the future of national security and foreign policy.
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Just Security’s Artificial Intelligence Archive

Just Security's collection of articles analyzing the implications of AI for society, democracy, human rights, and warfare.
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A Strategic Bet to Advance America’s Quantum Leadership

By prioritizing quantum sensors, the Trump administration can catalyze defense breakthroughs and secure the U.S. lead in the quantum era.
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Dueling Strategies for Global AI Leadership? What the U.S. and China Action Plans Reveal

The U.S.-China AI rivalry raises urgent questions for global stability, intensifying fragmentation, chip chokepoints and global AI governance.
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Selling AI Chips Won’t Keep China Hooked on U.S. Technology

Selling American chips alone will not create a lasting “addiction,” but it will provide China with the building blocks for AI competitiveness.
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Quantum Supply Chains: A Test Case for a New Economic World Order

Quantum is a test case of a new economic paradigm, in which technological leadership — not market size alone — determines success.
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The AI Action Plans: How Similar are the U.S. and Chinese Playbooks?

Despite different rhetoric, Washington's & Beijing's AI Action Plans converge on the need to advance AI adoption, expand diffusion, & manage risks.
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