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From Diagnosis to Deterrence: The Emerging U.S. Response to Adversarial Distillation
Recent U.S. actions are laying the groundwork for imposing costs on Chinese AI labs engaged in adversarial distillation of frontier models.

Just Security’s Artificial Intelligence Archive
Just Security's collection of 100+ articles analyzing the implications of AI for society, democracy, human rights, and warfare.

The Governance Gap Mythos Exposed—And How to Address It
When the consequences of one corporate decision can compromise the world’s digital infrastructure, industry self-governance is not enough.

NIST Can’t Keep Up. The Whole Digital Ecosystem Will Soon Feel It.
The United States is underinvesting in a key piece of public cyber infrastructure that many depend on to stay secure.

Africa’s AI Strategies Cannot Say No
AI governance in Africa is reproducing extraction dynamics at a continental scale through the guise of development.

Global Governance of Emerging Technologies: Counterterrorism Challenges at the United Nations Security Council
How the UN Security Council governs emerging technologies amid rising terrorist threats, balancing innovation, security, and human rights.

A Feasible Precaution Ignored: AI Targeting Algorithms and the Failure to Recognize Protected Emblems
Ensuring algorithms recognize protected emblems is an achievable first step to protect civilians and prevent future AI-enabled tragedies.

The Case for Imposing Costs on China’s AI Distillation Campaigns
The U.S. government should respond to Chinese AI adversarial distillation attacks with a layered set of established legal authorities.

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.

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.

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.