AI and IR: Perspectives from the Global South and Muslim World

The AI and International Relations: Perspectives from the Global South and Muslim World conference, in collaboration with the Jack D. Gordon Institute for Public Policy, convenes leading scholars and researchers to examine the political, strategic and ethical dimensions of artificial intelligence in contemporary world affairs. The conference explores how AI reshapes notions of sovereignty, governance and agency- particularly within the Global South and the Muslim world- while considering the broader geopolitical, cultural and technological contexts in which these transformations unfold.

Through interdisciplinary dialogue across international relations, political economy, and technology studies, participants analyze AI as both an instrument of global power and a catalyst for new forms of innovation and governance. The discussions engage critical questions of digital sovereignty, security, and ethical responsibility, emphasizing how technological change redefines power and legitimacy in the international system.

By situating non-Western perspectives within the study of artificial intelligence and global order, the conference underscores the need for rigorous, comparative, and theoretically informed inquiry into the governance of emerging technologies. It advances a deeper understanding of how AI influences the evolving structures of authority, strategy, and decision-making in the twenty-first-century world.

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