ALIGN with AI : Advancing Leadership, Integrity and Global Norms with Artificial Intelligence

By influencing diplomacy, security, economic competition, global governance and other aspects of International Relation, the impact of Artificial Intelligence driving global politics is clearly visible. This paper focuses on how AI contributes to changing power dynamics, strengthen diplomatic practices while also raising ethical dilemmas and legal challenges that includes algorithmic biases leading to unfair outcomes and deep fake threats with a potential to spread misinformation, commit fraud and extortion, manipulate public opinion, harm reputation etc. Along with the analysis of global governance the paper also highlights the rise of techno-nationalism and the risk associated with digital colonialism. Further the paper points at key observations of AI strategies of states, illustrating the complexity surrounding adoption of AI. The study concludes with ‘must haves’ for AI governance which are binding international standards, set of ethical standards and lastly multi-stakeholder collaboration that promotes AI technologies for stability, justice and human dignity in ever evolving global order.