Asia Policy Program Director Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens recently co-hosted a discussion on artificial intelligence and its implications for military decision-making and strategic stability for the Texas National Security Review. The Texas National Security Review is a joint venture between the Strauss Center for International Security and Law and the Clements Center for National Security. Dr. Greitens interview with Michael Horowitz, the Former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Force Development and Emerging Capabilities, highlights many of the concerns and questions regarding the military’s use of AI. The interview touched on misconceptions about AI, the risks of automation bias, and the concerns regarding involvement of AI nuclear security and decisionmaking.
“Several states have emphasized keeping humans in the loop for nuclear decision making… How meaningful are these commitments?” asks Dr. Greitens. “Is this a credible temporary assurance or is this temporary and tactical? Because it’s really hard to verify any use of AI in nuclear command and control.”
In partnership with UT Austin’s Asia Policy Program (APP), the Intelligence Studies Project’s (ISP) Tearline team published a report on Chinese construction of police training infrastructure in at least four countries — Nepal, Costa Rica, Samoa, and Uzbekistan — over the past 12 years. Construction of a police training facility is usually part of a wider, latticed outreach effort by...
Rana Siu Inboden, a Strauss Center Senior Fellow, co-authored an article with Anouk Wear in the Jamestown Foundation's China Brief Notes titled "'We're Coming For You': PRC Influence in UN Rights Bodies." The article examines how the PRC is placing its nationals on UN human rights bodies and directing funding toward mandates that align with its views. "Beijing is seeking greater influence in the...
Asia Policy Program Director Dr. Sheena Chestnut Greitens recently co-authored a paper for The Carnegie Endowment of International Peace examining how China’s Ministry of Public Security (MPS) has transformed into a major global security actor. Since 2006, China has signed at least 205 police and security cooperation agreements with over seventy-four countries. Utilizing a new dataset of 170 bilateral and...