Artificial Intelligence

The AI race isn’t about who builds the best chatbot—it’s about who converts AI capabilities into real national power. Success depends on a country’s ability to ensure access to AI, foster trust, and govern the technology. While everyone sees AI’s potential, few understand the mechanics.

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About AIxAC

AI across AC (AIxAC) is a coordinated effort of the Atlantic Council’s sixteen programs and centers. We are building the playbook for democratic AI leadership and what it can achieve—through a coherent framework built by our experts on economic policy, defense, energy, global governance, and technology. 

I spoke to an AI ‘God.’ We chatted about the ethical implications of artificial intelligence in the MENA

Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series Feb 10, 2026

AI and the future

What does the next year, decade, and beyond hold for AI? We interviewed the Atlantic Council’s tech experts to learn more about AI’s future, and whether it can help us better understand our own.

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I spoke to an AI ‘God.’ We chatted about the ethical implications of artificial intelligence in the MENA

Dispatches Jan 30, 2026

Dispatch from India: How a low-cost, high-quality consumer model can expand India’s AI adoption

By Srujan Palkar

Applying the idea of India’s “sachet model” of low-cost consumer goods to AI services could accelerate AI adoption in the country.
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I spoke to an AI ‘God.’ We chatted about the ethical implications of artificial intelligence in the MENA

Dispatches Jan 15, 2026

Eight ways AI will shape geopolitics in 2026

By Atlantic Council experts

Experts from the Atlantic Council Technology Programs share their perspectives on what to expect from AI around the globe in the year ahead.
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GeoTech Commission

Geopolitical strategy in an age of artificial intelligence

The Atlantic Council draws on its preeminent technology programs and deep geopolitical expertise to orient its GeoTech Commission on enabling the United States to more effectively shape the global future defined by artificial intelligence.

India’s AI Impact Summit

Atlantic Council at India’s AI Impact Summit

As the international community confronts critical choices on AI governance, the India AI Impact Summit (Feb 19–20) brings global leaders together to drive action. Read the Atlantic Council’s analysis and explore our high-level convenings.

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AI Connect

An initiative that encourages the responsible stewardship of AI technologies in line with the OECD AI Principles and that empowers low and middle-income countries to more effectively participate in the global, multistakeholder conversation on AI policy.

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Public Event Tue, January 20, 2026 • 3:00 pm ET

AI innovation and the talent gap: Competing at the pace of technical change

AI leaders and policy experts explored how nations can build the technical expertise and adaptive institutions needed to govern rapidly advancing AI systems.

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Explore the Programs

The Atlantic Council Technology Programs comprises five existing efforts—the Digital Forensic Research Lab (DFRLab), the GeoTech Center, the Cyber Statecraft Initiative, the Democracy + Tech Initiative, and the Capacity Building Initiative. These operations work together to address the geopolitical implications of technology and provide policymakers and global stakeholders necessary research, insights, and convenings to address challenges around global technology and ensure its responsible advancement.

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MENASource

Aug 9, 2023

I spoke to an AI ‘God.’ We chatted about the ethical implications of artificial intelligence in the MENA

By Sarah Zaaimi

An artificial intelligence "God" is the tip of the iceberg on the ethical implications of AI use in a socially and culturally complex region.

Artificial Intelligence Middle East

Report

May 25, 2022

Eye to eye in AI: Developing artificial intelligence for national security and defense

By Tate Nurkin, Margarita Konaev

As artificial intelligence transforms national security and defense, it is imperative for the Department of Defense, Congress, and the private sector to closely collaborate in order to advance major AI development priorities. However, key barriers remain. As China and Russia develop their own capabilities, the stakes of the military AI competition are high, and time is short.

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Atlantic Council Strategy Paper Series

Dec 10, 2019

A candle in the dark: US national security strategy for artificial intelligence

By Tate Nurkin, Stephen Rodriguez

AI is expected to have a transformational impact on the future of geopolitics, defense, and security. In this fluctuating environment, where the US is engaged in a high-stakes competition with is near-peer adversaries, and AI is enabling paradigm-shifting changes in public and private sector operations, how should the US respond?

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Experts

Staff

Nitansha Bansal

Associate Director

Cyber Statecraft Initiative

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity

Staff

Raul Brens Jr.

Director

GeoTech Center

Artificial Intelligence Digital Policy

Staff

Tess deBlanc-Knowles

Senior Director, Atlantic Council Technology Programs

Digital Forensic Research Lab

Artificial Intelligence National Security

Fellow

Mohamed Elbashir

Nonresident Senior Fellow

GeoTech Center

Arabic Artificial Intelligence

Staff

Coley Felt

Assistant Director

GeoTech Center

Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity

Fellow

Hany Ghanem

Nonresident senior fellow, Project for Middle East Integration

Rafik Hariri Center & Middle East programs

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