Foreign Policy at the AI Frontier: How AI is Reshaping Progress, Power, and Peace (AI for Everything)

This book is a comprehensive guide for foreign policy practitioners navigating the transformative impact of AI on diplomacy and statecraft.It begins by simplifying AI technologies for non-technical readers and tracing historical parallels of how these transformative technologies have reshaped diplomacy. Organized into three themes - Progress, Power, and Peace - it explores AI as a frontier reshaping international affairs.The Progress and Power sections examine AI’s role in geopolitical competition, economic security, and the rise of Big Tech as quasi-sovereign actors, alongside security threats like lethal autonomous systems and AI-driven cyber warfare.The Peace section offers practical insights, showcasing real-world AI applications in diplomacy, peacebuilding, and crisis management.The book also addresses ethical and governance challenges, such as algorithmic bias, the erosion of human control, and the race to regulate AI’s rapid evolution.Concluding with aspirations rather than pred