PUBLISHING SEPTEMBER 3, 2026
FOREIGN
POLICY AT THE
AI FRONTIER
Artificial intelligence has arrived like a tsunami - reshaping diplomacy, redistributing power, and testing the very prospects for peace. But every tsunami also reveals a new frontier: uncharted territory where the rules of statecraft have yet to be written. Foreign Policy at the AI Frontier is the essential guide for diplomats, policymakers, technologists, students, and engaged citizens ready to shape - not merely inherit - an AI-transformed world.
How AI is Reshaping
ABOUT THE BOOK
How will artificial intelligence reshape the future of foreign policy?
What happens when an AI becomes a government minister? When political parties run AI candidates for office? When tech companies wield the influence of nation-states, and a new profession — the tech diplomat — emerges to negotiate with them? When satellites witness war crimes and algorithms mediate peace?
Foreign Policy at the AI Frontier is the first comprehensive guide to these transformations. Organized around three themes — Progress, Power, and Peace — it takes readers from the history of diplomatic technology, through the AI arms race from Sputnik to DeepSeek, to the frontiers of agentic diplomacy and automated democracy. It examines lethal autonomous weapons, the collision of AI with nuclear risk, the "sovereign AI" paradox, and the Global South's growing role in shaping AI's future.
Blending case studies with ethical reflection, it equips readers to act where two frontiers meet — the technological and the diplomatic.
This is not a book about tomorrow;
it's about preparing for tomorrow by understanding the choices we make today.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Branka Panic
Branka Panic is the Founding Director of AI for Peace, a global think tank ensuring that AI benefits peace, security, and sustainable development. She works at the intersection of technology, policy and peacebuilding to help leaders navigate an AI-transformed world.
Founder & director,
AI for Peace
Expert in AI, foreign policy, and peacebuilding
Speaker, advisor and published author
Advocate for ethical and responsible AI
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