Publications📚
Journal articles (peer-reviewed)
Nadibaidze, A. (2024). Technology in the quest for status: The Russian leadership’s artificial intelligence narrative. Journal of International Relations and Development. Link.
Bode, I., Huelss, H., Nadibaidze, A., Qiao-Franco, G. & Watts, T. F. A. (2024). Algorithmic Warfare: Taking Stock of a Research Programme. Global Society 38(1):1-23. Link.
Nadibaidze, A. & Miotto, N. (2023). The Impact of AI on Strategic Stability is What States Make of It: Comparing US and Russian Discourses. Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament 6(1), 47-67. Link (open access).
Bode, I., Huelss, H., Nadibaidze, A., Qiao-Franco, G. & Watts, T. F. A. (2023). Prospects for the global governance of autonomous weapons: comparing Chinese, Russian, and US practices. Ethics and Information Technology 25(5). Link.
Nadibaidze, A. (2022). Great power identity in Russia’s position on autonomous weapons systems. Contemporary Security Policy 43(3), 407-43. Link (open access).
Book chapters
Bode, I. & Nadibaidze, A. (forthcoming). Autonomous Drones. In Rogers, J. (ed.)The De Gruyter Handbook on Drone Warfare. Berlin: De Gruyter.
Reports
Nadibaidze, A. (2022). Russian Perceptions of Military AI, Automation, and Autonomy. Philadelphia, PA: Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Nadibaidze, A. (2022). Commitment to Control Weaponised Artificial Intelligence: A Step Forward for the OSCE and European Security. Geneva: Geneva Centre for Security Policy Strategic Security Analysis. Winning essay of the 2021 OSCE-IFSH Essay Competition for Students and Young Professionals.
Other articles
Nadibaidze, A. (2023). ‘AI and the bomb: nuclear strategy and risk in the digital age’ by James Johnson. International Affairs 99(6), 2517–2518. Link. [Book review]
Bode, I., Huelss, H., & Nadibaidze, A. (2023, April). Kunstig intelligent i krig [Artificial Intelligence in Warfare]. Jysk Fynske Medier, Erhverv +. Link. [in Danish]
Nadibaidze, A. (2022, June). La inteligencia artificial militarizada en el ámbito nuclear [Weaponized AI in the nuclear sphere]. La Vanguardia Dossier 84. [in Spanish]
Bode, I., & Nadibaidze, A. (2022, April). Von wegen intelligent: Autonome Drohnen und KI-Waffen im Ukraine-Krieg [Not so intelligent: Autonomous drones and AI weapons in the Ukraine War]. CT - Magazin für Computertechnik. [in German]
Online articles & blogs
Bode, I., & Nadibaidze, A. (2024, 4 April). Human-machine Interaction in the Military Domain and the Responsible AI Framework. Opinio Juris.
Nadibaidze, A. (2024, 18 March). ‘Traditional Values’: The Russian Leadership’s Narrative about Generative AI. The AutoNorms Blog.
Nadibaidze, A. (2023, 27 November). AI Summits and Declarations: Symbolism or Substance? The AutoNorms Blog.
Nadibaidze, A., & Bode, I. (2023, 25 September). Five Questions We Often Get Asked About AI in Weapon Systems and Our Answers. The AutoNorms Blog.
Nadibaidze, A. (2023, 31 March). ‘Responsible AI’ in the Military Domain: Implications for Regulation. Opinio Juris.
Nadibaidze, A. (2023, 3 March). La guerre « low-tech » de la Russie contre l’Ukraine a discrédité son récit de modernisation militaire. Le Rubicon. [in French]
Nadibaidze, A. (2023, 3 March). Russia’s ‘Low-Tech’ War on Ukraine Discredited Its Military Modernization Narrative. Network for Strategic Analysis.
Nadibaidze, A. (2022, 3 November). Regulation and Prohibition of Autonomous Weapons Systems: A Future Outside the CCW? The AutoNorms Blog.
Nadibaidze, A. (2022, 8 September). Understanding Russia’s Efforts at Technological Sovereignty. Foreign Policy Research Institute.
Nadibaidze, A. (2022, 4 July). The UK Defence AI Strategy: Situating Global Britain in the ‘AI Race’? The AutoNorms Blog.
Nadibaidze, A. (2022, 20 May). Russian great power identity in the debate on “killer robots”. Contemporary Security Policy Blog.
Nadibaidze, A. (2022, 3 May). Quelles perspectives pour la régulation des systèmes d’armes autonomes ? Le Rubicon [in French].
Bode, I., & Nadibaidze, A. (2022, 4 April). AI and Drones in the Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Challenging the Expectations? The AutoNorms Blog.
Nadibaidze, A. (2022, 10 February). AI and Robots in Soviet and Russian Popular Culture. The AutoNorms Blog.
Nadibaidze, A. (2021, 15 September). The AI arms race: how can we control the use of ‘killer robots’? TheArticle.
Nadibaidze, A. (2021, 23 August). Can the UN GGE go beyond the eleven guiding principles on LAWS? The AutoNorms Blog.
Nadibaidze, A. (2021, 3 June). Russia’s Perspective on Human Control and Autonomous Weapons: Is the Official Discourse Changing? The AutoNorms Blog.
Submissions of evidence
Bode, I., Huelss, H., Nadibaidze, A., & Watts, T.F.A. (2023, 28 September). Written submission to the UN High-level Advisory Body on AI.
Bode, I., Huelss, H., & Nadibaidze, A. (2023, April). Written evidence submitted to UK House of Lords AI in Weapon Systems Committee.
Nadibaidze, A., on behalf of the AutoNorms project. (2023, 8 March). Statement to the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems.
Bode, I., Huelss, H., Nadibaidze, A., Qiao-Franco, G., & Watts, T.F.A. (2021, 8 September). Written Contribution by the AutoNorms Project Submitted to the Chair of the Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems (LAWS).
Nadibaidze, A., on behalf of the AutoNorms project. (2021, 13 August). Statement to the UN Group of Governmental Experts on Emerging Technologies in the Area of Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems.
Bode, I., Huelss, H., Nadibaidze, A., Qiao-Franco, G., & Watts, T.F.A. (2021, May). Written evidence submitted by AutoNorms Project to the UK House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee.
Previous publications (selected)
Reports
Nadibaidze, A. (2020, 19 May). How significant is the COVID-19 threat to Europe’s defence budgets? Vocal Europe.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, September). European security cooperation after Brexit: Unanswered questions for the UK and the EU. Open Europe.
Online articles & blogs
Nadibaidze, A. (2021, 15 April). Book review: “The Strongmen: European Encounters with Sovereign Power” by Hans Kribbe. Foreign Policy Rising.
Nadibaidze, A. (2021, 25 January). Russia’s youth is speaking up. But will the Kremlin listen? TheArticle.
Nadibaidze, A. (2021, 4 January). Can the BRICS Withstand the Pandemic? Foreign Policy Rising.
Nadibaidze, A. (2020, 1 December). The Uncertain Future of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement. Global Risk Insights.
Nadibaidze, A. (2020, 23 October). Will the EU Move to Qualified Majority Voting in Foreign Policy? Vocal Europe.
Nadibaidze, A. (2020, 22 September). Belarus is at a crossroads. Europe should support the side of democracy. Foreign Policy Rising.
Nadibaidze, A. (2020, 17 July). Will the EU’s foreign policy and defence ambitions be reflected in the next long-term budget? UCL Europe Blog.
Nadibaidze, A. (2020, 23 June). The big question facing Russian voters – Putin until 2036? CapX.
Nadibaidze, A. (2020, 31 March). Book review: “Power and Conflict in Russia’s Borderlands: The Post-Soviet Geopolitics of Dispute Resolution” by Helena Rytövuori-Apunen. LSE Review of Books.
Nadibaidze, A. (2020, 12 March). How Vladimir Putin plans to rule Russia for longer than Stalin. TheArticle. 12 March 2020.
Nadibaidze, A. (2020, 13 January). In search of an EU foreign policy. CapX.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, 16 October). Western Balkans need accession-talks signal from EU. Social Europe.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, 19 September). Brexit raises questions for EU defence integration. EUObserver.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, 6 August). Whatever they may say, the EU27 are not prepared for No Deal. TheArticle.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, 17 July). Ursula von der Leyen will struggle to deliver an EU "that strives for more". TheArticle.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, 1 July). Why the EU is struggling to pick Juncker’s replacement. The Spectator Coffee House.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, 29 May). The Euro-elections in microcosm: Macron versus Le Pen Europe. Social Europe.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, 15 May). Eurosceptics should look to national leaders, not MEPs, to show their influence in the EU. The Telegraph.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, 10 May). Brexit is just the first in a series of tough challenges facing the EU this summer. TheArticle.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, 30 April). EU enlargement in the Western Balkans: The missing issue in the 2019 European election campaign. LSE EUROPP Blog.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, 10 April). Voters are looking to extremes as the prospect of European elections looms. The Times Red Box.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, 15 March). Where do the other members of the EU stand on the question of an Article 50 delay? Conservative Home.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, 15 March). What the EU will say when Theresa May asks for a Brexit extension. The Spectator Coffee House.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, 31 January). Can EU enlargement in the western Balkans revive? Social Europe.
Nadibaidze, A. (2019, 25 January). Assessing the revival of EU enlargement in the Western Balkans. LSE EUROPP Blog.
Nadibaidze, A. (2018, 18 November). Book review: “European Security in Integration Theory: Contested Boundaries” by Kamil Zwolski. LSE Review of Books.
Nadibaidze, A. (2018, 5 November). Learning from Salisbury: UK sanctions policy after Brexit. LSE Brexit Blog.
Nadibaidze, A. (2018, 6 June). Will the UK lose access to the European Arrest Warrant post-Brexit? Prospect Magazine.
Nadibaidze, A. (2018, 29 May). Book review: “Brexit and Beyond: Rethinking the Future of Europe” edited by Benjamin Martill and Uta Staiger. LSE Review of Books.
Nadibaidze, A. (2018, 22 March). Russia Has Elected ‘Putin 4.0.’ But Don’t Expect an Upgrade. Foreign Policy Rising.
Nadibaidze, A. (2018, 6 March). Book review: “Youth Movements and Elections in Eastern Europe” by Olena Nikolayenko. LSE Review of Books.
Nadibaidze, A. (2018, 31 January). How the World Economic Forum is Tackling Gender Equality—And Why It’s Not Enough. Foreign Policy Rising.