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Expert opinions on International Relations
Sourced quotes, claims, policy proposals and stances on International Relations from AI researchers, executives and policymakers.
872 sourced quotes · 19 policy proposals and claims
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For (39)Added 19h agoClément DelangueHugging Face cofounder and CEOvotes For and says:
AI safety won't be solved by any single company working in secret. It will be solved in the open, collaboratively, with broad access to AI for every defender, everywhere.
AI Verified source (Jul 21, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (10)Added 4d agoDemis HassabisNobel laureate, AI Researcher and CEO of DeepMindvotes Against and says:The time has come for a more systematic approach to AI regulation — funded by the industry, staffed by world-class technical experts, and answerable to the U.S. government.
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For (69)Added 19h agoNathaniel MoranU.S. Representative from Texasvotes For and says:DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (1)Added 11d agoChris MeseroleExecutive Director of the Frontier Model Forum; AI policy expert and congressional witness on frontier AI security.votes Against and says:
Rather than creating entirely new channels, policymakers should focus on ensuring that existing channels can effectively incorporate information related to frontier models and agents. Building on trusted relationships will be faster and more effectiv...
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Democratic middle powers should jointly develop frontier AI and share its benefits globally
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For (23)Added 20h agoWillemijn AerdtsDutch State Secretary for Digital Economy and Sovereignty.votes For and says:Door samen met Europese partners te investeren in AI versterken we onze economie én onze digitale soevereiniteit.
AI Verified source (Jul 3, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (2)Added 2mo agoBroderick McDonaldResearch Fellow at King's College London (XCEPT) and Oxford Emerging Threats Group; Visiting Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute; AI security researchervotes Against and says:Middle powers like the UK and Canada will not win the race for ever larger AI models, but through collaboration they can win the deployment race.
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For (43)Added 20h agoNicodemos DamianouCyprus Deputy Minister of Research, Innovation and Digital Policy.votes For and says:
Today, we’ve taken a bold and swift step towards proceeding with establishing AI gigafactories in Europe. AI is one of the most critical technologies of our time, defining our digital future, and investing in the needed infrastructure capacity for AI...
more AI Verified source (Jan 16, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (7)Added 5d agoMitchell RutledgePolicy Manager at CCIA Europe, a technology-industry trade association.votes Against and says:The EU’s ambition to triple data centre capacity is the right one. But the way to achieve that goal is by attracting investment, not shutting it out.
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For (46)Added 23h agoU.S. Senate Committee on Foreign RelationsCommittee of the U.S. Senate responsible for foreign policy, international relations, and related oversight.votes For and says:
Congress should enact legislation that bans the sale of cutting-edge AI chips to foreign adversaries and imposes stringent restrictions on less advanced yet still powerful semiconductors.
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Ban autonomous lethal weapons
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For (103)Added 1d agoBessma MomaniCIGI senior fellow and political scientist examining emerging and disruptive technologies in dual-use applications.votes For and says:If the target was identified and missiles fired without any human involvement, who are the individuals to be held to account? The software engineers who developed the code?
AI Verified source (Mar 12, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Added 6d agoCatherine ArdaghIrish Minister of State at the Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration.abstains and says:The Government strongly believes that there is a need to maintain meaningful human control of all weapons systems, including any systems that may be developed. Our position is that, for such systems to comply with international humanitarian law, cont...
more AI Verified source (Jun 17, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (35)Added 23h agoMichael J. BrodkaU.S. Army major and author writing on lethal autonomous weapon systems and military targeting.votes Against and says:Closing it requires redesigning Army doctrine, organizations, and training to integrate LAWS into targeting under lawful human-on-the-loop control.
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For (46)Added 1d agoAndy KimU.S. Senator (D-NJ)votes For and says:
I'm leading this effort to keep the most advanced semiconductor manufacturing equipment out of the hands of China and other adversaries. This bill not only strengthens our export controls regime but importantly reinforces using diplomacy to build a u...
more AI Verified source (Apr 8, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (5)Added 3d agoMinistry of Commerce of the People's Republic of ChinaChinese government ministry responsible for domestic and foreign trade and commercial policy.votes Against and says:China consistently opposes any practice of overstretching the concept of national security and abusing export controls.
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Nations should negotiate a binding international treaty on AI safety, similar to nuclear non-proliferation
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For (97)Added 5d agoCouncil of EuropeInternational organization promoting human rights, democracy, and the rule of law in Europe.votes For and says:The vote marks an important step in the EU’s internal procedure for concluding the Framework Convention and reflects institutional support for the first international legally binding treaty addressing artificial intelligence in the context of human r...
more AI Verified source (Mar 12, 2026) 1 of 2DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (11)Added 4d agoLord MarkhamConservative member of the UK House of Lords; supports strong AI safety monitoring, alignment checks, and kill-switch research.votes Against and says:For me, a one-sided moratorium which ties our hands behind our backs while the likes of North Korea and the al-Qaedas of the world crack on: no, I am afraid that that worries me even more.
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For (23)Added 1d agoSam AltmanCEO at OpenAIvotes For and says:
A U.S.-led international forum that establishes accepted standards, provides expert and impartial analysis of capabilities and risks, and makes the technology available to nations and companies that participate and follow the rules.
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For (48)Added 1d agoRobi RahmanAI governance writer, MIRI TGTvotes For and says:
AI is advancing rapidly, and we need worldwide cooperation to solve the risks. MIRI’s international agreement facilitates stable, reliable compute governance, preventing defectors from cheating and starting a dangerous race to the bottom on safety.
AI Verified source (Apr 9, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (1)Added 5d agoBaroness Neville-JonesBritish Conservative life peer and former UK security minister.abstains and says:The question that the noble Lord posed was: do we therefore go for a moratorium? That would be highly desirable, but I do not think that it will be possible in the short term.
AI Verified source (Jan 29, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)Added 1d agoJob van den BergDutch artificial intelligence entrepreneur, speaker, and writer.votes Against and says:The conclusion is sobering: a global stop to the development of superintelligent AI seems impossible.
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Mandate reporting of AI training runs above 10²⁶ FLOPs to a designated national or international authority
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For (18)Added 1d agosepiatoneAuthor of the Sepia Tone newsletter on international AI governance and verification.votes For and says:Developers conducting training runs above an agreed compute threshold could be required to register them in an international registry. Telemetry from export-controlled AI chips could be reported to national regulators.
AI Verified source (Mar 11, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Added 4mo agoMayer BrownInternational law firmabstains and says:According to the proposed rule, a covered US person will be required to provide quarterly reports to BIS if the US person “engages in, or plans, within six months, to engage in ‘applicable activities.’” “Applicable activities” include: “Conducting a...
more Disputed source (2024)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (6)Added 4d agoKI BundesverbandGerman artificial-intelligence industry association representing AI companies and contributing to AI policy and regulatory consultations.votes Against and says:A regulatory trigger calibrated to compute volume does not measure what it purports to measure, and it was designed around a snapshot of model architecture that the industry has already moved beyond.
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For (61)Added 4d agoAirlangga HartartoIndonesia’s Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, speaking on AI cooperation and international AI governance.votes For and says:
AI should become a bridge for cooperation, not a tool for division. WAICO will also help ensure AI is managed in a safe, trustworthy, and ethical manner.
AI Verified source (Jul 18, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Abstain (2)Added 6mo agoMiles BrundageAI policy researcher; founder of AVERI (AI Verification Initiative); former OpenAI Head of Policy Researchabstains and says:But the main regret I have with this talk is that I wish I had prepared a more for the section on a “CERN for AI.” The idea behind such a project is to pool many countries’ and companies’ resources into a single (possibly physically decentralized) ci...
more AI Verified source (Dec 11, 2024) 1 of 2DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (9)Added 6mo agoDaniela DiaconuELLIS scientific coordinator.votes Against and says:Currently, so many needs for innovation are put under the label of AI that there will be no way to address them with a single organisation.
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For (15)Added 4d agoDaniel KokotajloAI Futures Project foundervotes For and says:
We think it’s still good to recommend what would actually be good, even if you think that your audience is probably not going to listen.
AI Verified source (Jul 11, 2026)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (8)Added 4d agoKyle CorbittAI entrepreneur; former OpenPipe CEO, former Y Combinator Startup School lead, and former Google software engineer.votes Against and says:The tech development seems ~plausible but the politics feel quite naive. Like I just can’t see Canadian voters letting China construct thousands of datacenters in 2030, no matter how good the economics are. Esp if the pitch is “we chose you since you...
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For (13)Added 6mo agoCentre for Future GenerationsEuropean think tank on emerging technologiesvotes For and says:
Create a single, dedicated talent hub, accompanied by 1-5 separate compute hubs;
AI Verified source (2024)DelegateChoose a list of delegatesto vote as the majority of them.Unless you vote directly.Against (10)Added 16d agoA Blueprint for Multinational Advanced AI DevelopmentNovember 2025 Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative memo (29 co-authors incl. Yoshua Bengio) arguing that "AI bridge powers" should jointly develop frontier AIvotes Against and says:A semi-distributed structure, with a few core facilities, leveraging members' comparative advantages. Core facilities—fewer in number than the participating states—are necessary to create a critical mass of talent. Similarly, distributed compute can ...
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Against (22)Added 16d agoA Blueprint for Multinational Advanced AI DevelopmentNovember 2025 Oxford Martin AI Governance Initiative memo (29 co-authors incl. Yoshua Bengio) arguing that "AI bridge powers" should jointly develop frontier AIvotes Against and says:
Coordinated deployment of existing, planned, and within-reach European and other bridge power AI compute capacity is likely to provide sufficient computational resources to produce frontier AI models in the next few years, although significantly more...
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