Publications📚

Peer-reviewed articles

Bode, I., Huelss, H., Nadibaidze, A. & Watts, T. F. A. (2024). Cross-cultural Narratives of Weaponised Artificial Intelligence: Comparing France, India, Japan and the United States. Big Data & Society. Link.

Nadibaidze, A. (2024). Technology in the quest for status: The Russian leadership’s artificial intelligence narrative. Journal of International Relations and Development 27:117-142. 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.

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.

Book chapters

Bode, I. & Nadibaidze, A. (2024). Autonomous Drones. In Rogers, J. (ed.)The De Gruyter Handbook on Drone Warfare. Berlin: De Gruyter, 369-384.

Reports

Nadibaidze, A., Bode, I., & Zhang, Q. (2024) AI in Military Decision Support Systems: A Review of Developments and Debates. Odense: Center for War Studies.

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. Winning essay of the 2021 OSCE-IFSH Essay Competition for Students and Young Professionals.

Non-peer-reviewed articles

Nadibaidze, A. (2024). Russia’s Drive for AI: Do Deeds Match the Words? The Washington Quarterly 47(4):137-154. Link.

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

Nadibaidze, A. (2025, 17 February). Investigating the Human Role in Warfare: Beyond ‘Control’ and Towards ‘Agency’? The HuMach Blog.

Nadibaidze, A. (2024, 29 November). Do AI Decision Support Systems ‘Support’ Humans in Military Decision-Making on the Use of Force? Opinio Juris.

Nadibaidze, A. (2024, 15 July). Visuals of AI in the Military Domain: Beyond ‘Killer Robots’ and towards Better Images? Better Images of AI Blog.

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.