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Artificial intelligence has established itself as a core strategic asset that goes beyond simple technological innovation to determine a nation's survival and security. Amid intensifying technological hegemony competition between the US and China, the US is strengthening its independent path combining security and supply chain control, while North Korea is also accelerating the automation of weapon systems and AI militarization by utilizing North Korea-Russia military cooperation and Chinese technology amidst sanctions. In the international community, regulatory vacuums are prolonging due to conflicting interests of major powers surrounding autonomous weapon norms. Amid this structural transition, South Korea must not get swept up in US-China-centric bloc logics, secure independent frontier model evaluation and breakout capabilities, and pursue a dual response strategy separating security-linked fields from commercial areas alongside multilateral normative cooperation.

  1. Trump's 'AI Force' Announcement and the Implications of America's AI Securitization Race / Chaesung Chun, Jieun Park
  2. Deepening U.S.-China AI Rivalry: The Computing Infrastructure Gap, Alliance Realignment Pressure, and South Korea's Dual-Track Approach / Inho Choi
  3. UN Security Council AI Safety Briefing and US-China Governance Competition: China's Dual-Track Response and Implications for Middle Powers / Inho Choi
  4. The Performance Gap in China's PLA Military AI Kill Chain and Its Implications for U.S.-China Military Competition / Inho Choi
  5. The Nuclear Weapons-AI Analogy Debate and the Expanding Discourse on AI Security Governance / Inho Choi
  6. The AI Pace Debate and the New Cold War Frame: Geopolitical Implications of Anthropic's Safety Discourse / Inho Choi
  7. North Korea’s Consecutive Tests of AI Weapon Systems and Orders to Boost Automated Production Capabilities / Inho Choi
  8. South Korea's Transition to an AI Developmental State Model and the Implications of Its Sovereign AI Strategy / Inho Choi
  9. [International Politics in the Age of AI] ⑫ AI Competition and the Crisis of International Norms? Dynamics and Challenges of Governance Competition for Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems / Yong-Il Moon
  10. [International Politics in the Age of Artificial Intelligence] XI. Gulf States' AI Securitization and Pursuit of Strategic Autonomy: Focusing on Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates / Kim Kangseok
  11. [Path Choice in the AI Era and a New Initiative for the Korean Peninsula] ③ The Current State of AI in North Korea / Inhwan Oh
  12. [Global NK Commentary] South Korea’s Sovereign AI: Could It Increase Vulnerability to North Korean Cyber Threats? / Leif Erik Isley, 최다빈
  13. The Resumption of U.S.-China AI Safety Dialogue and the Governance Gap: A Dual-Track Structure and Middle Power Responses / Inho Choi
  14. Analysis of North Korea’s Alignment with China in the US-China AI Bloc Competition and Its Suggestion of a Joint Front Against US Technological Hegemony / Chaesung Chun, Sangjun Lee
  15. Escalating US-China Tensions over AI Competition and Safety Dialogue: The Pre-Summit Contest over Norms and South Korea's Response / Inho Choi