Zichen Jess Hu, Author at Centre for Dialogue and Global Affairs https://cdga.org.uk An Oxford-based independent think tank Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:27:21 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 https://cdga.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/cropped-CDGA-Logo-32x32.jpg Zichen Jess Hu, Author at Centre for Dialogue and Global Affairs https://cdga.org.uk 32 32 From Munich to the Middle East Battlefield: How the Militarisation of AI Is Recasting Global AI Governance https://cdga.org.uk/2026/03/30/from-munich-to-the-middle-east-battlefield/ Mon, 30 Mar 2026 08:27:19 +0000 https://cdga.org.uk/?p=14503 The use of AI in military operations, including—but not limited to—the recent the US–Israeli attack on Iran, has extended the conversation on AI governance beyond issues such as transparency and consumer safety. This commentary by Zichen Jess Hu throws light on the realities of a move towards AI-assisted and -enabled warfare, and analyses four major shifts which are currently taking place in AI governance.

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]]> The era of digital surveillance: Authoritarianism vs. democracy? https://cdga.org.uk/2022/10/18/the-era-digital-surveillance-authoritarianism-vs-democracy/ https://cdga.org.uk/2022/10/18/the-era-digital-surveillance-authoritarianism-vs-democracy/#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2022 21:37:45 +0000 http://cdga.org.uk/?p=9233 Is the “authoritarianism vs. democracy” paradigm useful when it comes to digital surveillance? What are the factors that shape the public's views about digital surveillance? How to balance the benefits of surveillance technologies and the protection of civil rights? These are the key questions this report tries to answer.

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