Last updated: 4 July 2025
Essential Reading on Global AI Governance
The Establishment of an International AI Agency: An Applied Solution to Global AI Governance
Mark Robinson (2025)
International Affairs; iiaf105
Proposes a concrete institutional framework for global AI governance through the creation of an international agency, grounded in policy analysis and diplomatic feasibility.
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Governing AI for Humanity: Final Report
United Nations, High-Level Advisory Body on Artificial Intelligence (2024)
Provides strategic recommendations on the global governance of artificial intelligence, emphasizing human rights, safety, and inclusive innovation.
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The Path to AI Arms Control
Henry A. Kissinger & Graham Allison (2023)
Foreign Affairs
Explores the urgent need for international agreements on the military use of artificial intelligence, highlighting both opportunities and risks.
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Regulating under Uncertainty: Governance Options for Generative AI
Florence G’sell, Stanford Cyber Policy Center (2024)
Explores regulatory strategies for generative AI in the face of rapid technological change and legal ambiguity, offering a global overview of governance options.
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Orchestrating Global Solution Networks: A Guide for Organizational Entrepreneurs
Kenneth W. Abbott and Thomas Hale, Innovations 9:1–2 (2014)
Outlines how institutional entrepreneurs can catalyze and coordinate global networks to address complex challenges, offering practical strategies for effective orchestration.
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Governance
International Atomic Energy Agency
Outlines the structure and responsibilities of the IAEA’s governance bodies, including the Board of Governors and the General Conference, which oversee policy, budget, and safeguards implementation.
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The Chinese Approach to Artificial Intelligence: An Analysis of Policy, Ethics, and Regulation
Huw Roberts et al., AI & Society, vol. 36, pp. 59–77 (2021)
Examines China’s AI strategy through the lens of policy, ethics, and governance, offering a critical analysis of its ambitions to lead in AI development while navigating global norms and domestic priorities.
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AI Governance Bookshelf
Genesis: Artificial Intelligence, Hope, and the Human Spirit
Henry A. Kissinger, Craig Mundie and Eric Schmidt (New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2024)
Blends diplomacy, philosophy, and technology to explore how AI will reshape human agency, knowledge, and global order—offering a strategic vision for coexisting with intelligent machines.
Taming Silicon Valley: How We Can Ensure That AI Works for Us
Gary Marcus (Cambridge, MA: The MIT Press, 2024)
A call to action for democratic oversight of AI, exposing the risks of corporate capture and proposing a practical framework for responsible innovation and public accountability.
The Tech Coup: How to Save Democracy from Silicon Valley
Marietje Schaake (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 2024)
A powerful critique of Big Tech’s unchecked influence on democratic institutions, offering policy solutions to restore accountability, transparency, and civic oversight in the digital age.
The Coming Wave: AI, Power, and Our Future
Mustafa Suleyman and Michael Bhaskar (London: Crown, 2023)
Explores the transformative potential and existential risks of AI and synthetic biology, arguing for urgent containment strategies to manage the next wave of technological disruption.
Governing Globalization: Power, Authority and Global Governance
David Held and Anthony McGrew, eds. (London: Polity, 2002)
A collection of essays exploring the changing nature of global governance, the diffusion of authority, and the challenges of regulating globalization in a fragmented world order.
After Hegemony: Cooperation and Discord in the World Political Economy
Robert O. Keohane (Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1984)
A foundational work in international political economy, arguing that cooperation among states is possible even without a dominant hegemon, through the creation of international regimes and institutions.