Keeping the world safe when no one is in charge

Norwegian Deputy Foreign Minister Andreas Motzfeldt Kravik warns that artificial intelligence is amplifying threats as no state appears able to impose order. He argues that the world is nearing a multipolar order in which several states and regional blocs compete for influence, rather than an imminent US-China war. Cheap drones and AI-assisted targeting are making military power harder to turn into control: the United States has not forced Iran to yield, and Russia has failed to subjugate Ukraine. Kravik warns that geopolitical blocs are hardening and international cooperation is increasingly portrayed as weakness.