Roundtable: AI Cold War and AI Nationalism between Signals, Sovereignty, and Imagination Cuius Regio, Eius Machina?

About this Conference

A scholarly roundtable exploring AI governance through geopolitical perspectives, examining how AI futures are defined and imagined across human and artificial agents. The session investigates the intersection of sovereignty, technological signaling, and political imagination in the context of emerging AI technologies.

Call for Papers

Proposals of 300-500 words invited for a roundtable exploring AI governance themes. Contributions may address concepts of sovereignty, empirical cases of AI governance, theoretical frameworks, normative visions, and critical reflections. Participants can submit conceptual approaches, suggest geopolitical actors, provide theoretical inputs, and optionally propose AI agents with documented knowledge bases.

Important Dates

• Abstract Submission February 28, 2026
• Notification March 10, 2026
• Panel Submission September 1, 2025
• Panel Submission October 31, 2025
• Panel Review December 12, 2025
• Abstract Submission December 15, 2025
• Paper Review March 16, 2026
• Conference dates 8-11 September 2026

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