AI-ENABLED WARFARE IN CONTESTED REGIONS: A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF IRAN–ISRAEL AND SOUTH ASIA

Abstract

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is transforming the modern warfare by improving the intelligence analysis, autonomous systems and the decision making process and hence having an impact on the strategic stability of the disputed areas. The research is a qualitative comparative case study on the implication of AI-enabled military technologies in the case of two long term rivalries; Iran-Israel strategic competition, and India-Pakistan security dilemma in South Asia. This paper will rely on peer-reviewed literature on the militarisation of AI, autonomous weapons, and strategic stability, analyzing the ways in which the adoption of AI changes the war doctrines, the methods of escalation, and the structures of regional security. Although AI powered technologies have benefits as far as their operations are concerned, they present more security dilemmas and pose ethical and legal issues within the global systems as we know them. The comparative analysis adds to the perception of the influence of AI on the conflict dynamics including technological competition and historical rivalry.