AI, Emerging Technologies, and the Future of Political Science: Algorithms of Power

The rapid acceleration of artificial intelligence (AI) and other emerging technologies is reshaping the foundations of political science and international relations. What began as the digitization of information governance has evolved into a complex technological ecosystem in which data, algorithms, autonomous systems, and digital infrastructures increasingly structure how power is produced, exercised, and contested among states and non-state actors. These developments generate new forms of political and economic advantage, yet they also introduce systemic risks, such as algorithmic bias, accountability gaps, and deepening technological asymmetries across the international system. As geopolitical competition intensifies and existing governance frameworks struggle to keep pace with the scope and speed of technological change, political science and international relations scholarship face an urgent need to reconsider their core concepts, theoretical approaches, and policy tools. AI, Emerging Technologies, and the Future of Political Science: Algorithms of Power advances theoretical understanding of how AI and emerging technologies are reshaping power in global politics, examines the strategic, institutional, and normative consequences of technological acceleration for political science and international relations, and assesses pathways for governance, cooperation, and risk mitigation in an increasingly technology-driven international system. By bringing together interdisciplinary perspectives, it advances debates in political science and international relations while contributing to a deeper understanding of how AI, algorithms, data, and emerging technologies are transforming power and governance in global politics. Covering topics such as autonomous weapons systems, digital authoritarianism, and surveillance capitalism, this book is an excellent resource for academicians, researchers, policymakers, government officials, policy analysts, technology leaders, industry stakeholders, and more.

Nikos Koutsoupias is a Professor of Applied Informatics & Data Analysis in the Department of International & European Studies of the School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts, University of Macedonia. He graduated from the Department of Computer Science, North Carolina State University (NCSU), Raleigh NC, USA and a PhD holder from the Department of Applied Informatics of the University of Macedonia. He was a Computing Lab Assistant at the Department of Computer Science and the Faculty of Social Sciences & Humanities, as a Teaching Assistant at the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering (NCSU) and a Database Programmer of an International Insurance Group (ERGO). He taught IT & Data Analysis courses at the School of NCO Administration of the Hellenic Air Force and at the Departments of General Studies & Marketing of ATEI of Thessaloniki. As Lecturer/pd407, Assistant and Associate Professor taught at Aristotle University of Thessaloniki and later at the University of W. Macedonia.

Theodore Chadjipadelis is a Professor of Applied Statistics at the Department of Political Science in Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. He is the Head of Laboratory of Applied Political Research and also Director of the MSc programs Political Analysis and Governance-Regional Development. He is also the Head of the Research Centre "Observatory for Democracy in Balkans, Black Sea and Eastern Mediterranean". He taught Statistics, Mathematics, Electoral Analysis, Governance, Local and Regional Government, Decision Theory in the Aristotle University as well as in the University of Thessaly and the Hellenic Open University. He has published more than 100 papers in scientific journals and conference proceedings in Greece and abroad relating to Electoral Analysis, Public Opinion analysis, laboratory planning, Applied Statistics, Civil and Regional Planning. He is the Head of the Committee for Control of Public Surveys (established following agreement of the Committee with the Ministry of Media). From April 2010 till 2012 he was Board Member of "Information Society SA" and since 2011 till 2015 he was President of the Managing Committee at the University of Western Macedonia. He was a member of the Special Scientific Committee of the Ministry of Interior Decentralization and E-government for the new architecture of Administration and Regional Administration as well as the Special Committee for the electoral law. He has been member of the National Committee for Administrative Reform of the Ministry of Interior, Public Administration and Decentralization (as a representative of Aristotle University). He has been also a member of the scientific Committee of the "Institute of Local Government" (Κ.Ε.Δ.Κ.Ε-Τ.Ε.Δ.Κ.Ν.Α.). He has also been representative of the Hellenic Ministry of Education in EUROSTAT and national representative at FP6 Initiative 7 (Citizens and Governance in Knowledge Society).

Marios Nosios holds a bachelor's degree in International and European Economic Studies from the University of Macedonia with distinction and a master's degree in Business Analytics and Data Science from the University of Macedonia with state scholarship. Currently, he is a PhD candidate at the Department of International & European Studies of the School of Social Sciences, Humanities & Arts, University of Macedonia.