Caught Between: Traditional Defence Bureaucracies and AI-Driven Warfare
Who directs defence innovation in the age of AI, and to what strategic ends? Five priorities for institutional adaptation.
CSS, ETH ZurichDR MICHAEL RASKA · ZURICH
Understanding
military change.
How armed forces adapt to technological change, and what this means for strategy, security, and the future of warfare.
Senior Researcher & Section HeadSecurity and Defence in Europe
Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
Center for Security Studies, ETH Zurich
LATEST PERSPECTIVES
Recent analysis on military AI.
Clausewitz in the Age of AI
Reconsidering the relationship between political purpose, human judgement, and the growing role of AI in warfare.
CSS, ETH ZurichRESEARCH AGENDA
Three research areas.
01Defence AI &
Military innovation
Europe & the
Defence AI &
future warfare
How artificial intelligence is reshaping military decision-making, operational concepts, and the relationship between human judgement and the use of force.
02Military innovation
& adaptation
Why armed forces follow different paths of innovation, and what enables them to translate technological change into sustained military capability.
03Europe & the
Indo-Pacific
Connecting research on Asian defence transformation with Europe’s evolving choices on deterrence, force development, and strategic resilience.
BOOKS & EDITED VOLUMES
Books on defence innovation.
2023 · EDITED VOLUME · ROUTLEDGE
The AI Wave in Defence Innovation
Assessing Military Artificial Intelligence Strategies, Capabilities, and Trajectories
2022 · EDITED VOLUME · ROUTLEDGE
Defence Innovation and the 4th Industrial Revolution
Security Challenges, Emerging Technologies, and Military Implications
MEDIA & SPEAKING
Lectures, interviews
and policy dialogue.
Selected talks, interviews and policy discussions on military innovation and strategic change.
Media & speakingCaught Between
Traditional Defence Bureaucracies and the Rise of AI-Driven Warfare
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Research collaboration.
Media & speaking enquiries.
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