Paper presenter, "The Dynamics of AI Policymaking in the U.S.," on the panel "De-risking Dynamics: Geopolitical Rivalries in Strategic Technologies" in the section S07 - Navigating the Geopolitics of Strategic Technology at PEC EISA 2025 held in Bologna, Italy

Description

This research, which is co-written with Maya M. Müller-Perron, applies the Advocacy Coalition Framework (ACF) to examine two competing coalitions within the U.S. Artificial Intelligence (AI) policy environment during the Joe Biden administration. Despite increasing risks from AI, binding regulations remain limited. By analyzing the beliefs, resource utilization, and strategies of these two coalitions, the study explains an American hesitancy to implement comprehensive AI regulation. The labels given to the two identified coalitions are the innovation regulationists, whose members advocate for minimal regulation and a libertarian stance, and the ethical regulationists, whose members promote stricter controls. Through an ACF analysis of both coalitions as well as their policy preferences, the study reveals that the innovation regulationists effectively influenced U.S. AI policy in favor of limited regulation. The research uses both inductive and deductive coding methods, ultimately offering insights into the U.S. domestic AI policy debate and its potential impact on future multilateral policy and possible partnerships.

Period	27 Aug 2025
Event title	18th Pan-European Conference on International Relations, University of Bologna, 25-29 August 2025: PEC 2025
Event type	Conference
Location	Bologna, ItalyShow on map