BRICS Conversations | E5 | How AI is Changing Modern Warfare ft. Ambassador Pankaj Saran | AP Globale

Welcome to Beyond Borders, a premium podcast series presented by the AP Globale channel, exploring the forces shaping the future world order.

In this episode of our BRICS Conversations series, we feature a high-level strategic briefing with former Deputy National Security Advisor and veteran diplomat, Ambassador Pankaj Saran. Together, we take a deep dive into how Artificial Intelligence is fundamentally reshaping defense capabilities, intelligence operations, and the rules of global diplomacy.

Ambassador Saran shares unique insights from a distinguished career at the highest echelons of the Indian Foreign Service. He unpacks how India is integrating cutting-edge AI into its National Security Strategy, the double-edged sword of automated defense systems, and the strategic imperative of securing national data to maintain power in a multipolar world order.

The conversation also covers the intersection of public opinion and foreign policy, the role of sovereign AI capacity, regional dynamics in India's neighborhood, and how India must build advanced technological defenses to mitigate national security threats.

• AI & National Security Strategy: The strategic integration of artificial intelligence into defense, intelligence, and modern warfare.

• Sovereignty in the Data Era: How data ownership and technological capacity dictate power in today's multipolar global order.

• Public Opinion & Foreign Policy: How information diffusion, media, and public sentiment influence high-level diplomatic decision-making.

• Neighborhood Diplomacy & Tech Dynamics: Strategic tools to navigate regional relationships and regional security threats.

• Ethics & Automated Warfare: Navigating the moral, legal, and operational risks of automated security infrastructure.

• 00:00 - Intro & Welcome

• 02:11 - Strategic Opportunities & Challenges Facing India

• 09:00 - The Major Transformations Reshaping India

• 17:00 - Impact of Public Opinion on Foreign Policy Making

• 22:07 - AI & India's Position in the Global Order

• 36:00 - Harnessing Data for Emerging Tech & National Power

• 42:00 - Strategic Priority: Civilizational Identity vs. Nation-State Frameworks

• 46:25 - Information Diffusion in India Through Media & Cinema

• 54:11 - AI and India's Core Capacity to Develop Sovereign Tech

• 01:05:52 - Diplomatic & Strategic Tools to Harness India's Neighborhood

• 01:10:04 - AI, Technology, and Regional Dynamics

• 01:13:26 - Developing Advanced Capabilities to Minimize National Security Threats

• 01:17:50 - India's Top Priorities for AI & Strategic Autonomy

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