ROUND TABLE
New Technologies for Security and Defence: Ethical-Legal and Political Challenges in International Cooperation
The current geopolitical and economic landscape reveals a dual trend: the growing need for autonomous capabilities in the research and development of emerging technologies for security and defence, and the parallel demand for international coordination and cooperation in their deployment and application.
Such dynamics are reshaping global alliances—whether through collaborations that transcend traditional military frameworks (as in the GCAP project linking NATO countries and Japan) or through the strengthening of existing ones, such as among the BRICS states.
The round table aims to explore these critical issues, focusing on the risks associated with high-impact technologies—such as AI-driven systems and tools capable of influencing cognitive or decision-making processes—and critical or highly sensitive information systems, as well as on the role of international partnerships in reconciling innovation, security, and respect for fundamental values.
PANELLISTS
Prof.ssa Daniela Irrera - Centro Alti Studi Difesa, Full Professor of Political Science
Political constraints to cooperation in defence and security at the European level
Prof. Nicola Colacino - Centro Alti Studi Difesa, Associate Professor of International Law
AI and Cognitive Influence: Beyond Information Warfare
Prof. Ranieri Razzante - University of Perugia, Advisor of the Antimafia Commission of the Italian Parliament
Cybersecurity and cooperation in the European context
Prof. Christiancarmine Esposito, University of Salerno, Associate Professor of Informatics, Prof. Lucilla Gatt, University of Naples Suor Orsola Benincasa, Full Professor of Private Law and New Technologies Law
Ethical-legal assessment in the adoption process of new security and defence technologies
Prof. Rita Mazza, University of Naples "Federico II", Full Professor of International Law
Limits to security and defence exclusion from the CoE Convention on AI: the issue of dual-use activities and hybrid warfare
Prof.ssa Fiorella Battaglia - University of Salento, Associate professor of Philosophy
As AI transforms security and defense, what character and values do we want our institutions and defense actors to represent?
