Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Russian Threats Against the West

Thursday 18 June 2026For much of the post-Cold War era, discussions of Russian threats to the West have centred upon familiar instruments of state power: military force, espionage, energy leverage, cyber attacks and political influence operations. Yet as artificial intelligence matures from a specialised technological field into a general-purpose strategic capability, the nature of these threats is likely to evolve. The most consequential changes may not occur on battlefields or in diplomatic ch