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We then highlight recent, on-going developments that create a backdrop of rapid change and global uncertainty against which AI-enabled systems will inform such deliberations: (i) the widespread tendency to misperceive the latest AI-enabled technologies as increasingly \u201chuman\u201d; (ii) the changing role of \u201cBig Tech\u201d in the global competition over military applications of AI; (iii) a conspicuous blind spot in current discussions surrounding international regulation; and (iv) the emerging reality of an AI-nuclear weapons nexus. We suggest that each factor will affect the trajectory of AI-informed war initiation and must be addressed as scholars and policymakers determine how best to prepare for, direct, and respond to this anticipated change. Finally, turning to the pressing legal, ethical, sociotechnical, political, and geopolitical challenges that will accompany this transformation, we revisit four \u201ccomplications\u201d that have framed the broader project from which this Special Issue has emerged. Within this framework, we preview the other 13 multidisciplinary research articles that make up this collection. Together, these articles explore the risks and opportunities that will follow AI into the war-room.\n                  <\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1017\/cfl.2025.10041","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,26]],"date-time":"2026-01-26T00:06:32Z","timestamp":1769385992000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1017\/policypage","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":0,"title":["Computer says,\n                    <i>\u201cwar<\/i>\n                    \u201d: AI and resort-to-force decision making in a context of rapid change and global uncertainty"],"prefix":"10.1017","volume":"1","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-5352-6319","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Toni","family":"Erskine","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Australian National University (ANU), Australian Capital Territory (ACT)"},{"name":"University of Cambridge"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Steven E.","family":"Miller","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Harvard University"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"56","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2026,1,26]]},"reference":[{"key":"S3033373325100410_ref31","doi-asserted-by":"publisher","DOI":"10.1017\/S0260210524000202"},{"key":"S3033373325100410_ref64","unstructured":"Manyika, J. , & Hassabis, D. 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