The Politics of Inevitability: AI Governance and the Global Majority's Narrowing Choice
A Global Policy Journal piece argues that countries outside the dominant tech powers face shrinking options when it comes to AI governance, as the norms, systems, and infrastructure shaping AI are increasingly set before most of the world has a seat at the table.
Why this matters: Most countries are not building the AI systems that will run inside their borders. They are inheriting them. That means the rules baked into those systems — what data gets collected, who gets flagged, what counts as a risk — reflect other people's priorities. Governance that looks neutral rarely is. When a country cannot meaningfully shape the tools it depends on, its citizens lose a layer of protection they probably do not know is missing.
Who should care: AI governance · Lawyers · Administrators · General readers · Policy
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