Indian Growing Reliance on the Military Application of Artificial Intelligence Technology and its Impacts on South Asian Regional Security

Abstract

The advancement of information communication technology and its increasing global appreciation has pushed the whole international system towards a world of digital realities where the prevalence of Artificial Intelligence (AI) has become an undeniable reality and an irrefutable truth. This study seeks to explore the increasing dependency of modern defense systems of the states on AI technology because the mainstream defense planners of different states have started upgrading their conventional weapon systems with the help of AI technology. In the debate on the growing reliance of conventional arms forces of the states on the advanced means of warfare, the South Asian security environment cannot be overlooked. While studying the impacts of AI technology on South Asian regional politics, this study endeavored to describe the Indian quest for empowering its conventional warfighting capabilities with the support of AI specific modern weapon systems which leave worse impacts on Pakistan’s strategic calculations. This study provides a glimpse of the deteriorating regional security environment of South Asia under the shadows of modern warfare technologies. It is an analytical study which tried to measure the increasing insecurities of India against China, and its direct impacts on Pakistan’s regional standing. The theoretical description of the main argument has been obtained from the theory of neorealism which appropriately explains the ongoing strategic competition between Beijing and New Delhi, and its unavoidable impacts on Pakistan’s security. In the end, the findings of this study attempted to forecast an intense future of South Asian regional politics in which the AI-specific arms race will alter the ongoing strategic features of India-Pakistan strategic competition.