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Vo1. 41, No. 1, January/February 2023
26 Research on Artificial Intelligence Security from the Perspective of

National Security Studies: A Preliminary Attempt to Construct an
Issue Network

FENG Shuai
[Abstract] The establishment of national security studies provides a great
opportunity for the integration and growth of artificial intelligence security research.
Artificial intelligence technology was not born for the purpose of security, but has
obtained intrinsic security attributes since its core functions can establish deep links
with many building blocks of the existing security system. The deep coupling
relationship between artificial intelligence and national security studies enables the
research framework for national security studies to provide basic conditions for the
construction of a security issue network related to artificial intelligence. The “dual
space-time” feature inherent in artificial intelligence echoes important priority fields
within the framework of national security studies. Hence, an issue network
concerning studies on artificial intelligence security can be established featuring a
“center-periphery” structure within the disciplinary framework. The six security
fields are well compatible with the dual identity of artificial intelligence. To be
specific, in the fields of political security, economic security and military security
whose research perspectives are broader, artificial intelligence will function as a
systematic element, creating a wide range of new issues and becoming the central
node of the whole network. In the fields of cyber security, nuclear security and
homeland security where security carries relatively concrete meanings, artificial
intelligence has become an important enabling agent and shaped the semi-central
area of the network. Given that the links between artificial intelligence and the other
ten security fields included in the holistic approach to national security are relatively
loose, artificial intelligence will play a secondary role as a functional and technical
element, thus constituting the peripheral area of the issue network. The
establishment of the issue network will help artificial intelligence security research
step into the track of sound disciplinary development and achieve systematic
planning.
[Keywords] artificial intelligence, national security studies, security attributes,
coupling, issue network
[Author] FENG Shuai, Associate Researcher at the Institute for International
Strategic Studies, Shanghai Institutes for International Studies; Young Researcher at
the Center for Russian Studies, East China Normal University, a key research base
for humanities and social sciences of the Ministry of Education (Shanghai, 200233).

50 Economic Logic of Security Globalization: A Case Study of Global
Security Dilemma
FENG Weijiang
[Abstract] In today’s world, the trend of globalization is shifting from economic

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