In an era when artificial intelligence systems shape how information is produced, ranked, and circulated globally, the politics of data have become central to questions of power and sovereignty.
DCN Global, together with Young Professionals in Foreign Policy (YPFP), is organizing an interactive online roundtable titled "Algorithmic Diplomacy and the Politics of Feeding AI" to explore these critical emerging issues.
The event centers on the article "Feeding the Algorithm: How Nations Shape AI Training Data to Project Power and Influence Global News Narratives" by Nikos Panagiotou, President of DCN Global, and Ioannis Tzortzis, published in the Journal of Global Strategic Studies, Vol 5 No 2 (2025) (available here). The authors introduce the concept of algorithmic diplomacy—the strategic curation, regulation, and dissemination of AI training data by states to project soft power, safeguard epistemic sovereignty, and influence international narratives.
As AI training datasets emerge as a new contested epistemic territory, debates intensify over who controls the data that trains algorithms, whose values are embedded within them, and how this reshapes global information flows.
This roundtable brings together the authors and leading experts for an engaging discussion examining these critical questions. Attendees will have the opportunity to connect with experts in the field, engage in discussions with like-minded participants, and contribute to our call for policy papers on the topics discussed, with the winning submission to be published in Charged Affairs.
Event Details:
Event registration and details available at the YPFP portal
Join us for this timely conversation at the intersection of artificial intelligence, international relations, and the future of global information governance!