NATO Decision-Making in the Age of Big Data and Artificial Intelligence

Digital revolution has substantially transformed the world we live in, providing great opportunities but also making societies more vulnerable. Technology makes external interferences cheaper, faster and all-encompassing: citizens can potentially become direct targets of information warfare, all members of a society can be part of conflicts one way or another. From advanced weaponry to command and control, most security-related domains are undergoing deep transformations as data availability and transmission increase exponentially. In this context, three interconnected aspects are explore through this publication with a view to the Alliance’s evolution: Big Data and organizational challenges for NATO; hybrid threats to Allies’ decision-making; the adoption of AI in the defense domain and NATO’s role.