IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/a/bla/glopol/v17y2026i2p189-199.html

A Framework for Evaluating Global AI Governance Initiatives

Author

Listed:
  • Huw Roberts
  • Mariarosaria Taddeo
  • Luciano Floridi

Abstract

Efforts to develop global governance initiatives for artificial intelligence (AI) have increased significantly in recent years. However, these initiatives have generally had a limited impact due to their vagueness, lack of authority and repetition. Several factors contribute to the difficulties in establishing effective global AI governance mechanisms, including geopolitical tensions, institutional gridlock, and the general‐purpose and sociotechnical characteristics of AI. Developing politically legitimate governance mechanisms that can operate within these constraints and effectively compel behaviour change among government and industry actors is essential for building a more mature global AI governance ecosystem. In this article, we contribute to this aim by introducing a framework for evaluating the political legitimacy of global governance initiatives. It is designed to clarify why many global AI governance initiatives lack authority and to identify opportunities for more impactful international cooperation. We operationalise the framework by assessing global AI governance initiatives which address two international security problems: establishing regulation for lethal autonomous weapon systems and implementing safety testing for general‐purpose AI.

Suggested Citation

  • Huw Roberts & Mariarosaria Taddeo & Luciano Floridi, 2026. "A Framework for Evaluating Global AI Governance Initiatives," Global Policy, London School of Economics and Political Science, vol. 17(2), pages 189-199, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:glopol:v:17:y:2026:i:2:p:189-199
    DOI: 10.1111/1758-5899.70164
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://doi.org/10.1111/1758-5899.70164
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.1111/1758-5899.70164?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    More about this item

    Statistics

    Access and download statistics

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:bla:glopol:v:17:y:2026:i:2:p:189-199. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    We have no bibliographic references for this item. You can help adding them by using this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: Wiley Content Delivery (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/lsepsuk.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.