When AI Fights, the War Never Ends — Myriam Dunn Cavelty

23. 6. 2026

Artificial intelligence is redrawing the boundaries of cybersecurity — accelerating attacks, complicating attribution, and compressing the time humans have to make decisions that matter.

In this episode, Myriam Dunn Cavelty of ETH Zurich examines AI-driven conflict, the politics behind critical infrastructure protection, the limits of European governance, and what it means when cyber war has no clear start and no clear finish.

Myriam Dunn Cavelty

Myriam Dunn Cavelty is a Senior Scientist at the Centre for Security Studies at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich. Her research examines the political and societal implications of digital technologies, with a particular focus on cyber security, cyber warfare, critical infrastructure protection, and technology governance. She also serves as co-editor-in-chief of Contemporary Security Policy.

Publications

The evolution of cyberconflict studies

The politics of cyber security

Cyber security politics: Socio-technological transformations and political fragmentation

Cybersecurity in Switzerland

Cyber-security and threat politics: US efforts to secure the information age