My research focuses on understanding how China extends its influence abroad and challenges the existing world order. I cover topics such as China's foreign policy; the normative, political and security impact of artificial intelligence; great power competition; geopolitics; and the Digital Silk Road. My broader interests include China’s engagement in Africa and Asia, the Belt and Road Initiative, South-South cooperation, and international order.
Ilaria Carrozza
Senior Researcher
Interests and experience
Projects
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The Norwegian Centre for International Economics (NORCIE)
Understanding and countering the advance of AI-enabled digital authoritarianism in Asia (AsiaTech)
Ethical Risk Management for AI-Enabled Weapons: A Systems Approach (ERM)
CENTREPEACE – Central And Eastern European Security Cooperation Cluster
Developmental Peace? Perceptions of China’s Engagement in Pakistan and Afghanistan (AsiaPeace)
Navigating the New Space Race: Implications for Norwegian Security Policy and Defence Industry
Implications of the Deteriorating Indo-Pacific Security Framework for Norwegian Defence Strategies
PRIO’s AI Days 2023
China-US Technological Competition: Consequences of the “Chip War” for Norway
Latest publications
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The BRICS: Much Ado About Nothing?
Popular article in Den norske Atlanterhavskomité
Neither convergence nor resistance: A hybridization framework for norm evolution in the digital age
Journal article in Review of International Studies
NORM Project – Research Design and Methodology
China and the Ethics of Military AI: Debating the Norms of Future Wars
Journal article in Journal of Contemporary China
Navigating digital transformation and geopolitical rivalry: China's Digital Silk Road in the Philippines
PRIO Paper
Discourse and Norms along China’s Digital Silk Road
Journal article in Asia Policy
The Politics of Subsea Cables in Indonesia: Navigating Great Power Competition
PRIO Policy Brief
How does the China-Russia partnership impact security dynamics in East Asia?
PRIO Policy Brief
Shaping the Digital Architecture: Contested Norms on Digital Technology in Southeast Asia
PRIO Policy Brief
Winds of change? The impact of non-Western powers’ engagement in Afghanistan and the Sahel
PRIO Paper
Latest news
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Looking for Horizon Europe partners? Explore PRIO’s new EU Matchmaking Guide
PRIO has developed a new EU Matchmaking Guide to support organisations preparing project proposals under Horizon Europe in identifying relevant researchers.
PRIO’s first European Security Week
PRIO’s first European Security Week brought together researchers and experts for a series of debates on the future of European security.
The AsiaTech project launches
AsiaTech investigates how AI stabilizes autocracies and destabilizes democracies, exploring how state and non-state actors manipulate public opinion, conduct surveillance, and suppress dissent.
PRIO secures new funding from RCN and ERC
PRIO researchers have recently been awarded grants for exciting new projects, from the Research Council of Norway (RCN) and the European Research Council (ERC).
PRIO secures funding for three ground-breaking projects
PRIO has successfully secured funding for three timely projects on authoritarian AI (mis)use, biodiversity financing politics and ethical dilemmas in Norway’s preparedness strategies.
PRIO at the Oslo Freedom Forum
Several PRIO researchers will partake in the upcoming Oslo Freedom Forum which takes place from 3 to 5 June.
Stakeholder dialogue held in Manila as part of the NORM project
In September 2023, the PRIO NORM team was in Manila, The Philippines, to conduct fieldwork interviews and meetings with local stakeholders.
Kickoff Workshop of the AsiaPeace Project
The AsiaPeace project was successfully launched in August 2023.
Preliminary Findings from NORM Project Presented in Indonesia
Findings From NORM Project Presented in Malaysia
In May 2023, the PRIO NORM team headed to Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, to conduct fieldwork interviews and meetings with local actors.
Latest events
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Cognitive threats and democratic resilience
Tackling AI Misuse and Strengthening Societal Trust
Competing Perspectives on Global AI Governance
Addressing Human Rights in North Korea: A Path to Global Security and Peace
China’s Growing Role in the Middle East
Trouble in Afghanistan, Trouble in the Neighbourhood?
Afghanistan Week 2022: Possibilities in a Sea of Trouble? Afghanistan’s Past, Present and Future
Putin og Xi: To alen av samme stykke?
Forces for Good and Bad: Emerging Technologies and the Future of Humankind
China’s Growing Role in the Middle East: Beyond Economic Engagement - MidEast Breakfast Seminar
Latest comments
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China isn’t winning the digital order – yet
How to make sense of the new world disorder
AI is neither the autocrat’s silver bullet nor democracy’s death sentence
På rett kurs
The Geopolitics of Deep-Sea Mining
China’s Digital Silk Road and Malaysia’s Technological Neutrality
China’s Plan for Ukraine Is No Plan at All
Towards a Chip-Alliance?
Russia, China and New Power Dynamics in the Sahel Region
Will Taiwan Be the Next Ukraine?
Cognitive threats and democratic resilience
Tackling AI Misuse and Strengthening Societal Trust
What Does China Want?
Competing Perspectives on Global AI Governance
Addressing Human Rights in North Korea: A Path to Global Security and Peace
China’s Growing Role in the Middle East
Trouble in Afghanistan, Trouble in the Neighbourhood?
The Global Competition for AI Technology Dominance
In the media
PRIO Researcher Ilaria Carozza was interviewed in The Straits Times on how China and the US are competing to shape the AI age.
PRIO Researcher Ilaria Carrozza was interviewed in South China Morning Post about how Western withdrawals in Africa create new security opportunities for China.
PRIO Researcher Ilaria Carrozza was interviewed about China’s interest in Africa's police and law enforcement, by the South China Morning Post.
PRIO researcher Ilaria Carrozza was interviewed by Radio Free Asia on the outcomes of the trilateral summit between the United States, Japan and the Philippines.
PRIO Researchers Ilaria Carrozza and Nicholas Marsh’s 2022 study titled ‘Great Power Competition and China’s Security Assistance to Africa: Arms, Training, and Influence’ was mentioned in an article about China’s military support to Zimbabwe, in an article by the South China Morning Post.
The PRIO Paper ‘Dual-Use AI Technology in China, the US and the EU: Strategic Implications for the Balance of Power,’ by Ilaria Carrozza, Nic Marsh and Greg Reichberg, was referenced in an article on AI and the clash between great powers, by the Italian site, Proiezionidi Borsa.
PRIO researchers Ilaria Carrozza and Giacomo Bruni penned an opinion piece in the Norwegian newspaper, Klassekampen, on China and the geopolitics of deep sea mining.
PRIO Researchers Ilaria Carrozza and Nicholas Marsh’s 2022 study *Great Power Competition and China’s Security Assistance to Africa: Arms, Training, and Influence *was mentioned in an article about China’s military support to China, in The Eurasian Times.
PRIO Researchers Ilaria Carrozza and Giacomo Bruni co-authored an opinion piece on China’s digital silk road and Malaysia’s technological neutrality, that ran in The Diplomat.
PRIO Researcher Ilaria Carrozza was interviewed in an article about China enlisting the publish in push back at US spying efforts, in the South China Morning Post newspaper.
PRIO Researcher Ilaria Carrozza was interviewed by the South China Morning Post about China’s influence in Sierra Leone.
PRIO Researcher Ilaria Carrozza’s participation in a forum organized by Italy’s largest business association, was mentioned in an article on the vent by the Italian newspaper, IL Corriere Nazionale.
PRIO Researcher Ilaria Carrozza was quoted in an article on China bringing Hong Kong closer on national technological self-reliance plans, in the South China Morning Post newspaper. She was also quoted on Baidu’s new chatbot, Ernie, in an article on the China news service, The China Project.
PRIO Researcher Ilaria Carrozza appeared on one of Italy’s main TV channels, Rai3, talking about the geopolitics around microchips (listen at 07:09).
PRIO Researchers Giacomo Bruni and Ilaria Carrozza co-authored an opinion piece on China’s plan for Ukraine which was published by The Diplomat.
PRIO Researcher Ilaria Carrozza was interviewed about China cutting off access to the online discussion bot, ChatGPT, to Chinese consumers by The Guardian newspaper.
PRIO Researchers Ilaria Carrozza and Giacomo Bruni co-authored an opinion piece on technology restrictions between the China and the US, in the Norwegian newspaper, Morgenbladet.
PRIO Researchers Nicholas Marsh and Ilaria Carrozzas’ study on Great Power Competition and China’s Security Assistance to Africa: Arms, Training, and Influence was mentioned in an article in the Musalman Times.
PRIO Researcher Ilaria Carrozza was quoted in an interview she gave on China's provision of military and security services to Africa, in an article in the South China Morning Post newspaper. Ilaria was also interviewed for the Italian political TV show on Rai 3, on US-China chip war and dual-use technology.
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