Governments worldwide are quickly ramping up efforts to adopt artificial intelligence, but concerns about risk, bias, and accountability loom large. Felix-Anselm van Lier, Research and Policy Fellow at the Government Outcomes Lab and Co-Director of the Leading Cross-Sector Partnerships Programme, argues that a flexible, collaborative contracting model can unlock progress.

Annette Idler, Associate Professor in Global Security, argues that addressing interconnected smuggling networks, where weapons, drugs and people are trafficked, as well as ensuring safe and legal migration pathways for economic migrants and legitimate asylum seekers is a strategic necessity to build an effective and humane border security network.