A REVIEW OF THE CHANGE IN PUBLIC PERSPECTIVES DUE TO E-DIPLOMACY AS A RESULT OF AI BASED ALGORITHMS THAT SHAPE MAINSTREAM IR IN GLOBAL POLITICS

Abstract

When we stepped into the 2000s, the world as we knew it began to change with the technological advancements and the advent of the Internet. The world became a global village and we thought distances reduced thereby also bridging gaps between perspectives, hopefully steering towards a more harmonious future. Two decades, a pandemic, and introduction to AI later, we realize, we sure were steered but towards dangerous and unprecedented grounds of cut throat global politics, where nothing is apolitical anymore, as real life IS the virtual life, thanks to the advancement of Artificial Intelligence so now deep rooted into our lives, it understands the algorithm and our entire personalities before we even breath into because it is so in synchrony with us, perhaps even more than our very own family and this is why we need to acknowledge the fact that the world or global politics would also be equally and deeply affected by it. Stepping into 2026, this will and has already begun to show up in the numerous political downturns that have happened from the summer of 2025 and the IndoPak arising conflict of Pahalgam. With US President Trump swinging his attempts at global hegemony left, right and centre, we understand, this takeover for oil and mineral elements unfolding right before our very eyes is not being played out in a conventional battlefield. But in fact, the field is set virtually, where AI and machines define the strategic algorithms that facilitate such invasions and takeovers when coupled with skillful physical training armoured with state of the art weaponry. This article then explores, how the same AI, used by leaders to nurture mindsets of their population, might have been an unexpectedly supportive actor to also help the youth in different parts of the world rise to the occasion to overthrow autocratic regimes in their homelands or put up a stand against the technocrats when and as where needed. This is just the tip of the iceberg in the new era of E-diplomacy which is yet to be entirely explored but promises the opportunities of never seen before insights. As the global political stage is now set out on a path of destruction and then construction of new political dynamics, this is the right time to study about this trend in depth.