Amelia C. Arsenault is a PhD student at Cornell University’s Department of Government. Her research considers the effects of artificial intelligence on international politics, with a particular interest in the global proliferation of contemporary surveillance and smart city technologies. Recently, she has begun developing a project to analyze the factors that influence states' decisions to implement export restrictions on sensitive and emerging technologies. She has published academic articles in the Canadian Foreign Policy Journal, International Politics, International Studies, and the Harvard Business Review, and has co-authored chapters in books published by Oxford University Press and Routledge.