Yvette Cooper is a British Labour politician serving as the United Kingdom's Foreign Secretary.
AI governance position
In a Chatham House essay published July 6, 2026, Cooper warned that "we cannot afford to wait for an AI equivalent of Hiroshima before we act," calling for global regulatory guardrails on AI. The essay also called for a more European NATO and reduced dependence on the United States as it "pulls back from its traditional role as guarantor of global security" (Source: aa.com.tr).
The essay places the UK's most senior diplomat among government voices urging international AI governance ahead of the UN's Global Dialogue on AI Governance cycle, and sits alongside the UK's existing institutional role through the AI Security Institute.
Relationships
- related: UK AI Safety Institute (AI Security Institute) — UK AI-safety institutional context
- related: Global Dialogue on AI Governance — contemporaneous international-governance push
- supports: AI Governance (umbrella) — advocacy for global regulatory guardrails