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The use of nuclear weapons is an existential threat to human survival and wellbeing. As the world enters a new a period of rapid technological development, emerging technologies are challenging long-held assumptions and practices—about deterrence, disarmament, and nonproliferation—for how to best avoid the use of nuclear weapons through multilateral cooperation.
If nuclear governance regimes and norms do not become more adaptable to this accelerating pace of change, emerging technologies will disrupt or render obsolete existing institutions that control and mitigate the risks of nuclear weapons.
To reduce this risk of nuclear use, the Stanley Foundation works to help global governance and technology development co-evolve in ways that manage or leverage the disruptive effects of emerging technologies on strategic stability, nonproliferation, and disarmament. Our efforts focus on:
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| Latest Publication |
| An Internet of Nuclear Things: Emerging Technology and the Future of Supply Chain Security |
| Wyatt Hoffman and Tristan Volpe |
| Policy Analysis Brief |
| June 2018 |
Emerging technologies enabled by digitization—notably additive manufacturing—are alluring for the nuclear industry as it works to lower financial costs and remedy quality-control concerns with aged production lines. While cyberphysical manufacturing technology could increase the efficiency and visibility of supply-chain operations, the steady trend toward digitization and interconnection could result in unacceptable cyber risks, ranging from the... Read More |
June 2018
An Internet of Nuclear Things: Emerging Technology and the Future of Supply Chain Security
Wyatt Hoffman and Tristan Volpe
Policy Analysis Brief (317K)
February 2018
Three Tweets to Midnight: Nuclear Crisis Stability and the Information Ecosystem
Policy Dialogue Brief (340K)
January 2018
Cybersecurity of Nuclear Weapons Systems: Threats, Vulnerabilities, and Consequences
Other Publication (324K)
November 2017
Three Tweets to Midnight: Nuclear Crisis Stability and the Information Ecosystem
Policy Memo (248K)
January 2017
Risks and Fragmentation: Challenges and Strategies for Nuclear Policy Advocacy
Other Publication (385K)
January 2017
The Iran Nuclear Agreement: Could It Inform Future Nonproliferation and Disarmament?
Policy Dialogue Brief (240K)
August 2018
The Good of Global Governance
April 2018
Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence
April 2018
The Critical Human Element in the Machine Age of Warfare
Elsa B. Kania
April 2018
On the Digital Frontlines
Journalist Kim Zetter, author of Countdown to Zero Day
October 2017
Core Values
Keith Porter, Editor
October 2017
Stripping Secrecy From Nuclear Arms Development
Jeremy Hsu
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Benjamin Loehrke benl@stanleyfoundation.org 563-264-6882   |
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CONVENING POSTSCRIPT
Military Applications of Artificial Intelligence
A special feature in collaboration with The Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists.
Advances in artificial intelligence (AI), deep-learning, and robotics are enabling new military capabilities that will have a disruptive impact on military strategies. The effects of these capabilities will be felt across the spectrum of military requirements—from intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance to offense/defense balances and even on to nuclear weapons systems themselves.
In this
Three Tweets to Midnight: Nuclear Crisis Stability and the Information Ecosystem
How might a nuclear crisis play out in today’s media environment? How would the crisis be tweeted? This brief provides a framework for questions about crisis stability in today’s information ecosystem and concludes with a series of open questions deserving further examination.
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Courier The Summer 2018 edition of Courier considers the future of multilateralism. Is it a tool for applying a nation’s collective intellect to the world’s greatest challenges? Or is it an affront to state sovereignty and an indication of political ineptitude? Also in this issue, we explore the UN approach to sustaining peace and the Security Council’s role in climate policy; how Cape Town, South Africa is modeling climate action at the local level; and the importance of educating youth on the potential of global citizenship. Summer 2018 PDF. Subscribe for Free. |
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