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Preventing and Managing Nuclear Crises in the 21st Century

April 30, 2025 12:15 pm

Preventing and Managing Nuclear Crises in the 21st Century

In a side event at the 2025 Non-Proliferation Treaty PrepCom at the United Nations, IST and the VCDNP co-hosted a panel discussion to investigate how states can more readily reduce the risks of and ultimately prevent nuclear crises and conflicts in the 21st century.

Germany, Non-Proliferation, nuclear, nuclear crisis communications, Switzerland, United Nations

April 30, 2025

Announcing Continued Support from the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the German Federal Foreign Office for the CATALINK Initiative

Announcing Continued Support from the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the German Federal Foreign Office for the CATALINK Initiative

The Institute for Security and Technology (IST) is pleased to announce the generous political and financial support from the Swiss Federal Department of Foreign Affairs and the German Federal Foreign Office Germany to continue the CATALINK Initiative through 2027.

CATALINK, crisis communications, disarmament, mesh networks, nuclear weapons, risk reduction

January 21, 2025

IST’s Efforts in an Age of AI: An Overview

IST’s Efforts in an Age of AI: An Overview

IST began exploring the transformative impact of artificial intelligence on national security and global stability in 2017. Since then, we have engaged with a diverse array of stakeholders across the AI ecosystem to produce risk mitigation strategies, useful tools and frameworks, and recommendations.

AI, national security, recommendations, risk-mitigation

September 19, 2024

The CATALINK Initiative hosts webinar with the authors of “Improving Nuclear Hotlines”

The CATALINK Initiative hosts webinar with the authors of “Improving Nuclear Hotlines”

On Thursday, July 19, the Institute for Security and Technology (IST)’s CATALINK Initiative held a virtual event with the authors of their latest report series, Improving Nuclear Hotlines: Relevance and Use Cases, to discuss the state of crisis communications in India, Pakistan, Russia, and the United States, United Kingdom, and France.

event, India, nuclear crisis communications, Pakistan, Russia

July 23, 2024

Improving Nuclear Hotlines: Experts Speak

October 30, 2024 10:00 am

Improving Nuclear Hotlines: Experts Speak

On Thursday, July 18, IST hosted a virtual conversation with the authors of a series of publications on improving nuclear hotlines in country-specific contexts.

crisis communications, hotline, India, nuclear, nuclear weapons, Pakistan, Russia, UK

July 18, 2024

The Phone-a-Friend Option: Use Cases for a U.S.-U.K.-French Crisis Communication Channel

The Phone-a-Friend Option: Use Cases for a U.S.-U.K.-French Crisis Communication Channel

This brief outlines the case for a multilateral crisis communication channel between the heads of state of the United States, the United Kingdom, and France.

France, nuclear crisis communications, United Kingdom, United States

June 26, 2024