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Perry-Shultz Center for Technology & Strategic Stability

Shaping technology’s trajectory into a force for stability and forging common cause among states and non-state actors against its most consequential risks

The Institute for Security and Technology Launches Centers Addressing Strategic Stability and Cybersecurity Challenges

Reflecting the rapidly evolving global security landscape and the organization's own significant growth, IST is launching two new Centers for applied research and policy development: The Center for Advancing Cybersecurity and the Perry-Shultz Center for Technology & Strategic Stability.

artificial intelligence, critical infrastructure, cybersecurity, nuclear risk reduction, strategic stability

September 10, 2026

From Artemis to Allied Advantage: Accelerating U.S.-Japan Space Cooperation Through Strategic Technology Partnerships

Japan’s role in the Artemis program demonstrates what deeper U.S.-Japan space cooperation can achieve. In an era of strategic competition, this trust could prove transformative for both. IST Distinguished Fellow David F. Helvey presents the case for this partnership to move towards a more integrated, strategic approach.

defense, economic security, Indo-Pacific, Japan, space, space cooperation, space security, strategic competition, strategic stability

July 21, 2026

RevCon Ended Without Consensus. Risk Reduction Did Not.

Despite the 2026 NPT Review Conference ending without consensus, growing multilateral support for nuclear risk reduction and crisis communication tools like IST's CATALINK Initiative signals a path forward for nuclear diplomacy.

crisis communications, disarmament, New START, Non-Proliferation, nuclear weapons, risk reduction

July 14, 2026

Rapid Reaction: IST Experts on the Artificial Intelligence Executive Order

Team members from across IST’s artificial intelligence security portfolios shared their initial thoughts on what the Trump administration's Executive Order on artificial intelligence gets right, where there is room for improvement, and how it stands to impact the AI ecosystem and AI security more broadly.

AI, artificial intelligence, cyber, data poisoning, frontier AI, LLMs, security, vulnerability disclosure

June 2, 2026

Meet the Executive Committee Members, Working Group Co-Chairs, and Working Group Experts Contributing to IST’s AI-NC3 Initiative

Leading academics, technologists, and operators have joined the Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications Initiative to sit on its Executive Committee, chair the four Working Groups, and offer expert guidance as members of the Working Groups.

AI, artificial intelligence, command authority, decision support, early warning, governance, NC3, norms, nuclear, risk reduction

June 1, 2026

How China Builds AI Power: IST Hosts Panel at the AI+ Expo

How is China building AI power, and what does the United States still misunderstand about the systems and actors driving it? At the AI+ Expo this month, hosted by the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), IST convened a firestarter brief and panel with China experts to unpack one of the most consequential questions shaping technology and national security.

AI, capital, China, chips, foundries, geopolitics, industrial policy, semiconductors

May 21, 2026

Ahead of Beijing: Common Cause on AI’s Biggest Risk

Later this week, Presidents Trump and Xi will sit down in Beijing. AI is on the agenda. Just two weeks ago, IST’s Steven M. Kelly, AI Policy Network’s Mark Beall, and IAPS’ Karson Elmgren also traveled to China with a mission to discuss AI. In a recap blog, they emphasize the need for collaboration.

AI, artificial intelligence, China, dialogue, loss of control

May 13, 2026

The United States’ Nuclear Command, Control, and Communications (NC3) Operations

IST's Brandon Cortino and Catherine Murphy co-authored a primer that serves to create a stronger understanding of the systems comprising the U.S. NC3 network, summarize modernization plans, and explore the challenges that emerge in an increasingly uncertain threat environment.

command, communications, control, Department of Defense, deterrence, EDTs, modernization, NC3, nuclear, stability

May 7, 2026

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From Funding to Foundries: How China Builds AI Power

On May 7, at the AI+ Expo hosted by the Special Competitive Studies Project (SCSP), IST convened a panel on one of the most consequential questions shaping technology and national security today: how is China building AI power, and what does the United States still misunderstand about the systems and actors driving it?

AI, capital, China, chips, foundries, geopolitics, industrial policy, semiconductors

April 28, 2026

Russia Didn’t Start the Iran War. It Still Benefits from It.

Russia has emerged as one of the quiet winners of the 2026 war with Iran, turning the conflict into a modest but timely strategic opportunity, writes IST Senior Associate for Nuclear Policy Brandon Cortino.

energy, Iran, missile, missile defense, natural gas, Russia, strategic competition, Ukraine

April 24, 2026

How to End the Iran Crisis

For Foreign Affairs, former European Commission VP Federica Mogherini & IST Senior Fellow Sahil V. Shah examine the trajectory of the Iran-U.S. peace talks, and the future of the nuclear file.

Iran, national security, nuclear, nuclear energy, United States

April 13, 2026

Meet the Andrew Carnegie AI-Nuclear Policy Accelerator Inaugural Cohort

IST introduces the 26 members of the inaugural Andrew Carnegie AI-Nuclear Policy Accelerator cohort, a program that will equip mid-career security practitioners with the tools to confront the intersection between AI and nuclear issues.

AI, announcement, arms control, artificial intelligence, fellows, ICBM, modernization, nuclear, nuclear weapons

April 9, 2026

Crossed Wires and Rising Escalations: IST Hosts Workshop on Reinvigorating Nuclear Crisis Communications

On February 18, 2026, the Institute for Security and Technology’s Nuclear Policy team convened for a workshop and scenario-based exercise titled “Reinvigorating Nuclear Crisis Communications in an Era of Emerging Technologies” with leading diplomats, policy experts, and technologists in Geneva, Switzerland.

arms control, crisis communications, escalation, mesh networks, New START, nuclear, risk reduction

March 9, 2026

IST Experts Weigh in on the 2026 Cyber Strategy

Today’s Cyber Strategy for America outlined six key priorities for the administration’s “cyber vision.” IST experts weigh in on what’s there, what isn’t, and what the plan means for cybersecurity going forward.

critical infrastructure, cyber offense, cybersecurity, deterrence, National Cybersecurity Strategy, Strategy, White House

March 6, 2026

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Reinvigorating Crisis Communications in an Era of Emerging Technologies

In February 2026, IST’s CATALINK Initiative hosted a workshop in Geneva to connect with stakeholders on reinvigorating nuclear crisis communications in a new era of emerging technologies.

AI, Broker, crisis communications, encryption, hotlines, Puck

February 19, 2026

IST Launches the Andrew Carnegie AI–Nuclear Policy Accelerator

The Institute for Security and Technology (IST) is pleased to announce the launch of the Andrew Carnegie AI–Nuclear Policy Accelerator, a new, practitioner-focused initiative designed to strengthen decision-making at the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and nuclear policy.

AI, announcement, artificial intelligence, fellowship, NC3, nuclear policy, nuclear systems

February 10, 2026