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Bridging the Policy, Military, and Technology Fields: IST Hosts Critical Workshop on AI in Nuclear Command, Control, and Communication Systems

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Bridging the Policy, Military, and Technology Fields: IST Hosts Critical Workshop on AI in Nuclear Command, Control, and Communication Systems

On April 10, 2025, the Institute for Security and Technology’s (IST) Innovation and Catastrophic Risk team hosted a scenario-driven workshop titled "The Risks and Opportunities of AI in NC3: Finding Common Ground," with cross-sector experts in Washington, DC.
adaptive targeting, AI, crisis communication, decision support, deterrence, NC3, nuclear, nuclear command, nuclear control, strategic stability, strategic warning
April 29, 2025
Starting from the Beginning

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Starting from the Beginning

In this episode of The Fourth Leg, Paul Davis joins Philip Reiner and Peter Hayes to discuss how to approach NC3 modernization. Rather than looking at the myriad of structural and technical issues associated with modernizing NC3, he instead argues that modernization should go back to the basics: what core functionality should be demanded, and how should those demands should differ from those of the Cold War?
cold war, NC3, NC3 modernization, nuclear accidents, nuclear control, nuclear weapons, technical
October 24, 2019
The End of Survivability?

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The End of Survivability?

In this episode of The Fourth Leg, Philip Reiner and Peter Hayes are joined by guest Daryl Press, who focuses on the growing threats to nuclear command and control and communication (NC3) systems around the world.
global stability, NC3, nuclear command, nuclear control, nuclear risk, strategic stability, vulnerabilities, vulnerable NC3
October 17, 2019
Elements of Caution and Prudence

Podcast

Elements of Caution and Prudence

In this episode of The Fourth Leg, Philip Reiner and Peter Hayes sit down with Avner Cohen to explore Israel's NC3 profile.
Israel, Middle East, NC3, NC3 architecture, nuclear command, nuclear control, nuclear weapon state
October 10, 2019
When and Why Cede Nuclear Authority

Podcast

When and Why Cede Nuclear Authority

In this segment, Dr. Vipin Narang joins Philip Reiner and Peter Hayes to challenge the delegative/assertive binary, arguing that, while conceptually important, it has hamstrung our thinking of regional powers’ NC3 by forcing them into one bin or another when it is in fact a time-dependent spectrum: all states delegate—that is, cede the ability to use nuclear weapons, irrespective of the authority to do so—at some point.
assertive, delegative, hardware, NC3, NC3 architecture, nuclear command, nuclear control, regional powers, software
September 18, 2019
Questioning Unitary Command: Nuclear Launch Authority and the N-Person Problem

Podcast

Questioning Unitary Command: Nuclear Launch Authority and the N-Person Problem

In this segment, Philip Reiner and Peter Hayes are joined by Dr. Alex Wellerstein, who sketches a framework for thinking about how concentrated nuclear use authority should be at the top.
NC3, nuclear command, nuclear control, nuclear use authority, nuclear war, nuclear weapons states
August 8, 2019