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Russia
Blog
Negotiating Stability: Reflections on CSIS’ Future Arms Control Experts (FACE) Program
IST Senior Associate for Nuclear Policy Brandon Cortino spent the last year as a fellow in the Center for Strategic and International Studies FACE cohort, which aims to train the next generation of arms control negotiators. He shares lessons learned from his study of the 2002 Moscow Treaty signed by Presidents Bush and Putin. “It is clear future treaties must consider the myriad threats posed by poor AI integration into nuclear command, control, and communications, and great powers must find common ground and rally against destabilizing technologies,” he writes.
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hypersonic missile
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Moscow Treaty
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NC3
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New START
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nuclear
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Russia
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treaty
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Vladimir Putin
November 18, 2025
Blog
The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon – IST Hosts Book Talk with Author Ankit Panda
IST’s Nuclear Policy team hosted international security expert and author Ankit Panda in Palo Alto to learn more about his latest book unpacking the trilateral nuclear competition between the United States, China, and Russia. IST CEO Philip Reiner sat down for a fireside chat with Ankit, highlighting in their discussion the need to collectively identify political and technical solutions to address the nexus of emerging technologies and the new nuclear age.
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artificial inteligence
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China
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NC3
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nuclear
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nuclear command
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nuclear risk
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Russia
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United States
November 17, 2025
Event
October 23, 2025 2:00 pm
Book Talk | The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon
In a world with increasing nuclear dyads, can emerging technologies make us safer – or are we opening Pandora's Box? Join IST in Palo Alto, CA or virtually for a book talk with Ankit Panda.
AI
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China
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international security
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NC3
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nuclear
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nuclear dyad
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nuclear security
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Russia
October 6, 2025
Op-ed
Here’s the Big Deal Trump and Putin Could Actually Reach in Alaska
The meeting of Presidents Trump and Putin in Alaska this week presents a rare and urgent opening for both leaders to make tangible progress on nuclear arms control, IST Senior Policy Advisor Sahil V. Shah and co-author IMEMO RAS research fellow Dmitry Stefanovich argue in Politico.
arms race
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CATALINK
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crisis communication
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New START Treaty
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Russia
August 15, 2025
Blog
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.
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India
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nuclear crisis communications
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Pakistan
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Russia
July 23, 2024
Event
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.
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hotline
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India
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nuclear
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nuclear weapons
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Pakistan
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Russia
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UK
July 18, 2024
Report
Use-Cases of Resilient Nuclear Crisis Communications: A View from Russia
This report delves into resilient nuclear crisis communications from the Russian perspective, examines several documents and actions taken by Russia political leadership on both nuclear and non-nuclear instances of crisis communications, and concludes by stressing the importance of cooperation between leaders in Moscow and Washington:
nuclear crisis communications
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nuclear risk reduction
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Russia
June 26, 2024
Blog
Hotlines for the Digital Age: Improving communications in cyber-generated national security crises
What do countries that don’t have regular high-level security communications pathways do when their critical digital infrastructure is under cyber attack, and the cyber attack appears to be coming from the territory of a country on the other side of the globe? An ongoing negotiation convened under the United Nations First Committee is building a structure to make clear and urgent communication on cybersecurity incidents accessible to every government.
hotlines
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Ransomware
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Russia
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United Nations
July 6, 2023
Blog
Technology, Warfare, and Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine: IST’s Anniversary Assessment
Prompted by the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion, the IST team took stock of the major tech trends the war in Ukraine has revealed, accelerated, and even redirected.
cybersecurity
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disinformation
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Russia
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Russo-Ukraine War
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Ukraine
February 24, 2023
Report
Towards a Stronger Ukrainian Media Ecosystem
As Russian troops and military equipment surged on the border with Ukraine in 2021, IST used data gathered by VAST-OSINT Technologies to identify emerging narratives in Russian and Ukrainian across Ukraine’s media ecosystem. IST was able to pinpoint the origins of Russian disinformation narratives before they became mainstream and to provide timely insights to counter those narratives.
disinformation
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media ecosystem
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Russia
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Ukraine
December 14, 2022
Event
November 16, 2022 10:00 am
Averting Catastrophe: Walking the Talk on Nuclear Risk Reduction and Crisis Communications
How can states build greater transparency and predictability to prevent or manage crises when prevention fails? On November 16, 2022, IST hosted a conversation with experts to share Chinese and Russian perspectives on nuclear risks.
China
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nuclear crisis communications
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nuclear risk reduction
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Russia
November 16, 2022
Event
May 11, 2022 1:00 pm
Hacking in Plain Sight: Offensive Cyber Operations in the Russo-Ukrainian War
On May 11, 2022, IST hosted the Army Cyber Institute’s Erica D. Lonergan, Stairwell’s Silas Cutler, Okta’s Marc Rogers, and IST’s Megan Stifel for a conversation about the range of cyber operations seen in the Russo-Ukrainian war, how each country responded, the implications for both countries, and what we can learn when it comes to modern cyber operations in wartime.
cyber operations
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hacking
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Russia
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Ukraine
May 11, 2022
Event
April 28, 2022 1:00 pm
Russia’s AI Disconnect: The War in Ukraine and the Looming Collapse of Russia’s AI Industry
artificial intelligence
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military AI
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Russia
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Ukraine
April 28, 2022
Report
Digital Safety Training for Ukrainian Journalists and Civil Society
Natalia Antonova presents a guide for Ukrainian journalists and civil society with practical tips to safeguard their digital activities and improve their digital hygiene.
civil society
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cyber hygiene
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digital safety
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disinformation
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Geopolitics of Technology
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journalists
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Russia
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Ukraine
April 6, 2022
Report
НАВЧАННЯ З ЦИФРОВОЇ БЕЗПЕКИ ДЛЯ УКРАЇНСЬКИХ ЖУРНАЛІСТІВ ТА ГРОМАДЯНСЬКОГО СУСПІЛЬСТВА
Вторгнення Росії до України спричиняє руйнування, смерть та втрату стабільності, справляючи глибоко руйнівну дію на українське суспільство. Кремль та його агенти активно використовують залякування, дезінформацію та пропаганду, цензуру, кібератаки, а також різноманітні інші засоби обмежити...
digital
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digital hygiene
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digital safety
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information
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propaganda
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Russia
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Ukraine
April 6, 2022
Blog
Statement on the Russian Invasion of Ukraine
The international community must respond quickly and robustly to deter further aggression—but even a unified response will not return us to the global order of yesterday. Our actions must show with whom we stand and serve to dissuade additional efforts to undermine international stability.
announcements
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Russia
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Russo-Ukraine War
February 22, 2022
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