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2021
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Podcast
Strategic Stability: Sahil Shah on Press the Button
Sahil Shah joined Ploughshare Fund’s flagship podcast Press the Button to discuss strategic stability, transatlantic relations, and the need for reliable communications links in all nuclear contexts.
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risk reduction
October 11, 2021
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The CATALINK Brief
Learn more about the CATALINK initiative, which combines radical simplicity, open source design, formal methods for NC3, and international collaboration and outreach.
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Innovation and Catastrophic Risk
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August 1, 2021
Testimony
Testimony: Stopping Digital Thieves: The Growing Threat of Ransomware
On July 20, 2021, Institute for Security and Technology CEO Philip Reiner testified in front of the Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations of the Committee on Energy and Commerce for a hearing entitled, "Stopping Digital Thieves: The Growing Threat of Ransomware."
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July 20, 2021
Report
Future Digital Threats to Democracy – Trends and Drivers
Based on a comprehensive literature review and conversations with subject matter experts, Alexa Wehsener, Vera Zakem, and M. Nina Miller identified nine trends that are likely to pose digital threats to democracy in the future.
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May 5, 2021
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Back Story with Dana Lewis: Nuclear Hotlines
Philip Reiner joined the podcast Back Story with Dana Lewis to discuss a proposal for a nuclear hotline for nations with nuclear weapons.
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Innovation and Catastrophic Risk
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March 3, 2021
Report
Hotline Between Two Koreas: Status, Limitations and Future Tasks
In this paper, Moon Chung-in and Boo Seung-Chan provide historical context on the hotlines linking South and North Korea and point to the lessons that can be learned from the decades-long effort.
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December 17, 2020
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