The Transatlantic Security Initiative advances a new understanding for policymakers regarding how emerging technologies should factor into forthcoming arms control regimes.
King’s College London
New study analyses impact of emerging technologies on nuclear stability.
Weapons of Mass Distortion: A new approach to emerging technologies, risk reduction, and the global nuclear order
Emerging technologies could increase the risk of countries using nuclear weapons, according to new research produced by the Centre of Science and Security Studies (CSSS), King’s College London. In particular, technologies that distort information and undermine trust, both publicly and in the intelligence community, could destabilise deterrence efforts and create a crisis in the global nuclear order, the researcher claims.
The UK government, in its recent Integrated Review of Security, Defence, Development and Foreign Policy, made the case that new technologies, especially when used in combination with each other, could rival weapons of mass destruction in their strategic or tactical impact. The Integrated Review also identified that ‘rapid technological change’ was �