☢️ CSR's Nolan Center is thrilled to announce that it has accepted 7 remarkable individuals into its third class of early-career fellows working to reduce nuclear risks: councilonstrategicrisks.org/2024/04/30/the…

LAPD said in its statement cited “violence within the encampment.” For the second straight night, escalation began with pro-Israel counter-protesters attempting to break down barricades in front of the encampment, engaging in violence, as Daily Bruin and others have reported.

Editorial: UCLA has failed its students in not taking action to prevent violence between protesters and counter-protesters at the pro-Palestine encampment. dailybruin.com/2024/05/01/edi…

Finally, Dan Zhukov makes the case for a channel among U.S., U.K., and France, highlighting the benefits of swift comms for immediate clarification. “Compared to other options, a mechanism connecting the heads of all 3 states would add the greatest potential value,” he writes.

Author Dan Zhukov is a War Studies MA candidate at War Studies and a 2024 Nuclear Risk Reduction Fellow at Council on Strategic Risks. 📘Read “The Phone-a-Friend Option: Use Cases for a U.S..-UK-French Crisis Communication Channel:”securityandtechnology.org/virtual-librar…

Immensely grateful for the opportunity to contribute to Institute for Security and Technology’s important exploration of resilient crisis comms and their use cases! Check out the briefs by my stellar Working Group co-members, as well as my take on the utility of a US-UK-French crisis management channel.

Very useful & timely collection of country perspectives on crisis communications. I weigh in on d Indian experience & underscore d need for credible commn channels for crisis mgt bet nuc states. Common sense? Alas, not so common. Thanks Sylvia Mishra CAPS India Asia-Pacific Leadership Network

🥳🌏Excited to share insights from my latest report, "Pakistan: Mitigating Nuclear Risks Through Crisis Communications." With the rapid advancements in disruptive technologies and rising geopolitical tensions, effective crisis communication is more crucial than ever. Key

The #CATALINK initiative's latest series brought authors from across academia and industry together to assess the status of crisis communications in nuclear-armed states. Next Thursday, IST hosts a virtual conversation with series authors. Register now: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

In “Improving Nuclear Hotlines,” Rabia Akhtar, Manpreet Sethi, Dmitry Stefanovich & Dan Zhukov offer analyses of nuclear crisis comms networks in India, Pakistan, Russia, and the U.S., U.K. & France. Join us on 7/18 for a discussion on their takeaways: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

🚨Now live: IST’s Sylvia Mishra moderates a discussion with the authors of our latest #CATALINK series on Improving Nuclear Hotlines: Rabia Akhtar (CSSPR), Manpreet Sethi (CAPS India), Dmitry Stefanovich (IMEMO RAS), and Dan Zhukov (War Studies). youtube.com/watch?v=35CHVT…

ICYMI: Here's the video of the Webinar on "Improving Nuclear Hotlines" in which I participated as a panelist along with great fellow panelists Manpreet Sethi Dmitry Stefanovich Daniil Zhukov, ably moderated by Sylvia Mishra hosted by Institute for Security and Technology youtube.com/live/35CHVTW7s… Great convo

Yesterday, IST’s #CATALINK team hosted a webinar with the authors of their latest report, “Improving Nuclear Hotlines: Relevance and Use Cases” to discuss the state of crisis comms in India, Pakistan, Russia, and the U.S., U.K. & France. A 🧵: youtube.com/watch?v=35CHVT…

Discussions at the #NPTPrepCom are in full swing & need to consider how to pave the way for a positive outcome in 2026. With consensus as the main goal, what other options should be on the table? There’s still enough time to set the agenda for the coming two years.

On Thursday, authors of the latest #CATALINK Initiative series sat down to discuss the state of crisis communications in India, Pakistan, Russia, and the U.S., U.K. & France. Our latest #NatSpecs blog breaks down their conversation: securityandtechnology.org/blog/the-catal…

So happy to share that I successfully defended my dissertation Defence Studies KCL this Thursday! A huge thank you to the many people/places who have been a part of my PhD journey, including my wonderful advisors Heather Williams , Wyn Bowen & Lawrence Freedman ; CNS & Middlebury Institute; & MIT SSP .

Former Deputy Secretary General of NATO Rose Rose Gottemoeller discusses reengaging with a saber-rattling Russia, negotiating with China, and how arms control frameworks can adapt to AI and other emerging technologies. An interview by Laurel Baker: thebulletin.org/2024/07/interv…

In this new CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues commentary, Heather Williams and I write about how the Global South reacts to Russia's nuclear saber-rattling, their perspectives on great power competition, and how the US can more effectively engage them. Schar School CISAC csis.org/analysis/debat…

If you're looking for something to do this lunch time at #NPT2024, try out our arms control negotiation game! You can also talk to my colleagues Julia and Emma about how we developed this game. We are so pleased that this is now live - more to follow!

🚨YOUNG NUCLEAR PROFESSIONALS🚨 You do not want to miss this! CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues’s Nuclear Scholars Initiative is the opportunity of a lifetime. Apply 👇CSIS International Security Program CSIS