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The Way Ahead
Analysis

The Way Ahead

April 11, 2020

The transformational nature of the strategic SA landscape suggests a second look is necessary to consider the risks these emerging capabilities may introduce as well as and the challenges they may pose for policy professionals, especially when employed in a crisis or conflict between nuclear-armed states.

Understanding Situational Awareness Technologies and the Emerging Situational Awareness Ecosystem
Analysis

Understanding Situational Awareness Technologies and the Emerging Situational Awareness Ecosystem

April 6, 2020

The rapid expansion of new and existing technologies can provide opportunities for major breakthroughs in the ability to detect threats; track hostile actions and forces; process, interpret and communicate vast data sets; and predict and shape the actions and possibly even decisions of adversaries.

Key Takeaways from "Under the Nuclear Shadow: Situational Awareness Technology and Crisis Decisionmaking"
Analysis

Key Takeaways from "Under the Nuclear Shadow: Situational Awareness Technology and Crisis Decisionmaking"

February 18, 2020

With the support of the Carnegie Corporation of New York, the Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) at the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) and the University of California, Berkeley’s Nuclear Policy Working Group undertook a two year study to examine the implications of emerging situational awareness technologies for m...

When Is More Actually Less? Situational Awareness, Emerging Technology, and Strategic Stability
Analysis

When Is More Actually Less? Situational Awareness, Emerging Technology, and Strategic Stability

July 29, 2019

By improving the accuracy and timeliness of warning, increasing visibility into adversary actions, and extending decision time in crisis, enhanced situational awareness reduces the risk of miscalculation and alleviates the use-or-lose pressure that could incentivize a nuclear first strike. But can there be too much of a good thing?