Abstract This contribution provides an overview of nuclear risks emerging from the militarization AI technologies and systems. These include enhancements cyber threats to command, control communication infrastructures, proposed uses systems affected by inherent vulnerabilities in early warning, AI-powered unmanned vessels trailing submarines armed with ballistic missiles. Taken together, add ne...

Even though oceans are pivotal for the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons, they constitute a blind spot in global regime. This article analyses how regional security governance mechanisms may fill such gaps by bringing maritime focus to studies. With three nuclear-weapons-free zones and one zone peace surrounding or covering its space, South Atlantic serves as an illustrative case understand ...

Aug 6 and 9 mark the anniversaries of atomic bombings Hiroshima Nagasaki, where roughly 140 000 74 people died, respectively. Last year saw 75th anniversary, but it passed largely unnoticed by most world, which was perhaps understandably preoccupied with all-too-present threat COVID-19. Nuclear war is low in people's priorities. But according to World Economic Forum Global Risks Report 2021, we...