Thinking the Unthinkable with Ankit Panda

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AI, Nuclear Command and Control, and Competitive Dynamics

Thinking the Unthinkable with Ankit Panda
Philip Reiner and Ankit Panda
September 9, 2026

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Episode Notes:

Philip Reiner, CEO of the Institute for Security and Technology, joins Ankit to discuss how AI could reshape nuclear command and control across all nine nuclear-armed states. Together, they explore what happens as AI races ahead of a nuclear culture built on caution.

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