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EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament Consortium NoN-ProliferatioN a Nd disarmameNt Pa Pers Promoting the European network of independent non-proliferation and disarmament think tanks No. 73 March 2021 EXPLAINING THE NUCLEAR CHALLENGES POSED BY EMERGING AND DISRUPTIVE TECHNOLOGY: A PRIMER FOR EUROPEAN POLICYMAKERS AND PROFESSIONALS* andrew futter I. INTRODUCTION SUMMARY There is considerable interest from different audiences This paper is a primer for those seeking to engage with across Europe in the impact of ‘new’, ‘emerging’ and current debates on nuclear risk in Europe. It demystifies ‘disruptive’ technologies on nuclear security, strategy and contextualizes the challenges posed by emerging and and order.1 It is now unusual to participate in any disruptive technologies in the nuclear realm. It looks in detail at five significant and potentially disruptive academic or policy discussion about nuclear issues that technological developments—hypersonic weapons, missile does not make reference to the range of technologies defence, artificial intelligence and automation, that are undermining or might weaken the frameworks counterspace capabilities, and computer network for managing nuclear risk. While reference to this operations (cyber)—to highlight often-overlooked nuances challenge is pervasive, it is not always matched with and explain how some of the challenges presented by these the same level of understanding or app