Steve Feldstein

Bytes & Bullets is available September 8 wherever books are sold. Pre-order yours now! 👇👇 www.amazon.com/Bytes-Bullet...

Crooked dealings in Alaska involving a trump White House & kremlin talks www.nytimes.com/2026/10/23/u...

The role of tech on the battlefield has grown in recent years. Will Silicon Valley decide the winners and losers of wars? @stevefeldstein.bsky.social discussed on The World Unpacked, with Jon Bateman: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dj9LAZdBeB8

New piece about why Pentagon so spooked about Iran's threat to B-1 bombers: ➡️ Iran learned from others (see Ukraine's Operation Spider's Web) ➡️ Military innovations spreading fast. 3D printers & Claude used for drones & missiles ➡️ America failing to adapt carnegieendowment.org/emissary/202...

Starlink is a vital tool for Ukraine's military. The Trump administration seems to have throttled it. Why? And what are the implications? @stevefeldstein.bsky.social unpacks. Check out Steve's new book: https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250394088/bytesandbullets/

WaPo published my letter, but first they censored it. Here’s the story . . 1/

🆕| Is China beating the U.S. on technological innovation? In an excerpt from his book, Bytes and Bullets, @stevefeldstein.bsky.social explains how the proliferation of Chinese DJI drones demonstrates China’s advances in technology and, consequently, in power. Read it in @restofworld.org👇

🔜 TOMORROW in @digitalaut-ecpr.bsky.social #ECPRSeminars 🛰️ From China’s rising strength to corporations acting beyond state control, join @stevefeldstein.bsky.social to explore how technology is changing the way countries compete and wage war 💻️ Tue 6 Oct, 14:30 – 16:00 BST

The Kremlin’s plans to commit wide-ranging and blatant war crimes this winter www.nytimes.com/2026/10/02/w...

💻 🧠 ⚔️ On Artificial Intelligence in the Military Domain and the Implications for Human Rights By @stevefeldstein.bsky.social, – @carnegieeurope.bsky.social

🆕| AI is reshaping politics, supercharging surveillance and repression while giving citizens new tools to organize and resist. A new @carnegieendowment.org compendium, edited by @stevefeldstein.bsky.social and Shreya Joshi, explores AI’s disruptive politics across 10 essays.👇

Another important #reading assignment for those of us working in the defense acquisition industry. I look forward to learning from @stevefeldstein.bsky.social. #booksky

"The internet remembers everything." Nowadays, info online can be removed, distorted, falsified or censored completely. Next week, AI Now's @smw.bsky.social, @stevefeldstein.bsky.social & @mashagessen.bsky.social discuss how rewriting digital history is the latest tool of authoritarian regimes.

Today: @stevefeldstein.bsky.social joins @tlhumanrights.bsky.social to testify on the human rights implications of the use of AI in warfare. Tune in here, beginning at 2pm ET: humanrightscommission.house.gov/events/heari...

Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare by @stevefeldstein.bsky.social www.amazon.com/Bytes-Bullet...

Awesome event last night at Politics and Prose on the Wharf in DC last night to launch the book. But it, folks. It's the story of today.

In BYTES AND BULLETS, author @stevefeldstein.bsky.social writes about how global tech is changing the shape of modern warfare. In this excerpt, he discusses how drones have changed the battlefield. thebulletin.org/2026/09/how-...

New excerpt from my forthcoming book Bytes and Bullets in @thebulletin.org. Take a look!

"In the early 2000s, it would have been unthinkable for small insurgent groups to develop sophisticated drone-building programs and deploy unmanned aircraft against their opponents," writes @stevefeldstein.bsky.social. "A generation later, this technology has become cheaper and far more accessible."

On Lawfare Daily, @klonick.bsky.social spoke to @stevefeldstein.bsky.social about about his recent essay on AI targeting systems on why the conventional wisdom about AI warfare has it backwards. youtu.be/K6ex-jovAts

⏰ Last change to register! ⏰ Join us next Wednesday for the launch of @stevefeldstein.bsky.social's new book: 'Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Private Tech and the Future of Modern Warfare'. 📅 Wed, 15 Jul, 17:00-18:15 📍 King's College London

🇺🇳 NEWS --> the UN Human Rights Council today approved new special rapporteurs, including Leopoldo Maldonado, an inspired choice for freedom of expression. Polo, director of @article19mxca.bsky.social for many years, has helped lead the fight for media freedom and journalist protection in Mexico. 🙌

While there is growing interest in adopting powerful AI systems for military use, global dispersion remains in early stages, writes Steven Feldstein @stevefeldstein.bsky.social. "Given the complexity of military AI innovations, many nations will face considerable hurdles in adopting them."

For a deep dive into AI targeting systems and how rapidly they will proliferate, here's my latest piece @thebulletin.org 👇👇

Please join me in London on July 15 for a book launch hosted by @csns-uk.bsky.social!

Join us for a discussion of Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Private Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare with author @stevefeldstein.bsky.social 📅 Wednesday, 15 July 2026 🕔 17:00-18:00 📍 King’s College London csns.uk/event/bytes-...

In long run oil price spike probably a great thing for EVs and renewables…an unexpected outcome from Trump www.nytimes.com/2026/06/07/b...

#Zambia’s cancellation of the RightsCon #DigitalRights summit is an indication not only of #China’s influence, but also of the #DemocraticBacksliding under Zambian President Hakainde Hichilema, write Jane Munga and Steve Feldstein @stevefeldstein.bsky.social):

Absurd and not credible www.nytimes.com/live/2026/05...

🚨My new piece out--insights from Iran war: 1️⃣ Cheap drones & missiles can overcome expensive defenses 2️⃣ AI accelerates targeting raising real concerns abt proliferation & civilian casualties. Read the latest 📘👇 carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

🆕The Iran war offers 2 dangerous lessons, writes @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social: 1️⃣ Cheap drones can overwhelm expensive defenses 2️⃣ AI accelerates targeting. Accountability is falling behind The result: civilian casualities and more proliferation. Read the latest from @carnegieendowment.org 📘👇

I wonder what the 39% who still approve are happy with…a new war with no end? Skyrocketing gas prices? Self-enrichment? www.nytimes.com/2026/04/23/u...

critical intervention from @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social, on how Big Tech is resetting the terms of warfare. Steve foreshadowed the use of "good enough" drones as geopolitical chips - and look at where we are now foreignpolicy.com/2025/11/17/d...

Read and assigned his last book on digital autocracy, so expecting this one to shake up Washington again

🎙️I'm glad to announce that I'll be a speaker at the AI+ Expo in DC! I'm speaking about my forthcoming book, Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare It's free to attend, please join me! invt.io/1txb6b2477t

“He is just five years out of college, and he has repeatedly advocated an approach that overturns three generations of American diplomatic orthodoxy.” www.nytimes.com/2026/04/17/w...

And a pro-segregationist statue rises up in a Texas ballpark www.nytimes.com/athletic/719...

Such an infuriating commentary by @drkatemarvel.bsky.social about how Trump's team is destroying America's science and tech edge while categorically ignoring early catastrophic effects of climate change. Future generations will pay a heavy price www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/o...

(breaking from me) The Pentagon is discussing plans for generative AI companies to train military-specific versions of their models on classified data. It's a new development compared to models just answering classified questions. Details here: www.technologyreview.com/2026/03/17/1...

What??? www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/w...

Pleased to see @usamakhilji.bsky.social new piece out about Gen-Z protests and new elections in Bangladesh and Nepal! @carnegieendowment.org carnegieendowment.org/research/202...

Today on the show, I talked to @stevenfeldstein.bsky.social about AI warfare. slate.com/podcasts/wha...

1/ As the US continues AI-enabled strikes on Iran, new @brennancenter.org research from @emileayoub.bsky.social and me examines how the military’s investments in the technology have been building to this moment. Congress must step up and reckon with AI’s dangers to life, liberty, and democracy 🧵:

Steven Feldstein: Senior Fellow, Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (@stevenfeldstein.bsky.social):