CSINT Book Talk: "Bytes and Bullets" by Steven Feldstein
Thu, Nov 12 · 5:30 PM SIS Founders Room · American University
Join CSINT and Steven Feldstein to discuss his new book, Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare Steve Feldstein will be joining CSINT on November 12th at 5:30PM -6:30PM to speak about his new book - Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalries, Big Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare. Steve Feldstein is a senior fellow and director of the Democracy, Conflict, and Governance Program at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. His research focuses on technology, national security, the global context for democracy, and U.S. foreign policy. Feldstein’s new book, Bytes and Bullets: Global Rivalry, Private Tech, and the New Shape of Modern Warfare , was published by St. Martin’s Press in September 2026. He is the author of The Rise of Digital Repression: How Technology is Reshaping Power, Politics, and Resistance (Oxford, 2021), which was the recipient of the 2023 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order. He has published research on military AI systems, digital technology’s impact on war, how AI is reshaping repression, the global demand for drones, China’s digital authoritarianism, and new patterns of internet shutdowns. He has released an index tracking the spread of AI surveillance worldwide and published a global inventory measuring the prevalence of commercial spyware.
