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Jamie Withorne

@jamiewithorne.bsky.social

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Nuclear weapons, international politics, and “”emerging”” technology. Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oslo, Oslo Nuclear Project LearnWMD Spreadsheet and Substack: www.jamiewithorne.com

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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · Aug 20

🚀 Just launched my personal website: jamiewithorne.com

It brings together my research, LearnWMD content, and a new Substack featuring OSINT tutorials, satellite imagery updates on nuclear developments, and academic insights with policy relevance.

Jamie R. Withorne

An academic CV site for Jamie R. Withorne, including a detailed biography, resources, and links to an active blog.

jamiewithorne.com

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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · 2d

God bless Jane Goodall.

Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · 2d

sick 👍🏻

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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · 2d

🎉🎉🎉

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Louisa Boulaziz @louisabo.bsky.social · 2d

New WP! We find: Overall male and female cabinet members have the same backgrounds, but women in high ranking positions, and women in contexts with few women in politics have backgrounds that align more with the archetypal politician. With @jacobnyrup.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/s4hy3htk

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Melanie D’Arrigo @darrigomelanie.bsky.social · 3d

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

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Texas National Security Review @tnsr.org · 11d

How are alliances like AUKUS and cooperation between Russia, China, and North Korea reshaping the nuclear order? @laurensukin.bsky.social and @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social introduce the essays and explore the effects of domestic politics and global competition.

📖 Read here: tnsr.org/roundtable/n...

"The Evolving Global Landscape of Nuclear Security" by Lauren Sukin and Rohan Mukherjee

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James Acton @nuclear-jim.bsky.social · 11d

The End of MAD?

Join me, Steve Fetter, @jaysankarans.bsky.social, TD MacDonald, Ton Stefanik, @lauraegrego.bsky.social, @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social, and Charlie Glaser to discuss whether technological developments are undermining mutually assured destruction.

Link for virtual rego in next post.

a man in a shirt and tie is screaming with his hands in the air .

ALT: a man in a shirt and tie is screaming with his hands in the air .

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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · 16d

boats!!!!!

Bellingcat @bellingcat.com · 19d

Check out @pa.nton.cx 's database of 'sketchy boats' here: sketchy.boats/about

sketchy.boats

Not saying this boat's shady. Just saying it ticks a lot of weird boxes. Sketchiness score inside.

sketchy.boats

Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · 19d

*Secretary of War.

Makes it even more normal.

Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · 24d

My first attempt at a blog is now live. Check out my substack here: open.substack.com/pub/jamiewit...

Another nuclear blog???

Yes, but at least it's not a podcast (:

open.substack.com

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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · Sep 11

seems timely

Neeraj Prasad @neerajprsd.bsky.social · Sep 8

🚨🚨🚨Announcing a special issue on “Political Violence in Democracies” published by @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social and edited by @andrearuggeri.bsky.social, U Daxecker, and me. In this very long 🧵, I will introduce the special issue with its 14 articles. doi.org/10.1177/0022...

Political violence in democracies: An Introduction - Andrea Ruggeri, Ursula Daxecker, Neeraj Prasad, 2025

It is well established that democracies experience less political violence than autocracies. Paradoxically, however, this widely accepted fact has led scholars ...

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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · Sep 10

*whispering frantically to myself* “pls be an ai fever dream. pls be an ai fever dream.”

Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · Sep 10

It’s so so so so close to being “America… fuck yeah!” That I genuinely had to watch it like ten times to see if it was a parody or not.

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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · Sep 10

wake up babe, new propaganda dropped

youtu.be/kh4VNPxOzu8?...

"Stand and Fight" by Pat Riot

YouTube video by NRSC

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Frank O'Donnell @frank11285.bsky.social · Sep 10

👀

The Counter-Silo Capabilities of Conventional Prompt Strike Weapons

This study assesses the vulnerability of silo-based ICBMs to conventional prompt strike weapons. The study’s focus is on hypersonic boost-glide weapons, but its results are applicable to other hype...

www.tandfonline.com

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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · Sep 10

Congratulations, Alex!!! Looking forward to giving it a read.

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Oslo Nuclear Project @oslonuclearproject.bsky.social · Sep 9

📖 ONP is delighted to be featured in the most recent Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Youth, disarmament and non-proliferation.

Learn more about ONP's contributions here 👉 digitallibrary.un.org/record/40866...

Youth, disarmament and non-proliferation :

digitallibrary.un.org

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Oslo Nuclear Project @oslonuclearproject.bsky.social · Sep 8

🇩🇪 ONP Doctoral Research Fellow @jamiewithorne.bsky.social will be with our friends down in Hamburg, Germany for the next three months! Jamie is a visiting research fellow at IFSH.

Read more: ifsh.de/en/staff/wit...

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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · Sep 3

me: what year was that document released?
NATO: yes.

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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · Sep 2

@thomasnilsen.bsky.social

Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · Sep 2

🇩🇪 Excited to announce that I'm in Germany for the next couple of months as a visiting research fellow with the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH)!

The plan is: write, pretzel, beer, repeat 😉

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Ina L Kristiansen @inalkristiansen.bsky.social · Sep 2

Great to have @szakonyi.bsky.social present his new book project in the keynote speech at the WhoGov 2025 workshop at @statsvitenskap.bsky.social ! The last two days have been full of exciting presentations on elite research by a great group of researchers!

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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · Aug 28

Really interesting new article out by Adelina Andersen on Norwegian intelligence sharing and alliance implications: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

I spy with my little eye: The case of Norwegian nuclear intelligence sharing with the United States

What considerations prevail when nonnuclear allies assess their contributions to a nuclear alliance? Two hypotheses stand out as promising: considerations pertaining to the composite security dilem...

www.tandfonline.com

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Oslo Nuclear Project @oslonuclearproject.bsky.social · Aug 28

🌟 Welcome back, everyone! 🌟
A new semester means new opportunities and new connections. We’re excited to kick things off and share updates, resources, and events with you throughout the upcoming year.

📌 Follow us here to stay in the loop!

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Jamie Withorne @jamiewithorne.bsky.social · Aug 21

The Marie Curie fellowship at the IAEA will open on 1 Sept. This is a funding opportunity for women pursuing nuclear-related graduate school.
www.iaea.org/services/key...

Information for applicants | IAEA

The application period is now closed. The next application period will open on 1 September 2025.