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Great news! "Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail" is now #OpenAccess so that everyone can read it online. Thanks to generous support from @mitpress.bsky.social Direct to Open (D20). @managingtheatom.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social

Check it out here:
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January 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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In the Nonproliferation Review, I recently published an #OpenAccess article about the institutional design of the TPNW. It addresses misconceptions about the treaty's intent and parameters. It suggests ways for proponents and opponents to fairly assess the #NuclearBan.

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January 12, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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The Nonproliferation Review published a second special issue on Beyond Nuclear Deterrence. Co-edited by me, Hassan Elbahtimy & @professorrdg.bsky.social

In the #OpenAccess intro we review 2 years of activities & challenges of the Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group: doi.org/10.1080/1073...
January 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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MTA is thrilled to announce a new book! Edited by our visiting scholar @herzogsm.bsky.social & alumni @gdavidarceneaux.bsky.social & Ariel Petrovics for @mitpress.bsky.social

It discusses when well-intentioned nuclear policies may actually make problems worse.

mitpress.mit.edu/978026205185...
January 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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It's book publication day! "Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail" is out now from @mitpress.bsky.social in @belfercenter.bsky.social's Studies in International Security book series.

Contents and discount codes below. @managingtheatom.bsky.social

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December 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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MTA Visiting Scholar @herzogsm.bsky.social & alum Dave Alison won a Best Paper 2025 Award from @socriskanalysis.bsky.social for work on the AI-nuclear proliferation nexus. The prize honors papers w/ "the most significant impacts on the theory or practice of risk analysis.” doi.org/10.1111/risa...
Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation: The Technological Arms Race for (In)visibility
A robust nonproliferation regime has contained the spread of nuclear weapons to just nine states. Yet, emerging and disruptive technologies are reshaping the landscape of nuclear risks, presenting a ....
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December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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MTA Associate & MIT Senior Researcher @mbudjeryn.bsky.social was featured on CNN to discuss the damage to the Chernobyl confinement structure -- video.snapstream.net/Play/6rgJDF7...
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December 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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Next Tuesday, Dec. 9, join us at @carnegieendowment.org for a discussion with Dr. Hui Zhang on his newly released book "The Untold Story of China’s Nuclear Weapons", moderated by @tongzhao.bsky.social

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Miniaturization and Modernization: The Untold Story of China’s Nuclear Weapons
At a time when the U.S.-China relationship is deteriorating, strategic stability between the two nations is also eroding, raising the risk of an arms race and nuclear escalation of a future conflict. ...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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herzogsm.bsky.social
The Nonproliferation Review published the first of 2 special issues from the Harvard–MacArthur Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group.

#OpenAccess intro by the 3 working group co-chairs & special issue editors, Hassan Elbahtimy, @professorrdg.bsky.social, & me: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Getting beyond nuclear deterrence: a research agenda
For eight decades, the practice of nuclear deterrence has been treated as common sense in many influential policy-making and scholarly circles. This remains the case although most states neither po...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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My article w/Dave Allison on how AI might enable nuclear weapons (non)proliferation has been added to the latest issue of Risk Analysis @socriskanalysis.bsky.social (after appearing online first).

Check it out #OpenAccess: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation: The Technological Arms Race for (In)visibility
A robust nonproliferation regime has contained the spread of nuclear weapons to just nine states. Yet, emerging and disruptive technologies are reshaping the landscape of nuclear risks, presenting a ...
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December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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On December 3 at 9:30AM EST, join us for a conversation with Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer on the drivers of extended deterrence choices: Evidence from Norwegian parliamentary debates, 1945-2024
www.belfercenter.org/event/driver...
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Trump’s remarks on restarting U.S. nuclear testing are fueling fears others will follow. WaPo reports major new activity at China’s Lop Nur site—potential prep for renewed tests. China would likely mirror any U.S. return to explosive testing.
🔗 www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...
November 25, 2025 at 6:14 PM
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⌛One week left to apply! If you’re looking to deepen your expertise, expand your professional community, and contribute to policy-relevant research, now is the time to submit your application for a Belfer Center Fellowship — the deadline is December 1.

Learn more: www.belfercenter.org/fellowships
November 24, 2025 at 9:46 PM
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I was delighted to contribute a chapter to the new book Nuclear Negotiations: Conditions for Effective Nuclear Diplomacy. It was produced by the Alva Myrdal Centre for Nuclear Disarmament @uupeace.bsky.social.

Check out the book! link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Nuclear Negotiations
This volume studies nuclear negotiations and diplomacy from a negotiation perspective providing key insights for effective nuclear negotiations
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November 21, 2025 at 7:09 PM
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Does public opinion affect policymaker preferences about nuclear weapon use?

New article from: @herzogsm.bsky.social, @smetanamichal.bsky.social, @laurensukin.bsky.social & @mvranka.bsky.social.

Read in @ejisbisa.bsky.social, @cambup-polsci.cambridge.org:
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November 12, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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Please join MTA on November 14 at 1pm Eastern Time if you are interested in learning more about MTA fellowships and the application process. More information (including the Zoom registration link) can be found here: x.com/managingthea...
November 7, 2025 at 9:49 PM
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On November 18, we will host MTA Fellow Kunal Singh for a discussion on Explaining North Korea's Unlikely Success: Personalist Regime, Weak State Capacity, and Nuclear Weapons Program - we hope to see you there!
www.belfercenter.org/event/explai...
November 5, 2025 at 2:08 PM
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Professor @matthew-bunn.bsky.social was quoted in a recent CNN article on Trumps desire to return to nuclear testing: www.aol.com/articles/tru...
October 31, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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October 27, 2025 at 4:43 PM
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Next week: "The Untold Story of China's Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing" with Hui Zhang

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The Untold Story of China's Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing | Hui
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October 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
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BRSL Research Seminar: reporting on Dr. Hui Zhang's new book, "The Untold Story of China’s Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing," on China’s nuclear weapons development from 1955 to 1996.

📅 Register:
In person: luma.com/cjhxekzt
Virtual: luma.com/t1y5gd06
Dr. Hui Zhang: The Untold Story of China’s Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing · Luma
Dr. Zhang’s new book, The Untold Story of China’s Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing, offers the most comprehensive account of China’s nuclear weapons…
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October 23, 2025 at 9:21 PM
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A new piece by Dr. Mohammad Tabaar, quoting Dr. Steven Miller - "An Obituary for the JCPOA": carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/1...
October 23, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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Stimson Center Distinguished Fellow Joel Wit will be presenting his book "Flashpoint: The Inside Story of How America Failed to Disarm North Korea" on October 30 at 10am.
Please use this link to join in on the conversation:
www.belfercenter.org/event/how-am...
October 23, 2025 at 3:19 PM
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Next Monday, October 27, UC Berkeley Risk and Security Lab will be hosting MTA Senior Researcher Dr. Hui Zhang for a discussion on his forthcoming book "The Untold Story of China’s Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing"
brsl.berkeley.edu/beyond-the-b...
October 23, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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Join MTA on October 28 for a discussion with Dr. Brad Roberts on Counterforce and Strategic Stability: Mapping the Debate, where we will delve into the recently released Livermore report on counterforce strategy in U.S. nuclear policy
www.belfercenter.org/event/counte...
October 21, 2025 at 2:09 PM