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Highly selective fellowship for recent grads to work with NGOs in DC on international peace and security.

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A Model for Effective Nuclear Risk Reduction

Via Arms Control Today by Scoville Fellow '89 Daryl Kimball of the @armscontrolnow.bsky.social.
www.armscontrol.org/act/2025-11/...
A Model for Effective Nuclear Risk Reduction | Arms Control Association
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November 25, 2025 at 8:03 PM
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US Is (Officially) Gone, But Not Forgotten, at COP30

Scoville Fellow '22 @rsanta.bsky.social of the @nsarchive.bsky.social comments in @insideclimatenews.org article by @bberwyn.bsky.social. insideclimatenews.org/news/2011202...
US Is (Officially) Gone, But Not Forgotten, at COP30 - Inside Climate News
From fossil fuel politics to state-level climate action and intelligence monitoring, American influence remains deeply woven into the global climate talks.
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November 24, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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This week the Spring '25 Scoville Fellows--Sam Rafizad, Celia McDowall, and Lipi Shetty--had lunch with Scoville Fellowship President Stephen Miles to discuss their fellowship work and post-fellowship plans.
November 21, 2025 at 3:42 PM
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Nuclear Ban Treaty Crosses Majority Threshold

Via Arms Control Today by Scoville Fellow ’25 Lipi Shetty @armscontrolnow.bsky.social. www.armscontrol.org/act/2025-11/...
Nuclear Ban Treaty Crosses Majority Threshold | Arms Control Association
www.armscontrol.org
November 20, 2025 at 7:19 PM
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Scoville Fellow '97 Loung Ung talks with BBC Outlook about surviving Pol Pot’s regime in her native Cambodia (beginning 26:25). www.bbc.com/audio/play/w...
BBC Audio | Outlook | Outlook Mixtape: Earth, Wind and Fire
An elemental exploration down into caves, up in a hot air balloon, and a fiery spirit
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November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
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The Venn diagram of Donald Trump’s vendettas

Via @salon.com by Scoville Fellow '88 @johnfeffer.bsky.social. www.salon.com/2025/11/10/t...
The Venn diagram of Donald Trump's vendettas
Trump, MAGA and some on the left despise the liberal international order. Multipolarism isn't the answer.
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November 18, 2025 at 8:51 PM
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ICYMI Closer than Ever: Repealing the 2002 & 1991 AUMFs

Via @fcnl.bsky.social Education Fund by Scoville Fellow '25 Lydia El-Sayegh. www.fcnl.org/updates/2025...
Closer than Ever: Repealing the 2002 & 1991 AUMFs | Friends Committee On National Legislation
We are closer than ever to repealing the 2002 and 1991 Authorizations of Use of Military Force (AUMFs) against Iraq! On October 10, the Senate voted to repeal both these AUMFs in a bipartisan amendmen...
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November 17, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Trump Should Accept Putin’s New START Offer

Via The American Conservative by Scoville Fellow '24 Lucas Ruiz. www.theamericanconservative.com/trump-should...
Trump Should Accept Putin’s New START Offer
Nuclear arms control is America First.
www.theamericanconservative.com
November 17, 2025 at 4:02 PM
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The Spring ’25 Scoville Fellows--Sam Rafizad, Lipi Shetty, and Celia McDowall--were all smiles after sharing delicious Laotian bites during their cohort dinner.
November 14, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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Nuclear apocalypse now? Reflections on the movie “A House of Dynamite”

Via The Duck of Minerva by Scoville Fellow '99 Philipp Bleek.
www.duckofminerva.com/2025/11/nucl...
Nuclear apocalypse now? Reflections on the movie “A House of Dynamite”
I had high hopes for director Kathryn Bigelow’s House of Dynamite, a new Netflix movie about U.S. nuclear command and control. There’s so much potential for cinema to unpack the dilemmas and traged…
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November 13, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Tending to the Digital Commons: Examining the Potential of Artificial Intelligence to Detect and Respond to Toxic Speech

Via the Toda Peace Institute by Miriam Bethencourt, Scoville Fellow '24 Grace Connors, and Lisa Schirch. toda.org/policy-brief...
Tending to the Digital Commons: Examining the Potential of Artificial Intelligence to Detect and Respond to Toxic Speech | Toda Peace Institute
This paper explores the potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI), particularly Large Language Models (LLMs), as an emerging tool to address the proliferation of online toxic speech. The research focu...
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November 12, 2025 at 5:21 PM
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ICYMI Reserve Component Duty Status Reform:
A New Construct for Activating and Compensating Members of the National Guard and Reserves

@rand.org Research Summary by several authors including Scoville Fellow '02 Molly Dunigan. www.rand.org/pubs/researc...
Reserve Component Duty Status Reform: A New Construct for Activating and Compensating Members of the National Guard and Reserves
RAND researchers, in partnership with a U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) working group, propose an alternative construct for reserve component duty statuses to better meet DoD’s needs, especially rega...
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November 10, 2025 at 6:10 PM
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Iran Nuclear Talks Stalled After Sanctions Reimposed

Scoville Fellow '11 Kelsey Davenport of the @armscontrolnow.bsky.social. www.armscontrol.org/act/2025-11/...
Iran Nuclear Talks Stalled After Sanctions Reimposed | Arms Control Association
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November 7, 2025 at 5:35 PM
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Can Tuesday’s Success Carry Democrats to the Midterms?

Via The Tilt @nytimes.com by Scoville Fellow '10 ‪Nate Cohn‬. ‪https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/05/upshot/democrats-election-results-analysis.html
November 6, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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How Are Modern Technologies Affecting Nuclear Risks?

Via @carnegiecorp.bsky.social with comments from Scoville alumni James McKeon and @kingstonareif.bsky.social. www.carnegie.org/our-work/art...
How Are Modern Technologies Affecting Nuclear Risks? | Nuclear Threats | Carnegie Corporation of New York
Nuclear arsenals have decreased since the 1980s but new technologies like artificial intelligence and new dynamics in outer space are introducing uncertainty and vulnerabilities that need to be assess...
www.carnegie.org
November 5, 2025 at 5:43 PM
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Scoville Fellow '19 @sbmarchert.bsky.social and Scoville Fellow '25 Elena Tiedens at @poni.csis.org Alumni Reception.
November 4, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Scoville Fellow '89 Daryl Kimball of the @armscontrolnow.bsky.social discusses President Trump's remarks on U.S. nuclear testing via @thehill.com. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MtJO...
Expert: Trump 'MISINFORMED, INCOHERENT' Over Resuming NUCLEAR Testing, Risk of War HIGH | SUNRISE
YouTube video by The Hill
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November 3, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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Lessons from Aotearoa: My introduction to international peace by a nuclear-free nation

Read our new blog post by Scoville Fellow '25 Celia McDowall of the @carnegieendowment.org. scoville.org/2025/10/20/l...
October 31, 2025 at 7:50 PM
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ICYMI Secret Service finds ‘suspicious’ hunting stand near Air Force One landing zone in Florida

Via @cnn.com by Scoville Fellow '16 Lauren Chadwick and Holmes Lybrand. www.cnn.com/2025/10/20/p...
Secret Service finds ‘suspicious’ hunting stand near Air Force One landing zone in Florida | CNN Politics
The US Secret Service found a “suspicious” hunting stand within sight of the Air Force One landing zone ahead of the president’s arrival in Florida over the weekend, FBI Director Kash Patel said, addi...
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October 30, 2025 at 7:47 PM
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Better know a non-nuke: Iraq

New episode of the Arms Control Primer podcast from the International Institute for Strategic Studies hosted by Scoville Fellow '07 Alex Bollfrass with guests Dr. Hans Blix and Dr. Stephen Herzog. www.iiss.org/podcasts/arm...
Better know a non-nuke: Iraq
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October 29, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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ICYMI The Senate is Inching Closer to Recognizing that War is not the Answer

Via @fcnl.bsky.social Education Fund by Scoville Fellow '25 Lydia El-Sayegh. www.fcnl.org/updates/2025...
The Senate is Inching Closer to Recognizing that War is not the Answer | Friends Committee On National Legislation
Yesterday evening, Sens. Adam Schiff (CA) and Tim Kaine (VA) forced a vote on their War Powers Resolution, S.J.Res.83 to stop the President from using the military in illegal attacks in the Caribbean.
www.fcnl.org
October 28, 2025 at 6:52 PM
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Congratulations to Scoville Fellow '15 Hannah Haegeland on her new job as a Research Fellow at the Project on Managing the Atom and the @belfercenter.bsky.social. www.belfercenter.org/people/hanna...
Hannah Haegeland
Research Fellow, International Security Program/Project on Managing the Atom Email: [email protected] 79 John F. Kennedy Street Mailbox 134 Cambridge, MA 02138
www.belfercenter.org
October 27, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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Guam Missile Defense System Receives Go-Ahead

Via Arms Control Today by Scoville Fellow ’25 Lipi Shetty
@armscontrolnow.bsky.social. www.armscontrol.org/act/2025-10/...
Guam Missile Defense System Receives Go-Ahead | Arms Control Association
www.armscontrol.org
October 24, 2025 at 3:23 PM
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Or, as Sean puts it eloquently, "the goal shouldn’t be to add more bricks — it’s to start taking the dynamite out."

Huge thanks to @inkstickmedia.com for publishing the piece and @scovillepf.bsky.social for getting Sean on our team.
October 23, 2025 at 2:44 PM
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Disappearing Data, Part II: Distorted Science and Deregulation

@nsarchive.bsky.social briefing book by Scoville Fellow '22 @rsanta.bsky.social. nsarchive.gwu.edu/briefing-boo...
Disappearing Data, Part II: Distorted Science and Deregulation
Washington, D.C., September 30, 2025 - Eight months into President Donald Trump’s second term, the administration has fundamentally distorted the federal information landscape as it continues to rewri...
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October 22, 2025 at 7:48 PM