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Ankit Panda
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Stanton Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of ‘THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE’ (Polity) & ‘KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB’ (Hurst/Oxford) Subscribe to my newsletter (Nukesletter): https://panda.substack.com/
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · May 21
Folks, I'm taking another stab at a newsletter: introducing Nukesletter (a revamp of my old newsletter from a couple years ago). Brief takes (longer form than what I'll share here) on my work, thinking, and interests. Take a look and subscribe here: panda.substack.com/p/introducin...
Introducing Nukesletter
...a place for my ruminations on the new nuclear age.
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 1d
Great work here by @colinzwirko.bsky.social: All the weapons on display at North Korea’s 2025 arms expo www.nknews.org/pro/all-the-...
All the weapons on display at North Korea’s 2025 arms expo | NK PRO
North Korea has revealed a range of new weapons developments at an arms expo ongoing this week in Pyongyang, according to NK Pro analysis of state media imagery, including nuclear missiles and aerial ...
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 1d
And will be in the Bay Area later this month!
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Institute for Security and Technology @istorg.bsky.social · 1d
In a world with increasing nuclear dyads, can emerging technologies make us safer? On 10/23, IST will host author & international security expert @nktpnd.bsky.social in Palo Alto to discuss his book on the new nuclear age & the changing landscape of nuclear security.
🌐 Register to attend:
Book Talk | The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon
In a world with increasing nuclear dyads, can emerging technologies make us safer – or are we opening Pandora's Box? Join IST in Palo Alto, CA or virtually for a book talk with Ankit Panda.
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 2d
Hi!
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 2d
Up to some good in France.
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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · 4d
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 6d
New from me: on the bizarre new executive order pledging to defend Qatar and what I see as two big problems with it panda.substack.com/p/did-the-un...
Did the United States Just Commit to Defending Qatar?
Extended deterrence continues to be a hot topic in 2025.
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Adam Weinstein @adamweinstein.bsky.social · 7d
I did not expect this kind of fire from Eliot Cohen, but he has Hegseth absolutely pegged www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...
There is a certain kind of Army officer who, after the excitement of company command, finds his career stalled, and who perhaps leaves the service as a major in the National Guard filled with bitterness and resentment. He may then dream of one day being in a position to make all the superior officers who failed to appreciate his leadership qualities, his insight, his sheer fitness stand to attention and hear him lay down the law about what it is to be an officer, and threaten to fire those who do not meet his standards. In this respect, and this respect only, on that stage Pete Hegseth was living the dream. In all other respects, however, he was ridiculous...
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 6d
New from me: on the bizarre new executive order pledging to defend Qatar and what I see as two big problems with it panda.substack.com/p/did-the-un...
Did the United States Just Commit to Defending Qatar?
Extended deterrence continues to be a hot topic in 2025.
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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 7d
Wild illustration choice in this slide from training materials for ICBM launch officers, ca. 2010
Screenshot of a Powerpoint slide. The title is "Strategic Effects." It has three bullet points: 1. The physical employment of nuclear weapons at any level requires explicit orders from the President. 2. Nuclear weapons are unique in their destructive power and psychological impact. 3. The use of nuclear weapons represents a significant escalation from conventional warfare. There is then an incongruous illustration: a screenshot of the game MISSILE COMMAND for the Atari 5200 (1982).
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James Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social · 8d
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1989–1992, Volume XXXI, START I, 1989–1991 is out today!

Huge congratulations to @jamesgrahamwilson.bsky.social and the rest of the team at the State Department's Office of the Historian. history.state.gov/historicaldo...
Foreign Relations of the United States, 1989-1992, Volume XXXI, START I, 1989-1991 Editor: James Graham Wilson General Editor: Kathleen B. Rasmussen Department of State Washington 2025
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 7d
I’m back with @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social and Vipin Narang to talk about the US-Korea alliance and various North Korea things (reflecting on some recent takeaways from a trip to Seoul earlier this month). Listen here: strategicsimplicity.substack.com/p/catching-u...
Catching up on Korea
Ankit Panda rejoins the pod to talk about recent developments on the Korean Peninsula
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Tobias Harris @tobiasharris.bsky.social · 8d
Get a deal on my book, yes, but also books from @nktpnd.bsky.social, @ajwsmall.bsky.social, and others.

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Hurst Publishers @hurstpublishers.bsky.social · 8d
📢 Back to Uni Flash Sale 🌟

Get 35% off all Hurst books until midnight on Friday 3rd October!

Discount will be applied at the checkout automatically.

Browse the full list ➡️ hurstpublishers.com
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 8d
In recent days, North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui met Wang Yi (PRC FM) and Li Qiang (PRC Premier) in China. Neither Chinese readout mentions "denuclearization."

Choe-Wang: www.fmprc.gov.cn/eng/wjbzhd/2...

Choe-Li: www.fmprc.gov.cn/mfa_eng/xw/z...
Wang Yi Holds Talks with DPRK Foreign Minister Choe Son Hui
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 8d
Pentagon Pushes to Double Missile Production for Potential China Conflict www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
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Theresa Hitchens @thitch.bsky.social · 12d
This is a big deal for Germany. I remember when no German politician would be willing to mention the words space and military in the same paragraph, much less the same sentence. breakingdefense.com/2025/09/germ...
German military to invest $41B in space capabilities - Breaking Defense
"Satellite networks today are an Achilles' heel of modern societies. Whoever attacks them paralyzes entire nations,” German Defense Minister Boris Pistorius said.
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 13d
It's a nice morning up here.
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 14d
Good to be back in Oslo!
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 14d
UK friends: I’ll be in London next month to talk about my book (among other things). Details here for Oct. 17 at King’s College London: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/book-...
Book Talk: The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon | King's College London
Ankit Panda will discuss his new book, The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon, and the changing landscape of nuclear security.
www.kcl.ac.uk
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southpaw @nycsouthpaw.bsky.social · 14d
You can talk to Isaac Chotiner; I have. The key is you just have to not be famous or well-regarded enough for him to want to put whatever dumb things you said in The New Yorker.
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 15d
Well, that was bleak.
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 15d
Woops. Didn't mean to not answer. Will try to write something up soon, but IMO, this is neither particularly helpful nor particularly harmful. I'm very skeptical that one year lets both sides get to anything resembling a true follow-on treaty.
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 15d
Kim Jong Un: "If the U.S. drops its hollow obsession with denuclearization and wants to pursue peaceful coexistence with North Korea based on the recognition of reality, there is no reason for us not to sit down with the U.S." www.npr.org/2025/09/22/n...
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 15d
I wonder just how far this overt hostility to public health goes before visa-free travel for US citizens becomes a real liability for countries that currently offer it.
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 15d
In fact, dangling this before Trump ahead of the Alaska meeting would probably have been a better move.
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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 15d
Waiting until we're ~6 months out from expiration: "Putin suggested that Russia expected the U.S. to follow Moscow’s example to collectively avoid fallout on global stability." www.washingtonpost.com/world/2025/0...
Putin ready to extend nuclear arms control pact for a year
The START agreement limiting active nuclear missiles and bombers expires in February, and Putin’s decision to extend it probably will be viewed favorably by Trump.
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Aaron Reichlin-Melnick @reichlinmelnick.bsky.social · 17d
NEW: Hours before a new entry ban is supposed to go into effect, the federal government officially acknowledges for the first time that the restrictions do NOT apply to people who currently have H-1B visas.

Link: www.uscis.gov/sites/defaul...
J.S. Citizenshit and Immigratior Services September 20, 2025 Memorandum TO: Associate Directors, Deputy Associate Directors, Program Office Chiefs FROM: JOSEPH B Digitaly signed by JOSEPH B EDLOW Joseph B. Edlow EDLOW Date: 2025.09.20 Director, United States Citizenship and Immigration Services **00 SUBJECT: Proclamation, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, H-IB On September 19, 2025, the President issued a Proclamation, Restriction on Entry of Certain Nonimmigrant Workers, to address systemic abuse of H-1B nonimmigrant visas. Pursuant to sections 212(f) and 215(a) of the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA), 8 U.S.C. 1182(f) and 1185(a), the entry into the United States of aliens as nonimmigrants to perform services in a specialty occupation under section 101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b) of the INA, 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(15)(H)(i)(b), is restricted, except for those aliens whose petitions are accompanied or supplemented by a payment of $100,000. This guidance applies to H-IB employment-based petitions filed after 12:01 AM ET on September 21, 2025.| This proclamation only applies prospectively to petitions that have not yet been filed. The proclamation does not apply to aliens who: are the beneficiaries of petitions that were filed prior to the effective date of the proclamation, are the beneficiaries of currently approved petitions, or are in possession of validly issued H-1B non-immigrant visas. All officers of United States Citizenship and Immigration Services shall ensure that their decisions are consistent with this guidance. The proclamation does not impact the ability of any current visa holder to travel to or rom the United States. cc: David V. Roy, Chief Counsel (A) FOUO, For Official Use Only
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