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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · Sep 3

🥳 Srdečně vás zveme na další večer plný debat TO JE KRIZE! Tentokrát s @voxpot.bsky.social, @amoklima.bsky.social a @iirprague.bsky.social. Těšit se můžete na debaty o AI a klima dezinformacích, české politice vůči Izraeli, oligarchizaci politiky a morálce v současných konfliktech.

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · Aug 22

🇺🇦 Co by se stalo, kdyby Ukrajina neměla jasně dané bezpečnostní záruky? O tom, ale i o Trumpovi, Putinovi a Aljašce mluvil náš ředitel @smetanamichal.bsky.social s
@jbelicek.bsky.social v @denikalarm.bsky.social.

➡️ Celý rozhovor: denikalarm.cz/2025/08/trum...

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EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament @eunpdc.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨 New from our partner @prcp.cuni.cz : "Public support for arms control in the third nuclear age" by @smetanamichal.bsky.social, @mvranka.bsky.social & @ondrejrosendorf.bsky.social.

How do #NATO publics view arms control amid tech change & arms races? 📄 Read: 👇

Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · Jul 15

New article in @ejir.bsky.social! 🚨

@smetanamichal.bsky.social @mvranka.bsky.social and @ondrejrosendorf.bsky.social argue that due to the overly complex nature of arms control practices, the public relies on simplified heuristic frames and elite cues to build their opinion.

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Fakulta sociálních věd UK @fsv.unikarlova.cuni.cz · Aug 7

👉 Přečtěte si rozhovor s naším odborníkem @smetanamichal.bsky.social k 80. výročí svržení atomové bomby na Hirošimu.

iROZHLAS.cz @irozhlas.cz · Aug 6

80 let od svržení atomové bomby na Hirošimu — a jaderné napětí opět stoupá.

„Nejde o zvyšování počty jaderných arzenálů, ale o jejich vylepšování. Všech devět jaderných států vynakládá obrovské prostředky v rámci kvalitativních závodů ve zbrojení,“ říká bezpečnostní expert. irozhl.as/wBe

Expert: Rusko se teď ve válce cítí více v kramflecích, zmenšilo se tím riziko eskalace jaderného konfliktu

„Odstrašující potenciál Spojených států je rozhodně jeden z faktorů, které pravděpodobně Vladimir Putin musel zvažovat ve chvíli, kdy jaderná karta byla na stole.“

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · Jul 20

🎉 We are happy to officially welcome Isabelle Haynes as a new member to our @erc.europa.eu #MICROCODE team! She is a new Ph.D. candidate at the @ims.fsv.cuni.cz and in her research, she will investigate cross-national heterogeneity in public support for the collective defence principle.

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · Jul 15

New article in @ejir.bsky.social! 🚨

@smetanamichal.bsky.social @mvranka.bsky.social and @ondrejrosendorf.bsky.social argue that due to the overly complex nature of arms control practices, the public relies on simplified heuristic frames and elite cues to build their opinion.

@ims.fsv.cuni.cz

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · Jul 14

My new article on Iran's nuclear program in @warontherocks.bsky.social
warontherocks.com/2025/07/how-...

How Iran Overplayed its Hand - War on the Rocks

After Israel struck Iran’s nuclear facilities, there were good reasons to be skeptical about the official justification for launching the operation. After

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · Jul 13

2/2 Link (open access): t.co/Ju0F0umyQE

https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13540661251353107

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · Jul 13

1/2 Our new paper (w/ @mvranka.bsky.social & @ondrejrosendorf.bsky.social) on public support for nuclear arms control has just been published in @ejir.bsky.social (open access link to the full article is in the next post)

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Jon B. Wolfsthal 🤯 @jonatomic.bsky.social · Jun 15

This was what Bibi told the world pre-Iraq 2003 invasion. It was a lie then. It worked.

No wonder he is trying it again.

Shashank Joshi @shashj.bsky.social · Jun 15

On the face of it, an implausible claim. “I'll tell you what would have come if we hadn't acted. We had information that this unscrupulous regime was planning to give the nuclear weapons that they would develop to their terrorist proxies. That's nuclear terrorism on steroids”

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · Jun 13

Preprint: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

<div> Public Support for Arms Control in the Third Nuclear Age: <span>Cross-National Survey and Elite Cues Experiment in NATO Countries</span> </div> <div> <br> </div>

<div> <div> <p><span>Scholars argue that the world has entered the “third nuclear age,” defined by profound technological change, destabilizing arms races am

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · Jun 11

The main outcome of our two-year Stanton Foundation project has now been accepted for publication in the European Journal of International Relations 🔥
@prcp.cuni.cz @ims.fsv.cuni.cz @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · Jun 9

Join us at @apsa.bsky.social in Vancouver!
@mvranka.bsky.social @laurensukin.bsky.social @herzogsm.bsky.social @ondrejrosendorf.bsky.social

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Chris Hayes @chrislhayes.bsky.social · Jun 5

I'm just glad one of these men has the nuclear codes and the other has all our personal data.

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Jakub Eberle @jeberle.bsky.social · May 30

INTERFER - our shiny new project on foreign interference, coordinated by @smetanamichal.bsky.social at @ims.fsv.cuni.cz now has a website! www.interfer-project.eu

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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · May 27

🥳 Our #INTERFER project website has launched! You can find all information about the project, its work packages as well as the entire research team at interfer-project.eu.

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · May 5

2/2 Link: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Atomic Responsiveness: How Public Opinion on Nuclear Weapon Use Shapes Elite Beliefs and Preferences

<p><span>A recent wave of studies using surveys and survey experiments has significantly advanced scholarly understanding of the microfoundations of the “nuclea

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · May 5

1/2 🚨 New preprint alert 🚨 Together w/ @laurensukin.bsky.social @herzogsm.bsky.social @mvranka.bsky.social, we provide first experimental evidence on how public views on nuclear weapon use shape elite decision-making. Must read for scholars conducting nuclear nonuse experiments!

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Journal of Global Security Studies @journalofgss.bsky.social · Apr 29

Has the “nuclear taboo” weakened in Russia since the invasion of Ukraine? A new study by @smetanamichal.bsky.social and @profonderco.bsky.social finds that “atomic aversion” among the Russian public has remained virtually unchanged.

Why is this the case? 🤔 Read more here: doi.org/10.1093/jogs...

“The Journal of Global Security Studies” cover image appears on the left. The journal's homepage URL (https://academic.oup.com/jogss) and Bluesky handle (@journalofgss.bsky.social) are provided in white text on a navy blue background at the bottom of the image. The background for the rest of the image features an atomic bomb explosion. This is overlaid with the article title and author name(s): “Hope the Russians Love Their Children Too”: Russian Public Support for the Use of Nuclear Weapons after the Invasion of Ukraine by Michal Smetana &Michal Onderco.

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · Apr 22

Our new @erc.europa.eu MICROCODE report explores public support for defending Taiwan across Western countries 👇

Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · Apr 22

🧵 Would the West support defending Taiwan in the case of Chinese invasion?

Have a look at our new data from the latest @erc.europa.eu report ⬇️

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · Apr 20

This is a good summary of what Putin’s proposal means

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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · Apr 18

Almost as if making major a priori concessions to the stronger party and bullying the weaker one is not the best mediation strategy you could go for 🤷‍♂️

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Marek Vranka @mvranka.bsky.social · Apr 17

next batch of our MICROCODE data on public support for defending allies, this time from Czech Republic (thanks @ipsosgroup.bsky.social CZ!) see www.erc-microcode.eu/research-rep... for previous reports from USA, Russia & more NATO countries. @fsv.charlesuni.cuni.cz

Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · Apr 17

Pokud by Rusko napadlo Lotyšsko, jen přibližně polovina Čechů by souhlasila s tím bránit našeho spojence (naše čerstvá @erc.europa.eu MICROCODE data ve spolupráci s IPSOS)
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Michal Smetana @smetanamichal.bsky.social · Apr 17

Pokud by Rusko napadlo Lotyšsko, jen přibližně polovina Čechů by souhlasila s tím bránit našeho spojence (naše čerstvá @erc.europa.eu MICROCODE data ve spolupráci s IPSOS)
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Peace Research Center Prague @prcp.cuni.cz · Apr 17

❗️ New publication alert!

A new article from @smetanamichal.bsky.social and @profonderco.bsky.social found that despite Kremlin’s belligerent rhetoric and calls for nuclear strikes, public support for using nuclear weapons against NATO has remained unchanged post-invasion. @journalofgss.bsky.social

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