This’d be a chosen war w/goals—“complete denuclearization” or w/e the fuck—aren’t achievable solely via air ops.
“Do what I want or I’ll bomb you” is a destabilizing & waning asset.
we *had* an Iran nuclear deal & it was decent & working but Trump unilaterally pulled USA out for no good reason.
In this special report, Monique Cormier and Anna Hood canvas a range of international instruments that prohibit nuclear threats and sought to explore the extent to which they apply to threats to use nuclear weapons that nuclear armed states have issued over time.
www.apln.network/projects/nuc...
New KB episode: Prof @lizdavidbarrett.bsky.social is joined by Dr Nishan de Mel (Verité Research) to discuss Sri Lanka’s governance-linked bond - an innovative mechanism addressing governance failures and financial instability.
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In this policy brief, Sameer Patil and Rahul Rawat argue that the integration of #emergingtech – particularly #AI – into #nuclear systems will heighten global nuclear risks by increasing the likelihood of miscalculation, faulty judgment, and unintended escalation.
www.apln.network/analysis/pol...
Never. Ever. Let anyone give you shit for using LibGen. Ever again.
☢️ I've collected 800+ resources for those working on WMD issues in my "LearnWMD Spreadsheet"
learnwmd.wixsite.com/learnwmd/the...
Recently, I've gone through and updated all links & information. I've also broken out the OSINT resources into their own tab.
Be sure to check it out!
Here’s a good ad going up in London! 😁
(With a slight fix) This year is the 7th anniversary of Trump pulling US out Iran deal and enabled Teheran to build up its fissile material inventory needed to build nuclear weapons. Now Trump has a chance to right his wrong. warontherocks.com/2025/02/trum...
But…
A new post on Doomsday Machines for your post-holiday light reading, on the wild nuclear maps of "Wild" William Bunge.
open.substack.com/pub/doomsday...
Really engaging discussion on #autonomousweapons at the Lakshman Kadirgamar institute (LKI) with the @icrc.org
Former Canadian high commissioner to #SriLanka
@dbmckinnon.bsky.social breaks down Sri Lanka's recent #elections, arguing the time is ripe for Ottawa to 'reset relations' with the country 🇱🇰👇
New piece by Shweta Desai and @amaramarasingam.bsky.social on how the Israel-Palestine conflict is being used by pro-Hindutva disinformation networks to spur anti-Muslim sentiment. Southasiasky Menasky
gnet-research.org/2023/11/17/h...
Today, APLN members Melissa Parke, Manpreet Sethi, and @tongzhao.bsky.social will participate in this year’s #NobelPeacePrize Forum to discuss strategies to mitigate the risk of nuclear war and advance toward nuclear #disarmament.
Watch the event live here: www.nobelpeaceprize.org/nukes-how-to...
Meet SPUTNUKE. Russia is allegedly using satellite to practice deployment of nuclear weapon in space. NYT article describes program and consequences detonation of nuke in space would have. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...
This volume, Understanding Pathways to Nuclear Escalation in Southern Asia, published by the Centre for Air Power Studies, explores potential triggers and scenarios for #nuclear use involving #India, #Pakistan, and #China.
In this essay, Ambassador Enkhsaikhan Jargalsaikhan, former Permanent Representative of Mongolia to the United Nations, explores Mongolia's response if South Korea were to go nuclear.
www.apln.network/projects/nuc...
“Iran to begin enriching uranium with thousands of advanced centrifuges, UN watchdog says.” apnews.com/article/iran...
Important context: IAEA said Iran enriching uranium with new centrifuges to 5%, far lower than the 60% it currently does, and far below weapons-grade.
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It goes without saying that this is stupid, and I wonder what set it off. Was there a segment on Fox News? But I thought it might be worth a thread explaining what Trump (and, to be fair, some other international leaders) don't get about international money 1/
Currently reading this incredible biography of Sylvia Plath. I had no idea how much she thought and wrote about nuclear weapons. Hatred of the Bomb was a big part of her life. 🤯
One of the things i had started to hate about Twitter was that in my field, calling for the death of Russian civilians and calling every individual Russian a savage became completely normalized and went without critique
I hate that it is starting to spread here too
