Rhys Crilley

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Huge congratulations to our author @rhyscrilley.bsky.social, whose book Unparalleled catastrophe: Life and death in the Third Nuclear Age has been named 2025's Best Book in Science, Technology and Art by @isanet.bsky.social 🚀

📖Paperback coming JUNE 2025, available for pre-order now!

Thank you!

Cheers Allan!

What does the Third Nuclear Age mean for the Nuclear Ban Treaty? And what should states parties do to ensure the TPNW can be successful in our current moment?

Find out in this working paper submitted to the UN, authored by @carolinapanico.bsky.social and I:

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"Rhys Crilley provides a unique perspective in understanding the contemporary nuclear politics"

Always nice to see a positive review of my book!

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Thank you!

2025 Fellows Scheme Applications Now Open! Are you interested in researching and having impact in nuclear arms control and disarmament? Do you want to join a community of scholars and practitioners exploring innovative ideas in the field of…

Hey #nukesky, there's still time to apply to the Atomic Anxiety in the New Nuclear Age Fellows Scheme!

The application is super short, so if you know any early career researchers, policymakers, or practitioners who might be interested then please share widely!

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Huge thanks to Becky Alexis-Martin, @nuclearban.bsky.social, and Bradford Uni for organizing this amazing symposium. @rhyscrilley.bsky.social and I had a wonderful time presenting our new project on Disarmament in the New Nuclear Age. Thanks all for great conversations and insightful presentations.

You can read a fair bit of it for free on google books, and it looks like Amazon are selling it with £20 off the RRP💸

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Manchester University Press - Unparalleled catastrophe Unparalleled catastrophe - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Unparalleled catastrophe by Rhys Crilley

Find out, in my book - Unparalleled Catastrophe: Life and Death in the Third Nuclear Age.

Available to buy or order for your university library today!

manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/9781526170446/

Earlier this week, the UK Chief of Defense Staff said that 'a third nuclear age is upon us'.

❔What does this mean?

❓How should policymakers and the public respond?

📝 Don't miss this article published earlier this year in BJPIR.

'Should we be writing at a time like this? Reflections on abolition, political science, and international relations' by @rhyscrilley.bsky.social

Find the full article here: https://buff.ly/41eu1SY

@polstudiesassoc.bsky.social

Great start to the International Nuclear Disarmament Symposium today at the University of Bradford.

Fascinating papers on:
♀️ Gender in nuclear diplomacy
🎨 Art & disarmament education
🇰🇿 Activism in Kazakhstan

SCGA Report: Networking nuclear research in the UK An SCGA Report Paper that focuses on nuclear research networks, collating for the first time a detailed database of nuclear weapons policy expertise at UK universities

SCGA Report: Networking nuclear research in Scotland and the UK
@rhyscrilley.bsky.social @megandee.bsky.social Stefano Intropido
scga.scot/2024/10/23/s...

Great opportunity for early career scholars in international security.

We Need to Prevent a New Era of Nuclear Weapons Testing The second Trump administration is likely to resume explosive nuclear weapons tests, but they are unnecessary and can have dire consequences that last for generations.

Under Trump, the US may return to full-scale explosive testing of nuclear weapons. It would be a lose-lose-lose for the US, the budding nuclear arms race, and humanity itself. My colleague Jenn Knox explains exactly why here: blog.ucsusa.org/jknox/we-nee...

Russia issued a new nuclear policy document. Here is an illustration of the changes between the 2020 and 2024 texts relating to the conditions under which Russia might use nuclear weapons. I think its old wine in a new bottle.

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New article out today with Campbell Craig and Jan Ruzicka on nonproliferation and unipolarity 🚨
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2025 Fellows Scheme Applications Now Open! If you are an early career researcher or practitioner working on nuclear arms control and disarmament, we would love to hear from you!

Oh cool, will check it out!

Bernie Would Have Won The Democratic smothering of the Bernie coalition reaped its reward today, writes Krystal Ball.

And this piece by @krystalball.bsky.social

www.dropsitenews.com/p/bernie-wou...

Exit Right - Dissent Magazine Trump has remade Americans, and to defeat Trumpism requires nothing less than the left doing the same.

This piece by Gabriel Winant in @dissentmag.bsky.social

www.dissentmagazine.org/online_artic...

Far-right leaders are winning across the globe. Blaming ‘the economy’ or ‘the left-behinds’ won’t cut it | Richard Seymour The economy matters, but the likes of Trump succeed by offering voters revenge for problems both real and imagined, says author and Salvage founder Richard Seymour

This by @leninology.bsky.social that draws upon William Connelly's work (we love to see it!)

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Why did Kamala Harris lose to Donald Trump in the US Presidential election?

Here's a thread of a few interesting things I've read in response to this question.

Please share any other sources you think are worth reading!

If you could please add me to the list that would be great thanks 🙏

2025 Fellows Scheme Applications Now Open! Are you interested in researching and having impact in nuclear arms control and disarmament? Do you want to join a community of scholars and practitioners exploring innovative ideas in the field of…

Are you an early career scholar/practitioner interested in researching and having impact in nuclear arms control and disarmament?

If so, apply now for the Atomic Anxiety in the New Nuclear Age 2025 Fellows Scheme. #NukeSky

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All your fave nuclear people in one place 👇

Thank you!!