Delighted to see this Portuguese-language review of Atomic Backfires in Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Defesa. Thanks for reading! @mitpress.bsky.social @gdavidarceneaux.bsky.social rbed.abedef.org/rbed/article...

In April, the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies hosted over 100 experts to discuss how AI may affect nuclear and biological weapons. The meeting launched a new Asilomar Process to develop practical safeguards for AI-related nuclear and biological risks, involving seven key principles.

In @thebulletin.org, a team introduces principles underlying the Asilomar Process: a new ongoing effort to connect governments, WMD experts, & frontier AI developers in early governance dialogue. More to come! @douglasbshaw.bsky.social @allyberke.bsky.social thebulletin.org/2026/06/ai-i...

In @thebulletin.org, a team introduces principles underlying the Asilomar Process: a new ongoing effort to connect governments, WMD experts, & frontier AI developers in early governance dialogue. More to come! @douglasbshaw.bsky.social @allyberke.bsky.social thebulletin.org/2026/06/ai-i...

Received my author's copy of Stephen Herzog, Giles Arceneaux, and Ariel Petrovics (eds.) "Atomic Backfires: Why Nuclear Policies Fail." Thanks to @herzogsm.bsky.social for ensuring its safe arrival in Norway! Check out the Open Access edition here: direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi...

Join Pugwash & @managingtheatom.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social for an NPT RevCon side event at UN HQ in New York next Friday. We'll discuss implications of @mitpress.bsky.social book "Atomic Backfires" for preserving the NPT. www.belfercenter.org/event/preser... @dbsalisbury.bsky.social

Enjoyed getting a Google alert for once — a nice little capsule review of my book ("meticulous and enthralling"), and two others, by Lawrence Freedman, in Foreign Affairs: www.foreignaffairs.com/reviews/thre...

☢️ 1/3 What makes a weapon too horrific to use? Our researcher @laurensukin.bsky.social & her colleagues David Allison & @herzogsm.bsky.social fielded a survey experiment on a U.S. sample, investigating public support for use of different weapon types. Open access: academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-...

In our new issue, an #OpenAccess article by Robert Reardon analyzes U.S. efforts during the Cold War to persuade South Korea to end its nuclear weapons program. It's based on archival material, including recently declassified government documents. doi.org/10.1080/1073...

DPIR's Lauren Sukin has co-authored a new paper in the Journal of Peace Research in which she argues that people judge military strikes less by outcomes and more by the type of weapon used: https://academic.oup.com/jpr/advance-article/doi/10.1093/jopres/xjag001/8524883

1/4 IR research on so-called “taboo” weapons often focuses on individual systems or very limited comparisons. In new @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social work w/Dave Allison and @laurensukin.bsky.social, we compare aversions across a broader range of weapons (6). #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1093/jopr...

Our new (open access) paper investigates weapons aversion across systems. We comprehensively compare attitudes about the use of cyber, conventional, cluster, chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons, showing a clear preference hierarchy and lending insight into the underlying causes of aversion.

1/4 IR research on so-called “taboo” weapons often focuses on individual systems or very limited comparisons. In new @jpeaceresearch.bsky.social work w/Dave Allison and @laurensukin.bsky.social, we compare aversions across a broader range of weapons (6). #OpenAccess: doi.org/10.1093/jopr...

So, I spent many many years working on my book, and it coincidentally comes out the same week as the end of the New START Treaty.  In print from Cambridge University Press next week, and ebook is online now. www.cambridge.org/vaynman or on Amazon: a.co/d/0brNOTKq

"The trajectory of drone innovation coming from Iran and Russia shows that low-cost attack drones can be built from commercially available components that circulate with few effective export restrictions." "Drone innovation may save money; drone regulation can save lives."

In an #OpenAccess article in our latest issue, Justin Hastings uses UN data to map regional trade networks for nuclear materials and dual-use equipment in Southeast Asia and the Middle East. Link: doi.org/10.1080/1073...

Piece w/ @laurensukin.bsky.social & @lanoszka.bsky.social out in Apr. 2026 issue of Journal of Conflict Resolution. We surveyed publics in 24 countries in 2023: Calibrated US restraint/support for Kyiv was reassuring. Strong resolve isn't the only thing that can reassure. doi.org/10.1177/0022...

New issue published today! Check out a special section on nuclear networks, alongside articles on civilian nuclear tech transfers as nonproliferation leverage, behavioral arms control, BWC CBMs, and U.S. debates over nuclear counterforce targeting. www.tandfonline.com/toc/rnpr20/3...

Piece w/ @laurensukin.bsky.social & @lanoszka.bsky.social out in Apr. 2026 issue of Journal of Conflict Resolution. We surveyed publics in 24 countries in 2023: Calibrated US restraint/support for Kyiv was reassuring. Strong resolve isn't the only thing that can reassure. doi.org/10.1177/0022...

We recently published 2 special issues featuring work from the Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group @managingtheatom.bsky.social. You can read both collections, with many #OpenAccess articles. Special Issue 1: tandfonline.com/toc/rnpr20/3... Special Issue 2: tandfonline.com/toc/rnpr20/3...

Somebody shoot that god damn dove before it triggers a global thermonuclear war!

A free book about bad decisions involving nuclear weapons. What's not to like? Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail direct.mit.edu/books/oa-edi... Thanks to @herzogsm.bsky.social and the other editors for providing open access at @mitpress.bsky.social

Why do so many countries not participate in Biological Weapons Convention CBMs? Sharma & Hobson analyze CBM submissions & 51 working papers/statements. They identify capacity gaps & system design as obstacles & propose reforms. New #OpenAccess in the NPR: doi.org/10.1080/1073...

In our newest issue of the NPR, @alexsorg.bsky.social of @managingtheatom.bsky.social has written an article looking into Russian security guarantees to Belarus. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1080/1073...

Russia’s takeaway from Libya was stark: Qaddafi gave up his nuclear weapons program and still fell. In our newest issue, Norman Cigar traces how that lesson shaped Putin’s strategic culture and Russia’s approach to nuclear nonproliferation. doi.org/10.1080/1073...

We are excited to join the BlueSky community and will soon be posting updates about our articles on WMD! As always, we are looking forward to your submissions. Check us out online: www.tandfonline.com/journals/rnp...

In a new article, CISAC affiliates Lauren Sukin and J. Luis Rodriguez, along with colleague Stephen Herzog, challenge the idea that nuclear deterrence and disarmament are opposites, drawing on new global survey data from 24 countries. www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Was a pleasure yesterday to help introduce the terrific new book on unintended negative consequences of counterproliferation, alliance, and arms control policies with editors Stephen Herzog, Ariel Petrovics, and David Giles Arceneaux. The e-book is open access. mitpress.mit.edu/978026205185...

1/4 As the Trump administration’s “What about China?” nuclear arms control agenda for a New START follow-on unfolds, here’s a 2020 throwback. @thebulletin.org Link here: doi.org/10.1080/0096...

1/4 As the Trump administration’s “What about China?” nuclear arms control agenda for a New START follow-on unfolds, here’s a 2020 throwback. @thebulletin.org Link here: doi.org/10.1080/0096...

Are deterrence and disarmament compatible? In a new paper with @jluisrodriguez.com & @herzogsm.bsky.social, we question the common deterrence-disarmament divide. With a survey of nuclear attitudes, we show publics around the world simultaneously support both policies. tinyurl.com/5cbf76cx

ONE WEEK until we hear from @herzogsm.bsky.social, @gdavidarceneaux.bsky.social & Dr. Ariel Petrovics on their newly released "Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail" www.belfercenter.org/event/atomic...

In this new open access article in @poppublicsphere.bsky.social, co-authored by @laurensukin.bsky.social and @herzogsm.bsky.social, we present evidence that challenges key assumptions about nuclear politics.

NOW OUT ON FIRSTVIEW!! Rethinking the Deterrence-Disarmament Dichotomy: The #Complex #Landscape of #Global #Nuclear #Weapons #Preferences By @laurensukin.bsky.social, @jluisrodriguez.com & @herzogsm.bsky.social doi.org/10.1017/S153...

#OpenAccess from @poppublicsphere.bsky.social - Rethinking the Deterrence-Disarmament Dichotomy: The Complex Landscape of Global Nuclear Weapons Preferences - https://cup.org/49ZEBjz - @laurensukin.bsky.social, @jluisrodriguez.com & @herzogsm.bsky.social#OpenAccess #FirstView

As some of you already know, I recently moved to Paris for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position at @ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social @sciencespo.bsky.social. Here is a recent interview I did on my research agenda and background. www.sciencespo.fr/ceri/en/news...

1/5 Great news! "Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail" is now #OpenAccess so that everyone can read it online. Thanks to generous support from @mitpress.bsky.social Direct to Open (D20). @managingtheatom.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social Check it out here: doi.org/10.7551/mitp...

In the Nonproliferation Review, I recently published an #OpenAccess article about the institutional design of the TPNW. It addresses misconceptions about the treaty's intent and parameters. It suggests ways for proponents and opponents to fairly assess the #NuclearBan. doi.org/10.1080/1073...

In the Nonproliferation Review, I recently published an #OpenAccess article about the institutional design of the TPNW. It addresses misconceptions about the treaty's intent and parameters. It suggests ways for proponents and opponents to fairly assess the #NuclearBan. doi.org/10.1080/1073...

1/2 The Nonproliferation Review published a second special issue on Beyond Nuclear Deterrence. Co-edited by me, Hassan Elbahtimy & @professorrdg.bsky.social In the #OpenAccess intro we review 2 years of activities & challenges of the Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group: doi.org/10.1080/1073...

Our article "Atomic Responsiveness" by @smetanamichal.bsky.social @laurensukin.bsky.social @herzogsm.bsky.social & @mvranka.bsky.social recently sparked a scholarly discussion with @florianeblenkamp.bsky.social. We've just published a series of Policy Briefs that documents this exchange 👇

1/2 The Nonproliferation Review published a second special issue on Beyond Nuclear Deterrence. Co-edited by me, Hassan Elbahtimy & @professorrdg.bsky.social In the #OpenAccess intro we review 2 years of activities & challenges of the Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group: doi.org/10.1080/1073...

MTA is thrilled to announce a new book! Edited by our visiting scholar @herzogsm.bsky.social & alumni @gdavidarceneaux.bsky.social & Ariel Petrovics for @mitpress.bsky.social It discusses when well-intentioned nuclear policies may actually make problems worse. mitpress.mit.edu/978026205185...

1/7 It's book publication day! "Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail" is out now from @mitpress.bsky.social in @belfercenter.bsky.social's Studies in International Security book series. Contents and discount codes below. @managingtheatom.bsky.social mitpress.mit.edu/978026205185...

Making a must-read list for 2026? Don't forget to include this new book. 📚 The contributors evaluate circumstances under which well-intentioned nuclear policies make problems worse, not better. Published by @mitpress.bsky.social and includes a contribution by our fellow @laurensukin.bsky.social.

Coming to the Library soon! This book includes the chapter "How Credible Nuclear Security Guarantees Backfire: Evidence from the United Kingdom" by @nuffieldcollege.bsky.social Fellow @laurensukin.bsky.social

Edited by Stephen @herzogsm.bsky.social, Giles David Arceneaux, and Ariel F. W. Petrovics, "Atomic Backfires" is a sobering volume on how efforts to reduce nuclear weapons dangers may sometimes wind up exacerbating them. Available #OpenAccess: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205185...

1/4 "Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail" is now available through @mitpress.bsky.social in the @belfercenter.bsky.social Studies in International Security series! See below for contents, contributors, and discount codes. @managingtheatom.bsky.social

I have recently interviewed a great expert @herzogsm.bsky.social for @theirthinker.bsky.social where we briefly mentioned this book, so I am happy to see it officially introduced. Just its cover photo can prompt a decent debate, actually.

🚨New book: Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail is a sobering edited volume on how efforts to reduce nuclear weapons dangers may sometimes wind up exacerbating them. In a field fixated on finding solutions, Atomic Backfires provocatively takes the opposite tack.