📖 New Publication! CNSS lead Professor Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer recently co-edited a special issue on NATO, small states and the Third Nuclear Age with @ianbowers.bsky.social of the @oslonuclearproject.bsky.social. 🔗 Access the collection at the @sjms.bsky.social: sjms.nu/collections/...

🛩️ How can the UK strengthen its role as NATO's "second centre of nuclear decision-making"? In a new paper for Policy Exchange, Professor Wyn Bowen argues that redeveloping a second sovereign nuclear capability would support the alliance in deterring Russia and countering nuclear coercion. 🔗:

🚀 Why did the British Government support resuming nuclear testing in 1961–62 after a three-year moratorium? In a new article for The Historical Journal, CNSS fellow Richard Moore argues testing was a fundamentally political act, driven by fears of an escalating nuclear arms race. 🔗:

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🚨 Due to high demand, more tickets have been released for Professor Debs’ talk on 28 May. 🔗 Reserve your spot below: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/power...

♟️ How could power imbalances lead to war? Join Professor Alexandre Debs (MacMillan Center for International and Area Studies, Yale University) as he shares his thoughts on power preponderance, assurance and war in the latest CNSS Speaker Series. 📆 28 May, 12:00-13:00 📌 KIN616, Strand Campus 🔗:

📖 New Publication! CNSS lead Professor Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer contributed a chapter in the new book 'Ba‘thist Iraq Through Archives: Reflections, Explorations, and Opportunities' (@stanfordpress.bsky.social). Her chapter examines the potential for more pol sci research using Iraqi sources:

📑 In the latest iteration of the CNSS Working Paper series, Andreas Lutsch (Federal University of Applied Administrative Sciences, Berlin) will be presenting his paper, “The German Nuclear Question in Past and Present” 📆 26 May, 11:00-12:00 📌 East Building, C16 🔗: www.kcl.ac.uk/events/serie...

🌎 Why do strong states sometimes fail to coerce? Join @reidpauly.bsky.social for a discussion on his new book "The Art of Coercion: Credible Threats and the Assurance Dilemma." 📆 7 May, 14:00-16:00 📌 Council Room (KIN 214), King's Building 🔗 Tickets and more information available here:

⌛ One week left! There are only a handful of tickets remaining for our latest seminar in the Deterrence in the High North Series with Dr Austin Long @ssp-mit.bsky.social. 🔗 Reserve your spot here: tinyurl.com/4xhn77c9

🚢 How are the US and allies supporting strategic deterrence in the High North? Join Dr Austin Long of @ssp-mit.bsky.social as he shares his insights in the latest iteration of the Deterrence in the High North Seminar Series. 🗓️ 28 April, 14:00 to 15:30 in the Dockrill Room (KIN628), Strand Campus

📌CNSS recently hosted Dr Or Rabinowitz for a talk on “The Israel–Iran 12 Day War: Tracing the Road to Conflict.” From nuclear strategy to shadow conflict, Dr. Rabinowitz shared findings from her recent research unpacking the drivers of escalation between Israel and Iran. 🔗 tinyurl.com/22yhx9d7