How can Russian Aerospace Forces (VKS) continue to successfully operate despite Western embargo? Read as @dbsalisbury.bsky.social explores how Russia has adopted a multi-pronged embargo response, including illicit procurement & strategic international partnerships. www.kcl.ac.uk/warstudies/a...

3/8 You can read more about the book here (mitpress.mit.edu/978026205185...) & see early reader comments from Vipin Narang, @malfridbh.bsky.social, & Keir Lieber. Now to the content!

2/8 Editors: me, @gdavidarceneaux.bsky.social, Ariel Petrovics. Powerhouse contributors: Dave Allison, Tyler Bowen, @dbsalisbury.bsky.social, Binn Cho, Kristin Ven Bruusgaard, Sarah Bidgood, @jjjcameron.bsky.social, @professorrdg.bsky.social, Eliza Gheorghe, Ulrich Kühn, @laurensukin.bsky.social.

1/8 Later this year from @mitpress.bsky.social in @belfercenter.bsky.social's Studies in International Security book series-- Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail. This is a sobering edited volume on how efforts to reduce nuclear weapons dangers may sometimes wind up exacerbating them.

🎧 Tune in to the latest episode of #TheArmsControlPoseur by #IISS featuring Dr @bollfrass.bsky.social, Dr Jingdong Yuan, Dr @dbsalisbury.bsky.social & @nktpnd.bsky.social on North Korea’s nuclear posture & what’s next for diplomacy. 🧵👇 🔗 tinyurl.com/2ja3b34z #EUNPDC #NonProliferation #ArmsControl

Featuring Dr @bollfrass.bsky.social, Dr Jingdong Yuan, Dr @dbsalisbury.bsky.social & @nktpnd.bsky.social. They unpack North Korea’s nuclear rise, failed diplomacy & arms control risks. 👉http://tinyurl.com/2ja3b34z #EUNPDC #NuclearWeapons #NonProliferation #ArmsControl

The first public talk on my forthcoming book #KGB LITERATI will be at Stanford University on May 2. Everyone has heard about Western spies-turned-writers, such as Fleming, Greene, or Le Carré, but who were their Soviet equivalents? Come and find out! events.stanford.edu/event/kgb-li...

🎙️ New Podcast Episode: How has the 🇬🇧’s nuclear programme evolved? Listen to The #ArmsControlPoseur as [email protected], @mgmessmer.bsky.social, @dbsalisbury.bsky.social & Sebastian Brixey-Williams explore the UK’s nuclear past & future. 🔗 Listen now: tinyurl.com/bd2uzrv8

Great to see this in print w/ @nknewsorg.bsky.social: what was the UK’s role in North Korea’s development of military hovercraft? A story I’ve pursued in archives and on the UK’s south coast over a couple of years: www.nknews.org/share/5842ec10

Great to see this in print w/ @nknewsorg.bsky.social: what was the UK’s role in North Korea’s development of military hovercraft? A story I’ve pursued in archives and on the UK’s south coast over a couple of years: www.nknews.org/share/5842ec10

Exclusive: My Book Cover Revealed! KGB LITERATI: Spy Fiction and State Security in the Soviet Union (University of Toronto Press, 2025) #spies #writers #KGB

Great to see our latest journal article published in @twqgw.bsky.social ! In the paper Aaron Arnold and I conceptualize the shift in DPRK sanctions evasion towards "remote sanctions busting". The article is available free for the next 3 months on the TWQ website: twq.elliott.gwu.edu/files/2024/1...

In my latest piece for @nknewsorg.bsky.social I consider what North Korean WMD secrets that might emerge from Syria following Assad's fall? www.nknews.org/pro/how-assa...

Great to share my latest historical piece for @nknewsorg.bsky.social — the story of how the DPRK used its embassy in East Berlin to illicitly procure 86 Hughes Helicopters in the mid-1980s. www.nknews.org/2024/11/how-...

Great to share my latest historical piece for @nknewsorg.bsky.social — the story of how the DPRK used its embassy in East Berlin to illicitly procure 86 Hughes Helicopters in the mid-1980s. www.nknews.org/2024/11/how-...

The Society for Intelligence History (SIH) is up and running here on BlueSky. We provide connections for scholars and practitioners interested in all things intelligence and historical. Please check out our Feb. 25 conference here: www.intelligencehistory.org/conferences

Could make a movie with this cast of characters - Instagram model denies transferring precision optics to Russia to aid war effort.

Totally missed this September 2024 press release where the US State Department called out RT for arms dealing and illicit procurement. Seemingly got crowd-funding efforts, but also importing goods in small quantities to avoid unwanted scrutiny. www.state.gov/alerting-the...

Excited to share this piece based on archival material I found last summer— North Korea expressed an interest in buying two Concordes in the mid-1970s — the full obscure story now on NK News: www.nknews.org/2024/05/flig...

An excellent piece of reporting - 20% of US-origin parts now heading to Russia via the Maldives. Even the smallest jurisdictions can act as transhipment hubs.

My book Weapons in Space: Technology, Politics, and the Rise and Fall of the Strategic Defense Initiative is officially published today! mitpress.mit.edu/978026254736...

Now 2,300 photos in albums including: -Trinity Site (2018) -Titan II Missile Museum (2017) -Los Alamos & Sandia Ads -Defense Industry ads MORE SOON! flickr.com/nuclearanthro Enable my work: patreon.com/nuclearanthro paypal.me/nuclearanthro #PhDLife

Excited to share this piece based on archival material I found last summer— North Korea expressed an interest in buying two Concordes in the mid-1970s — the full obscure story now on NK News: www.nknews.org/2024/05/flig...

"[C]losing loopholes that facilitate smuggling, money laundering, and transnational crime will help sanctions to bite across the board." Aaron Arnold and @dbsalisbury.bsky.social examine where the West should focus its sanctions efforts two years into the Ukraine War.

Particularly excited to share this piece — a review of technology-themed beers for the holidays! Bringing together two areas of interest (dare I say expertise even!) @bindinghook — thanks to the team, a lot of fun to write!

Check out the Binding Hook hoppy holidays guide to technology-themed beers for the season’s pour decisions by @dbsalisbury.bsky.social bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

Pleased to share some thoughts on North Korea’s evolving diplomatic sanctions busting networks — shaped by DPRK’s tactical adaptation and more strategic and gloomy geopolitical shifts. www.rusi.org/explore-our-...

Great piece by @dbsalisbury.bsky.social — a must read on Russian plundering of Western tech!

Great to have a piece published in the new @bindinghook.bsky.social publication on launch day!

Russia has been plundering Europe’s high tech for decades www.bindinghook.com/articles-hooked-on-trends/europe-will-struggle-to-curtail-russian-tech-theft/

Big day for an ambitious new outlet for digital/emerging tech and security outlet.

It’s officially Binding Hook launch day! Learn more about our mission from James Shires and Max Smeets @maxwsmeets.bsky.social , our Managing Editors: bindinghook.com/articles-bin...

I am really excited to launch Binding Hook with an amazing editorial team. We aim to provide a platform that sheds light on the synergy and friction between technology and security. www.bindinghook.com

Good to see this in print! On the twentieth anniversary of the BBC China interdiction that helped bring down the Khan network, I consider the future of nuclear proliferation networks and why we need to keep an eye on North Korea. rusi.org/explore-our-...