still writing about arms control

yes Kissinger sucked but at least his pull quotes make writing kind of fun

📆One week from today! 📚Join us for an online seminar discussing Dr. Benjamin Wilson's timely book "Strange Stability." For more information, and to register to receive the Zoom link, visit 👉 www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...

Mine tanker om Ny START på TV2: www.tv2.no/nyheter/adva...

Really looking forward to this discussion!

❓What does strategic stability really mean? ☢️ On 10 February (15-16:15 CET) join ONP for an online seminar with Dr. Benjamin Wilson of Harvard University to discuss his latest book, "Strange Stability." Register here 👉 www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...

its just evil - ICE is simply evil, there really is nothing else to say, to do this to a child is unconscionable

desperately need a Viking-age historian to tell me if the Greenland vs. Iceland legend is true

📆 Event alert! ☢️ On 10 February (15-16:15 CET) join ONP for an online seminar with Dr. Benjamin Wilson of Harvard University to discuss his latest book, "Strange Stability." To register and learn more, see 👇 www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...

Abolish ICE. Really.

🚨 JUST IN: If the United States deploys advanced short-range ballistic missile systems to Norway’s Finnmark or Finland’s Lapland regions, and Russia detects them, a crisis similar to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis will ensue, writes Vladimir Marakhonov in @thebulletin.org. #nuclearweapons #nukesky

begging political scientists to have a little fun

📢 New article 🌟 👤 Amalie Nilsen @amalienilsen.bsky.social 👉 From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong 📗Open Access in: Democratization 🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1351...

In this recent blog post I show how publicly available technologies like satellite imagery and SAR can be used to "fact check" aggressive nuclear rhetoric.

In this recent blog post I show how publicly available technologies like satellite imagery and SAR can be used to "fact check" aggressive nuclear rhetoric.

☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.26 💻 Technology isn't a cure-all. But it can help reduce the risk of #NuclearWeapons crises. 🔍 @jamiewithorne.bsky.social shows how increasingly accessible information can harness transparency and 'fact check' the credibility of nuclear threats. 👉 bit.ly/4qEPq29

feels like we gotta start differentiating between nuclear signaling and sheer nuclear ignorance

The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it: www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

What an awesome team to join!

Subtle PST 🇳🇴 strategic export control win

“Russia is protecting its nuclear submarine fleet in the Arctic with an undersea surveillance system built using high-tech equipment acquired from U.S. and European companies through a secret procurement network [...].”

Very proud to have been a part of this project and to see my first co-authored article out in the world! Read @jacobnyrup.bsky.social excellent thread for more info on the data! 🥳

Wooohoo! Some exciting work by my @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social colleagues @inalkristiansen.bsky.social 🎉

@poni.csis.org is now accepting applications for the 2026 Nuclear Scholars cohort! Just as this year, PONI is able offer a few spots to non-U.S. citizens for 2026. I have had the opportunity to participate this year and cannot recommend the program enough. Apply by November 17!

God bless Jane Goodall.

sick 👍🏻

New WP! We find: Overall male and female cabinet members have the same backgrounds, but women in high ranking positions, and women in contexts with few women in politics have backgrounds that align more with the archetypal politician. With @jacobnyrup.bsky.social tinyurl.com/s4hy3htk

I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

How are alliances like AUKUS and cooperation between Russia, China, and North Korea reshaping the nuclear order? @laurensukin.bsky.social and @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social introduce the essays and explore the effects of domestic politics and global competition. 📖 Read here: tnsr.org/roundtable/n...

The End of MAD? Join me, Steve Fetter, @jaysankarans.bsky.social, TD MacDonald, Ton Stefanik, @lauraegrego.bsky.social, @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social, and Charlie Glaser to discuss whether technological developments are undermining mutually assured destruction. Link for virtual rego in next post.

boats!!!!!

My first attempt at a blog is now live. Check out my substack here: open.substack.com/pub/jamiewit...

seems timely

wake up babe, new propaganda dropped youtu.be/kh4VNPxOzu8?...

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📖 ONP is delighted to be featured in the most recent Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Youth, disarmament and non-proliferation. Learn more about ONP's contributions here 👉 digitallibrary.un.org/record/40866...

🇩🇪 ONP Doctoral Research Fellow @jamiewithorne.bsky.social will be with our friends down in Hamburg, Germany for the next three months! Jamie is a visiting research fellow at IFSH. Read more: ifsh.de/en/staff/wit...

me: what year was that document released? NATO: yes.

🇩🇪 Excited to announce that I'm in Germany for the next couple of months as a visiting research fellow with the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH)! The plan is: write, pretzel, beer, repeat 😉

Great to have @szakonyi.bsky.social present his new book project in the keynote speech at the WhoGov 2025 workshop at @statsvitenskap.bsky.social ! The last two days have been full of exciting presentations on elite research by a great group of researchers!

Really interesting new article out by Adelina Andersen on Norwegian intelligence sharing and alliance implications: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🌟 Welcome back, everyone! 🌟 A new semester means new opportunities and new connections. We’re excited to kick things off and share updates, resources, and events with you throughout the upcoming year. 📌 Follow us here to stay in the loop!

The Marie Curie fellowship at the IAEA will open on 1 Sept. This is a funding opportunity for women pursuing nuclear-related graduate school. www.iaea.org/services/key...

Two great new articles out in IS today: "The US-China Stability-Instability Paradox" by the wonderful Henrik Hiim and Øystein Tunsjø "Keeping pace with the times" by Wu Riqiang direct.mit.edu/isec/article...

🚀 Just launched my personal website: jamiewithorne.com It brings together my research, LearnWMD content, and a new Substack featuring OSINT tutorials, satellite imagery updates on nuclear developments, and academic insights with policy relevance.

that dreadful moment when you come across a PhD diss topic that is so much more interesting than your own

Sad news from the alma mater

it's not every day that you accidentally find yourself quoted on a CIA webpage lol

I recently had my commentary on emerging technologies and nuclear nonproliferation published by the H-Diplo policy forum. Give it a read here: issforum.org/policy-round...