Tonight in 1984, the grimly realistic and harrowing nuclear war drama “Threads” was first broadcast on BBC Two. The film aired for the first time in the United States on January 13, 1985, on WTBS, thanks to station owner and disarmament advocate Ted Turner. “Threads” streams for free on Kanopy.

Turkey signs nuclear cooperation deal with US during Erdoğan–Trump meeting

1/7 How might AI enable the (non)proliferation of nuclear weapons? In a new #OpenAccess article in Risk Analysis (@socriskanalysis.bsky.social), Dave Allison & I explore this question. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

This is my regular reminder to everyone that jstor is open to the general public now; a free account there will give you access to 100 papers a year.

🚨 JUST IN: Extending the New START nuclear arms control treaty by a year, even informally, would be a security and diplomatic win for the United States, writes Jon Wolfsthal (@jonatomic.bsky.social) in @thebulletin.org. #nuclearweapons #NewSTART #nukesky #Trump #Putin #China

🚨 JUST IN: No national study of the health risks posed by existing US nuclear reactors has been conducted since 1990, despite many reported cases of cancer and other diseases, Joe Mangano and Bob Alvarez write in @thebulletin.org. thebulletin.org/2025/09/why-... #nuclearenergy #reactors #nukesky

Not a fan of "reminder" posts, but today maybe relevant to recall that the first lie of fascism is inevitability.

People who only see the case study as a research design and not as a method would probably have a conniption reading this excellent volume. #RPVMethods

In South Asia, cyber quicksand could destabilize deterrence faster than missiles ever could. My new article explores this uncharted battlefield. southasianvoices.org/sec-f-pk-r-c... #NukeSky #cyberthreats #cyberwar 1/5

"“We particularly chose, as the South African delegation, to join the Global Sumud Flotilla here in Tunisia from an African point to say Africa is part of this struggle,” Mandla Mandela told journalists in Tunis."

🚨 How & why do nuclear delivery vehicles proliferate? My article on the spread of delivery vehicles is out at Security Studies! #OpenAccess It explains: - Why the NPT allows nuclear delivery vehicles to spread - How did India acquire its #nuclear delivery technology tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 JUST IN: Latest issue of the Nuclear Notebook is out! 🇵🇰 Pakistan nuclear weapons, 2025. By @nukestrat.bsky.social, @mattkorda.bsky.social, @elianajjohns.bsky.social, and @mknight.bsky.social of @scientistsorg.bsky.social. thebulletin.org/premium/2025... #nuclearweapons #Pakistan #nukesky

In South Asia, cyber quicksand could destabilize deterrence faster than missiles ever could. My new article explores this uncharted battlefield. southasianvoices.org/sec-f-pk-r-c... #NukeSky #cyberthreats #cyberwar 1/5

The enrichment process always produces depleted, uranium, and depleted uranium, which is not depleted of radioactivity, is used in weapons and arsenals. It is the fundamental duplicity of nuclear power: it is Weaponized. #NoNukes

Trump Administration changes to nuclear power plant regulations “may appease arrogant vendors of new nuclear designs who resent the scrutiny of regulators, but such a dictat is terrible for nuclear safety” argues @nucsafetyucs.bsky.social thebulletin.org/2025/05/the-...

Carl Sagan in 1984 speech on Nuclear Winter: “There is important issue as more important than safeguarding the human species.” #NoNukes #NukeSky #Climate #ClimateSky youtu.be/VSFPcA62H5s?...

What kind of creative spellings did I come up with for "restrictive" that led MS Word to suggest "resuscitative"? 🤦‍♀️ #AcademicSky

Hola! Very excited to share that our Nuclear Reading Club will be hosting @rabsaa.bsky.social! Details ⬇️ 📅 30 May, 2025 🕓 4-5 pm CEST To register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

Scholars who claim to be “progressive, human-rights loving, anti-racist, decolonial, intersectional, open-minded refuse to so much as whisper one word: Palestinian. —Randa Abdel-Fattah

"Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere." - Anne Lamott

New publication: "Four Days in May: The India-Pakistan Crisis of 2025" up now at the Stimson Center @stimsoncenter.bsky.social . Executive summary in the screenshots, but all 12,000 words and 123 footnotes at the link. www.stimson.org/2025/four-da...

The week is dragging on like a bad movie sequel.

Defense investments are up across the board. But is deterrence quietly doing its job? warontherocks.com/20...

“This would become a recurring theme of my visit to OpenAI: researchers stealing furtive glances at comms head every few sentences to check they hadn’t violated some disclosure policy…after my visit, employees received an unusually stern warning not to speak with me beyond sanctioned conversations”

My PhD dissertation is like a bad haircut; I just want it to be over, but I know I’ll be stuck with it for a while!

Nothing makes the world’s saddest losers madder than a woman with a PhD…or a woman getting a PhD….or a woman

Nature posed a variety of scenarios to 5,000 academics around the world to understand which uses of AI are considered ethically acceptable. The survey results suggest that researchers are sharply divided on what they feel are appropriate practices. #Academicsky 🧪

We don’t write to be understood; we write to figure out what on earth we were thinking in the first place!

What is the effect of #AI on citation politics? Members of the Cite Black Women Collective address that question at our recent #intersectionality Salon: youtu.be/RJnviKcApQo #academicsky #edusky #healthequity #researchpublications

#AcademicSky One of the most important aspects of writing that I learned in grad school:

Procrastination is my secret writing partner; we work together until the deadline shows up uninvited.

How to start writing: 1. Create a new document. 2. Stare at the blank page. 3. Panic. Do you even know how to write? 4. Scroll social media, calling it “research.” 5. Type one word. Stare. Delete. 6. Wait for divine intervention. Voilà! You’re writing! (Or at least you’ve mastered procrastination.)

Pakistan's statement in response to Indian media’s baseless claims regarding Pakistan’s use of Shaheen missile in Operation Bunyanun Marsoos (BM) mofa.gov.pk/press-releas...

Papers might as well declare "Data available upon victory in a duel."

Thought-provoking Sahar Khan @inkstickmedia.com piece -

I see your 'research is spending 6 hours reading 30 papers to write 1 sentence with 2 references' and raise you 'archival research is spending days sifting through 100s of documents just to find one line worth citing!' #academicsky

Sobering analysis by @rabsaa.bsky.social for @nti.org ,on the strategic realism that Pakistan and India in abiding by the 1988 NAA even in times like this and despite jingoism. This framework, not destructive fantasties, must guide strategic engagements. www.nti.org/risky-busine...

In my recent workshop I discussed the missing link in the literature review process and the 4 elements to look for when reviewing the literature. www.raulpacheco.org/2022/07/the-...

paywall removed. archive.is/202505140759...

This is bleak reading

It seems like #ISA2026 (the biggest International Studies conference in the world) is getting very few submissions, to the extent that thematic research networks are reaching out to their members surveying whether everyone is boycotting the USA #academicsky

As the archrivals halt hostilities after four days of fighting, analysts discuss if either gained an upper hand.

"The skies over the subcontinent may have briefly flared, but the strategic turbulence they signal is only just beginning." My latest for Strafasia strafasia.com/chinas-jets-...

Next steps: Talks, talks, talks! Not just talks for the sake of talking, but actual, meaningful, and substantive discussions that lead to tangible outcomes for durable peace in South Asia!

Happy & relieved with the ceasefire announcement. However, we still await clarity on the terms of the agreement. What does this mean for the Indus Waters Treaty, the Simla Accord, and other bilateral agreements, including the NCBMs? 1/3

time for some nuclear signaling:

The phrase Bunyan ul Marsoos - literally means " a concrete structure" - symbolizes unity, discipline, and unbreakable strength and is often used in military or ideological contexts.