Beatrice Fihn
@beafihn.bsky.social
International law, security and weapons at Lex International. Senior Fellow @UNIDIR. Former Executive Director of ICAN, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2017.
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Is the biggest wave of nuclear proliferation in human history in the room with us?
Berthold Kohler in FAZ: “A credible nuclear deterrence, however, is indispensable for Germany’s security. In Berlin, therefore, consideration must also be given to our own nuclear armament.” Trump is triggering the biggest wave of nuclear proliferation in human history, and US media is clueless.
January 21, 2026 at 2:27 PM
Is the biggest wave of nuclear proliferation in human history in the room with us?
Ngl, I’m terrified of Donald trumps obsession with the Nobel peace prize. WHAT IF HE INVADES MY HOUSE???
"Donald Trump now genuinely lives in a different reality, one in which neither grammar nor history nor the normal rules of human interaction now affect him. Also, he really is maniacally, unhealthily obsessive about the Nobel Prize."
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
www.theatlantic.com
January 19, 2026 at 4:45 PM
Ngl, I’m terrified of Donald trumps obsession with the Nobel peace prize. WHAT IF HE INVADES MY HOUSE???
Sometimes I think about how it is still less than two years ago Sweden joined Nato and then I get embarrassed to be from a country with such incredibly bad geopolitical instinct.
January 19, 2026 at 11:31 AM
Sometimes I think about how it is still less than two years ago Sweden joined Nato and then I get embarrassed to be from a country with such incredibly bad geopolitical instinct.
“Ameerikkamiuunianngilagut, qallunaajunianngilagut, Kalaaliuniarpugut”
(We don’t want to be Americans, we dont want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders). Joint statement by ALL political parties in 🇬🇱 parliament calling for US to stop its disregard for its people. dk.siumut.gl/vi-star-samm...
(We don’t want to be Americans, we dont want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders). Joint statement by ALL political parties in 🇬🇱 parliament calling for US to stop its disregard for its people. dk.siumut.gl/vi-star-samm...
Vi står sammen som et folk – Siumut
dk.siumut.gl
January 10, 2026 at 11:53 AM
“Ameerikkamiuunianngilagut, qallunaajunianngilagut, Kalaaliuniarpugut”
(We don’t want to be Americans, we dont want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders). Joint statement by ALL political parties in 🇬🇱 parliament calling for US to stop its disregard for its people. dk.siumut.gl/vi-star-samm...
(We don’t want to be Americans, we dont want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders). Joint statement by ALL political parties in 🇬🇱 parliament calling for US to stop its disregard for its people. dk.siumut.gl/vi-star-samm...
In December, we polled Americans on issues around international law, and 77% of US people said that they would not support their government illegally invading another country — even if it was claimed to be in their security interest. Quite relevant these days! lexinternational.org/internationa...
January 6, 2026 at 2:00 PM
In December, we polled Americans on issues around international law, and 77% of US people said that they would not support their government illegally invading another country — even if it was claimed to be in their security interest. Quite relevant these days! lexinternational.org/internationa...
Yesterday we launched Not Dead Yet, our 2025 report on the state of international law. A huge thanks to Austria, Mexico and South Africa for joining our launch event and giving your different perspectives on the narratives and challenges of international law.
December 12, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Yesterday we launched Not Dead Yet, our 2025 report on the state of international law. A huge thanks to Austria, Mexico and South Africa for joining our launch event and giving your different perspectives on the narratives and challenges of international law.
Most of the work we do at Lex is quite discrete, like grant making, retreats & off the record conversations and a few different creative projects. But today we’re launching our first public report, “Not Dead Yet — International Law in an Age of Uncertainty”
December 11, 2025 at 9:30 PM
Most of the work we do at Lex is quite discrete, like grant making, retreats & off the record conversations and a few different creative projects. But today we’re launching our first public report, “Not Dead Yet — International Law in an Age of Uncertainty”
“People need to drink more soda” says CEO of soda company. www.politico.eu/article/airb...
Europe needs tactical nukes to counter Putin, says Airbus chief
European aerospace heavyweight warns that the continent must have a stronger deterrent against Russia’s massive arsenal.
www.politico.eu
November 24, 2025 at 10:43 PM
“People need to drink more soda” says CEO of soda company. www.politico.eu/article/airb...
Have you noticed that since deciding to join NATO, the Swedish men’s football team has failed to qualify for every single international tournament? COINCIDENCE??
November 18, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Have you noticed that since deciding to join NATO, the Swedish men’s football team has failed to qualify for every single international tournament? COINCIDENCE??
Reposted by Beatrice Fihn
Another part of Project 2025, which Trump disavowed during the campaign, that he's now carrying out.
Watchdogs saw that writing on the wall and organized to get Nevada, a swing state, on the record opposing new testing at its historical nuclear test site: inkstickmedia.com/cancer-conta...
Watchdogs saw that writing on the wall and organized to get Nevada, a swing state, on the record opposing new testing at its historical nuclear test site: inkstickmedia.com/cancer-conta...
October 30, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Another part of Project 2025, which Trump disavowed during the campaign, that he's now carrying out.
Watchdogs saw that writing on the wall and organized to get Nevada, a swing state, on the record opposing new testing at its historical nuclear test site: inkstickmedia.com/cancer-conta...
Watchdogs saw that writing on the wall and organized to get Nevada, a swing state, on the record opposing new testing at its historical nuclear test site: inkstickmedia.com/cancer-conta...
Good morning! Seems like Trump says he wants to start nuclear testing again. We don’t quite know what he means with that, but here’s what is really important right now.
October 30, 2025 at 7:18 AM
Good morning! Seems like Trump says he wants to start nuclear testing again. We don’t quite know what he means with that, but here’s what is really important right now.
Move the UN to Geneva immediately. It has the space, facilities etc.
""Llegué a Bogotá. Ya no tengo visa para viajar a EE.UU. No me importa", reaccionó el presidente colombiano. "La sede de Naciones Unidas no puede continuar en Nueva York", agregó."
Petro responde a EE.UU. que la retirada de su visa viola el derecho internacional y las normas de inmunidad de la ONU
"Llegué a Bogotá. Ya no tengo visa para viajar a EE.UU. No me importa", reaccionó el presidente colombiano. "La sede de Naciones Unidas no puede continuar en Nueva York", agregó. EE.UU. dice que instó...
www.telemundo.com
September 28, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Move the UN to Geneva immediately. It has the space, facilities etc.
The comments are so silly. basically 100 versions of “Russia knows we have nukes too!”. It’s fascinating how people just know that Russias nuclear threats won’t work but are convinced that US threats would. If Russias threats are a bluff, the US’s threats are a bluff too, you can’t have it both ways
These people have exactly one line
Every single time there's the slightest whiff that the West might commit more tangible support to Ukraine there's crowing about how dangerous this is because the Russians have nukes
Every single time there's the slightest whiff that the West might commit more tangible support to Ukraine there's crowing about how dangerous this is because the Russians have nukes
September 24, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The comments are so silly. basically 100 versions of “Russia knows we have nukes too!”. It’s fascinating how people just know that Russias nuclear threats won’t work but are convinced that US threats would. If Russias threats are a bluff, the US’s threats are a bluff too, you can’t have it both ways
For any UN or diplomacy nerds, this is fascinating about how the UNEP secretariat undermined the chair and tried to encourage NGOs to get him replaced, maybe because the text was too strong for Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries?? Cream it!
After the Geneva round of the #PlasticsTreaty talks ended without a deal, troubling questions are being raised about the role played by @unep.org Executive Director Inger Andersen — and an apparent bid to topple the Committee’s elected Chair medium.com/points-of-or...
Palace intrigues
The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…
medium.com
September 22, 2025 at 10:27 AM
For any UN or diplomacy nerds, this is fascinating about how the UNEP secretariat undermined the chair and tried to encourage NGOs to get him replaced, maybe because the text was too strong for Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries?? Cream it!
Reposted by Beatrice Fihn
💣 An excellent analysis of the #PlasticsTreaty 's Whistledown (aka @magnuslovold.bsky.social) of what happened behind the scenes at the end of #INC5.2. Once again, important questions are raised about the role of UNEP, which seems to support a low-ambition treaty #Plastics
medium.com/points-of-or...
medium.com/points-of-or...
Palace intrigues
The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…
medium.com
September 19, 2025 at 3:20 PM
💣 An excellent analysis of the #PlasticsTreaty 's Whistledown (aka @magnuslovold.bsky.social) of what happened behind the scenes at the end of #INC5.2. Once again, important questions are raised about the role of UNEP, which seems to support a low-ambition treaty #Plastics
medium.com/points-of-or...
medium.com/points-of-or...
Reposted by Beatrice Fihn
Nuclear weapons security is deeply trusting; as in we trust our enemies to “do the right thing”. @beafihn.bsky.social of Lex International & @unidir.org talks about news media, public perception, and deterrence.
September 2, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Nuclear weapons security is deeply trusting; as in we trust our enemies to “do the right thing”. @beafihn.bsky.social of Lex International & @unidir.org talks about news media, public perception, and deterrence.
This weekend in Bosnia, 19 year old Mehmed was killed by a 30 year old landmine. He was tending to his family’s goats, which had wandered into a mined forest. Mehmed wasn’t a soldier. The war ended 30 years ago, 11 years before Mehmed was even born. n1info.ba/english/news...
September 1, 2025 at 12:22 PM
This weekend in Bosnia, 19 year old Mehmed was killed by a 30 year old landmine. He was tending to his family’s goats, which had wandered into a mined forest. Mehmed wasn’t a soldier. The war ended 30 years ago, 11 years before Mehmed was even born. n1info.ba/english/news...
Reposted by Beatrice Fihn
Marking 80 years since the invention & use of nuclear weapons and their devastating legacy from Hiroshima & Nagasaki to Alamogordo & Congo; we hosted Artists Against the Bomb in Geneva🎨🕊️
With artists, activists, diplomats & all @nuclearban partners, we say: BAN THE BOMB! 🏳️
#nuclearban
With artists, activists, diplomats & all @nuclearban partners, we say: BAN THE BOMB! 🏳️
#nuclearban
August 28, 2025 at 12:15 PM
Marking 80 years since the invention & use of nuclear weapons and their devastating legacy from Hiroshima & Nagasaki to Alamogordo & Congo; we hosted Artists Against the Bomb in Geneva🎨🕊️
With artists, activists, diplomats & all @nuclearban partners, we say: BAN THE BOMB! 🏳️
#nuclearban
With artists, activists, diplomats & all @nuclearban partners, we say: BAN THE BOMB! 🏳️
#nuclearban
Call for proposals: Non-governmental organisations, think tanks, university-based centres, and other legal non-profit entities are welcome to apply for grants for projects that aim to address the security concerns raised by nuclear deterrence policies. lexinternational.org/call-for-pro...
Call for proposals - Lex International
Lex International Fund, hosted by Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, is pleased to announce a call for applications for projects that aim to address the security
lexinternational.org
August 28, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Call for proposals: Non-governmental organisations, think tanks, university-based centres, and other legal non-profit entities are welcome to apply for grants for projects that aim to address the security concerns raised by nuclear deterrence policies. lexinternational.org/call-for-pro...
I saw a TikTok with an American complaining that Serie A wasn’t promoting its “product” to tv viewers like him enough, that their marketing & stadiums are not attractive for a US tv audience that might want to become fans and I’ve never been more provoked in my entire life.
August 21, 2025 at 10:50 AM
I saw a TikTok with an American complaining that Serie A wasn’t promoting its “product” to tv viewers like him enough, that their marketing & stadiums are not attractive for a US tv audience that might want to become fans and I’ve never been more provoked in my entire life.
Last week, Marseille joined ICAN Cities Appeal. The city supports the #TPNW and calls on France to join it. The French government is one of the most stubborn opponents of the TPNW, yet the 3 largest cities Paris, Marseille and Lyon (and 95 others) supports it. Allez!!
August 14, 2025 at 10:17 AM
Last week, Marseille joined ICAN Cities Appeal. The city supports the #TPNW and calls on France to join it. The French government is one of the most stubborn opponents of the TPNW, yet the 3 largest cities Paris, Marseille and Lyon (and 95 others) supports it. Allez!!
Reposted by Beatrice Fihn
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a Frankenstein's Monster of corporate consultants, the Israeli government and for-profit mercenary companies.
It is not a bona fide aid organization, but another tool of Israel's effort to forcibly displace the people of Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
It is not a bona fide aid organization, but another tool of Israel's effort to forcibly displace the people of Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Eleven-minute race for food: how aid points in Gaza became ‘death traps’ – a visual story
Hundreds of people have died while seeking food since delivery was taken over by the Gaza Humanitarian Foundation in May. But Palestinians facing extreme hunger have no choice but to take the risk
www.theguardian.com
July 23, 2025 at 7:46 PM
The Gaza Humanitarian Foundation is a Frankenstein's Monster of corporate consultants, the Israeli government and for-profit mercenary companies.
It is not a bona fide aid organization, but another tool of Israel's effort to forcibly displace the people of Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
It is not a bona fide aid organization, but another tool of Israel's effort to forcibly displace the people of Gaza.
www.theguardian.com/global-devel...
Very important article as landmines are unfortunately back on the agenda again.
Why is the CEO of the world’s largest de-mining NGO defending landmines?
James Cowan of @thehalotrust.bsky.social has publicly supported the shipment of anti-personnel mines to Ukraine — even suggesting the Mine Ban Treaty should be revised 🧵
James Cowan of @thehalotrust.bsky.social has publicly supported the shipment of anti-personnel mines to Ukraine — even suggesting the Mine Ban Treaty should be revised 🧵
July 23, 2025 at 1:30 PM
Very important article as landmines are unfortunately back on the agenda again.
Good to see the UNSG appointing 21 members of the UN scientific panel of experts on nuclear war. Really great, diverse group with significant expertise in the medical, environmental and societal consequences of nuclear weapons use. press.un.org/en/2025/dc39...
Secretary-General Announces Members of Independent Scientific Panel on Effects of Nuclear War | Meetings Coverage and Press Releases
NEW YORK, 18 July (United Nations Office for Disarmament Affairs) — On 17 July, United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres announced the appointment of an independent scientific panel of expert...
press.un.org
July 21, 2025 at 2:52 PM
Good to see the UNSG appointing 21 members of the UN scientific panel of experts on nuclear war. Really great, diverse group with significant expertise in the medical, environmental and societal consequences of nuclear weapons use. press.un.org/en/2025/dc39...