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Haleema Saadia
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Doctoral Candidate @ NUST
CRDF Global Nuclear Security Fellow 2024
ACONA Affiliate 2024-2025
Stimson Center's South Asia Visiting Fellow 2023
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Haleema Saadia @haleemasaadia.bsky.social · Mar 9
My latest article, "AI and Nuclear Decisions: Toward an Arms Control Framework," is out!
We explore AI in NC3 systems & why keeping a human in the loop is absolutely critical.

#NukeSky #ArmsControl

🔗 Read it here (free for first 50 clicks!):
www.tandfonline.com/eprint/F6JMF...
AI and nuclear decisions: Toward an arms control framework
Amidst the growing potential for AI integration into nuclear command, control, and communication (NC3) systems, the imperative of preserving human oversight in these critical systems has increased....
www.tandfonline.com
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francoisdm.bsky.social
VIDEO: @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social explains why it is so incredibly difficult to convey the size and destructive force of nuclear weapons—and always has been.

Video by @erik-english.bsky.social for @thebulletin.org

www.youtube.com/watch?v=czyk...

#nuclearweapons #AHouseOfDynamite #Trump #nukesky
What you should know about nuclear weapons
YouTube video by Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
www.youtube.com
November 10, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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francoisdm.bsky.social
🚨 JUST IN: A newly declassified cable reinforces proliferation concerns about high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel, and reveals an urgent need for an international review of #HALEU use, writes Ed Lyman (@nucsafetyucs.bsky.social).

#uranium #enrichment #proliferation #IAEA #safeguards #nukesky
Declassified cable reinforces proliferation concerns about high-assay low-enriched uranium fuel
The declassified document reveals an urgent need for an international review of the proliferation risks of HALEU.
thebulletin.org
November 7, 2025 at 11:28 AM
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apln.network
President Trump's recent announcement could open a Pandora's box of nuclear testing, say @khansahar1.bsky.social and @haleemasaadia.bsky.social but it presents India and Pakistan a rare moment of normative leadership to jointly reaffirm their nuclear moratoriums.
Responsibility Over Rivalry: Why India and Pakistan Should Reject Nuclear Testing | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network
www.apln.network
November 7, 2025 at 6:27 AM
haleemasaadia.bsky.social
Is nuclear testing making a comeback?
Pres. Trump’s declaration about restarting US nuke tests risks unraveling decades of restraint
In our @apln.network commentary, @khansahar1.bsky.social & I argue:India & Pakistan should reject nuclear testing and lead by example.
www.apln.network/analysis/com...
Responsibility Over Rivalry: Why India and Pakistan Should Reject Nuclear Testing | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network
www.apln.network
November 6, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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frank11285.bsky.social
New @apln.network commentary on implications of the nuclear testing debate for 🇮🇳 and 🇵🇰, by @khansahar1.bsky.social & @haleemasaadia.bsky.social -
Responsibility Over Rivalry: Why India and Pakistan Should Reject Nuclear Testing | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network
www.apln.network
November 6, 2025 at 10:40 AM
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khansahar1.bsky.social
When Trump posted about nuclear testing, I jumped on a call with @haleemasaadia.bsky.social to discuss what it would mean for South Asia if the US broke the moratorium on testing. The conversation led to this: www.apln.network/analysis/com...

Thank you @apln.network!
Responsibility Over Rivalry: Why India and Pakistan Should Reject Nuclear Testing | Asia-Pacific Leadership Network
www.apln.network
November 6, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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#nukesky
kingstonareif.bsky.social Kingston Reif @kingstonareif.bsky.social · 9d
Energy Secretary Wright: "I think the tests we're talking about right now are system tests. These are not nuclear explosions. These are what we call non-critical explosions..The testing that we'll be doing is on new systems. And again, these will be non-nuclear explosions."
Energy chief warns ‘bigger ramifications’ on the horizon as shutdown threatens to stall nuclear modernization
Government shutdown forces furloughs of nuclear weapons contractors, halting critical modernization programs as energy secretary warns of bigger ramifications ahead.
www.foxbusiness.com
November 3, 2025 at 2:35 AM
haleemasaadia.bsky.social
Does Pakistan know this?
nuclearanthro.bsky.social 🇵🇸Martin “Doomsday” Pfeiffer🖖🏳️‍🌈 @nuclearanthro.bsky.social · 9d
in 60 min interview Trump states (paraphrase) other countries are explosively testing nuclear weapons at some yield…

…& USA is not testing like other countries do & that USA needs to do same to be sure USA nukes work.

www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...

#NukeSky

Seems to contradict Chris Wright.
November 3, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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francoisdm.bsky.social
🚨 JUST IN: What did Trump mean by resuming nuclear testing? And what are the implications, in the worst-case scenario?

Bulletin's Dan Drollette reports, extensively quoting nuclear expert @nukestrat.bsky.social and others.

#nuclearweapons #nucleartesting #Trump #nukesky
The experts respond to Trump’s proposal to “start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis”
What did Trump mean by resuming nuclear testing? And what are the implications, in the worst-case scenario?
thebulletin.org
October 30, 2025 at 6:48 PM
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bojacobs.bsky.social
Nuclear testing you say?

"Nuclear Conquistadors: Military Colonialism
in #Nuclear Test Site Selection during the Cold
War”

#NuclearTesting #ColdWar #NukeSky

ipus.snu.ac.kr/eng/wp-conte...
American military film crew filming “surrender” of Bikini Atoll
October 31, 2025 at 12:38 AM
haleemasaadia.bsky.social
@proftjcurry.bsky.social's piece on the Edinburgh Race Review shows that decolonising UK universities means more than renaming buildings. It demands confronting how empire shaped their wealth and ideas.
"Decolonisation...is not a metaphor." 👏
October 31, 2025 at 12:58 PM
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armscontrolwonk.bsky.social
Another resource: What would be the purpose of nuclear testing if the US matched what Russia is accused of doing? The @nationalacademies.org panel on the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty outlined what one might do with so-called hydronuclear, extremely low-yieldand very low-yield tests.
October 30, 2025 at 2:47 PM
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armscontrolwonk.bsky.social
Last year, I wrote an article for @foreignaffairs.com on why the US stands to lose the most from a resumption of nuclear testing.
www.foreignaffairs.com/united-state...
Why America Stands to Lose If It Resumes Nuclear Testing
China and Russia would finally be able to catch up.
www.foreignaffairs.com
October 30, 2025 at 3:29 PM
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aaronstein1.bsky.social
DoD (DoW?) doesn't run US nuclear testing. DoE does. So I think the actual tip off of what Trump meant came from the statement itself. But who knows. Renewed US nuclear tests was on my bingo card for any GOP administration, as @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social and I discussed on our podcast many times
October 30, 2025 at 2:45 PM
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nickolasroth.bsky.social
In the 33 years before the U.S. halted nuclear testing in 1992, countries conducted over 1,000 tests. In the 33 years since? Roughly 20. The global moratorium—and the treaty backing it—has curbed both the spread and sophistication of nuclear weapons worldwide.
October 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
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cherylrofer.bsky.social
For the morning crowd:

Trump's confused post last night may or may not be about nuclear testing.

He may be responding to Putin's claims of science-fictiony weapons.

He may be referring to the delivery vehicles, which are tested frequently.

I doubt there will be any further action.
October 30, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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mknight.bsky.social
I’ll give someone $1000 if they can find one factually correct statement in this post
October 30, 2025 at 1:37 AM
haleemasaadia.bsky.social
It's funny that Trump "instructed" Dept of War to resume nuclear testing when it's actually the Dept of Energy that conducts nuclear tests.
#NukeSky
October 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
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tayloraloy.bsky.social
As long as no one starts turning off their CTBTO IMS there will be a wealth of global data to further validate the accuracy of the system.

The paradox, as you rightly point out, is it’s counter to their entire purpose.

Though, Russia would probably turn off their IMS. They’ve done it before.
October 30, 2025 at 12:22 PM
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chris-brighton.bsky.social
This is a great article by Alex Adamson for Philosophy and Global Affairs that bridges trans studies, intersex studies, and decolonial feminism.

#AcademicSky #AcademicResearch #TransStudies #IntersexStudies #DecolonialStudies #PhilSky #GenderSky #Wynter #Lugones #TransSky

doi.org/10.5840%2Fpg...
"Beyond the Coloniality of Gender: María Lugones, Sylvia Wynter, Decolonial Feminism, and Trans and Intersex Liberation," by Alex Adamson. Abstract: This article explores Sylvia Wynter’s analysis of gender as a category differentially applied across the global color line and María Lugones’ account of the coloniality of gender. While Wynter’s and Lugones’s work offer consequential insights for queer, trans, and intersex studies and activism, they have deliberately engaged these particular discourses and histories of struggle in limited ways. Wyn- ter analyzes the contradictions of Western feminists’ organizing against female genital cutting in Africa, but she does not link her conclusions to their ramifica- tions for activism against genital cutting on children deemed intersex. Lugones uses the existence of intersex people as a turning point in her critique of Aníbal Quijano when developing her concept of the coloniality of gender, but she does not go further to connect global intersex activism and decolonial feminist struggles. This article explores the work of Wynter and Lugones for their compatibility with trans and intersex studies and activism, and the places where their work can be furthered through insights from trans and intersex studies. It concludes that to move beyond the coloniality of gender requires trans and intersex liberation and that trans and intersex liberation must be understood in a broader decolonial feminist framework. Keywords: decolonial feminism, Sylvia Wynter, María Lugones, trans studies, intersex studies
October 29, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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tayloraloy.bsky.social
#NukeSky

Clock is ticking. Can U.S. stand up a testing program in 3 years?

Does the equal basis include North Korea?

Russia and China have more to gain from testing nukes than the U.S.

Establishing a new testing norm will be a strategic failure for U.S. both diplomatically and technologically.
paleofuture.bsky.social Matt Novak @paleofuture.bsky.social · 13d
“Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately.”
Trump: The United States has more Nuclear Weapons than any other country. This was accomplished, including a complete update and renovation of existing weapons, during my First Term in office. Because of the tremendous destructive power, l HATED to do it, but had no choice! Russia is second, and China is a distant third, but will be even within 5 years. Because of other countries testing programs, I have instructed the Department of War to start testing our Nuclear Weapons on an equal basis. That process will begin immediately. Thank you for your attention to this matter! PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP 46 ReTruths 140 Likes 10/29/25, 6:04 PM
October 30, 2025 at 1:54 AM
haleemasaadia.bsky.social
US resumption of nuclear testing would be a profound shock to the non-testing norm, codified politically (if not legally) by the CTBT.
The immediate global effects would include:
- a severe erosion of the CTBT’s normative authority & the verification regime’s political standing
#NukeSky
1/2
October 30, 2025 at 6:29 AM
haleemasaadia.bsky.social
Grateful 🙏 @frank11285.bsky.social!
October 20, 2025 at 10:50 AM
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bohemianslaw.bsky.social
Merit, they say, is the great equalizer. But it whispers in accents of privilege, and wears shoes bought by someone else.

In both America & Japan.

OK, maybe people cling more fiercely to the myth of meritocracy in a nation where the American Dream is (still) pursued and cherished…

#academicsky
October 19, 2025 at 2:57 AM
haleemasaadia.bsky.social
Received a rejection email last week. It was written with such kindness that it felt more like a high-five.
Instead of feeling down, I’m fired up to refine my work.

#AcademicSky
October 18, 2025 at 1:49 PM