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Linde Desmaele
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Asst. Prof of Intelligence and Security @unileiden.bsky.social (ISGA The Hague) | US Strategy & Alliances | All Things Transatlantic | Nukes | IR Theory
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🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨

I am very happy to share my newly published article in the Nonproliferation Review (open access!) on the role of US theater nuclear weapons (TNW) currently stationed in Europe.

You can access it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Short thread below 👇(1/8)
Still a useful myth? NATO’s theater nuclear weapons as tools of alliance management
What is the role of the US theater nuclear weapons (TNW) currently stationed in Europe? Open-source intelligence experts estimate that five European NATO member states host approximately 100 US nuc...
www.tandfonline.com
Same here! Highly recommend applying for the PONI Nuclear Scholars Initiative! 👇
@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!
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October 20, 2025 at 12:12 PM
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Is intensified nuclear coordination the best strategy to secure the continent’s future?

🔜 Join the next #ECPRHouseSeries
🤝 Collab with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
🗣️ @Susmonika.bsky.social @lindedesma.bsky.social, Valentina Cassar, July Decarpentrie & Mahmoud Javadi
📅 14 Oct, 16:00–17:30 BST
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European Nuclear Deterrence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Online
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October 9, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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🔜 Join the next #ECPRHouseSeries Roundtable
☢️ European Nuclear Deterrence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
🤝 Collab with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
🗣️ @Susmonika.bsky.social @lindedesma.bsky.social, Valentina Cassar, July Decarpentrie & Mahmoud Javadi
📅 Tue 14 Oct, 16:00–17:30 BST
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European Nuclear Deterrence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Online, 14 October, 16:00 – 17:30 BST
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October 2, 2025 at 2:01 PM
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❗New Research❗

🇺🇸🇨🇳🇪🇺 As US-China rivalry deepens, Washington is rethinking European unity - not just, as this new article by Linde Desmaele argues, as a NATO asset, but through the lens of cost tolerance and alignment on China.

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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lindedesma.bsky.social
September 25, 2025 at 11:12 AM
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🔜 Join the next #ECPRHouseSeries Roundtable
☢️ European Nuclear Deterrence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
🤝 Collab with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
🗣️ @Susmonika.bsky.social @lindedesma.bsky.social, Valentina Cassar, July Decarpentrie & Mahmoud Javadi
📅 Tue 14 Oct, 16:00–17:30 BST
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European Nuclear Deterrence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Online, 14 October 2025
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September 25, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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"European strategic autonomy as a double-edged sword? US perspectives in an Era of Sino-American competition"

Linde Desmaele

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.... @lindedesma.bsky.social
European strategic autonomy as a double-edged sword? US perspectives in an Era of Sino-American competition
As the United States seeks to prioritise ‘competition with China’, debates have emerged about how this affects US engagements elsewhere. Europe occupies a contested role in this discussion. Traditi...
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September 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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❗New Research❗

We are delighted to share the news that our Special Issue with the Journal of European Integration on European autonomy in US-China rivalry has just been published. Guest edited by @luissimonn.bsky.social @danielfiott.bsky.social

A thread👇

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www.tandfonline.com/toc/geui20/c...
September 15, 2025 at 6:11 AM
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🔜 Join the next #ECPRHouseSeries Roundtable
☢️ European Nuclear Deterrence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly
🤝 Collab with @ecprtheloop.bsky.social
🗣️ @Susmonika.bsky.social @lindedesma.bsky.social, Valentina Cassar, July Decarpentrie & Mahmoud Javadi
📅 Tue 14 Oct, 16:00–17:30 BST
👇 Register FREE
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European Nuclear Deterrence: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly, Online, 14 October 2025
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September 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
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🚨New Publication! We are thrilled to share the new book by #EISS Treasurer @marierbn.bsky.social !

“La vengeance et la paix” (CNRS EDITIONS). For more: www.cnrseditions.fr/catalogue/re...
September 10, 2025 at 1:14 PM
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#NuclearPoliticsParadox No.19
💭 Cold War-era nuclear thinking can help explain how today’s challenges emerged.
📝 But @lindedesma.bsky.social warns that uncritical reliance on outdated frameworks leads to misguided policies on #NuclearWeapons.
👉 bit.ly/47xYHSt
☢️ Enduring lessons or outdated logic? Updating Europe’s nuclear thinking
Cold War-era nuclear thinking can help explain how today’s challenges emerged. But Linde Desmaele warns that uncritical reliance on such thinking leads to misguided policies. Outdated frameworks can d...
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September 10, 2025 at 8:37 AM
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🚨 We’re hiring! Due to the continuous growth, the Intelligence and Security research group at Leiden University is looking for a new Assistant Professor in Intelligence & Security.

careers.universiteitleiden.nl/job/The-Hagu...
Assistant Professor in Intelligence and Security
Assistant Professor in Intelligence and Security
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August 21, 2025 at 8:01 AM
Last month, I wrote a short piece on what Trump 2.0 means for NATO and Europe. Bottom line: The key question is not so much whether Donald Trump stays in NATO or reaffirms the U.S. commitment to Europe, but under what terms and with what expectations.

www.atlcom.nl/magazine/con...
Contours of a new bargain? - Atlantische Commissie
America’s grand strategy and the future of the transatlantic alliance
www.atlcom.nl
July 29, 2025 at 1:39 PM
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Een gebrouilleerde relatie met Amerika, de oorlog in Oekraïne: er vallen harde noten te kraken tijdens de NAVO-top in juni in Den Haag. Wat staat er op het spel, wat kunnen we van de uitkomst verwachten? Drie Leidse wetenschappers blikken vooruit.

#NAVO #defensie #navotop #denhaag
Wat kunnen we verwachten van de NAVO-top?
Wat staat er op het spel tijdens de NAVO-top in Den Haag? Drie experts van Universiteit Leiden blikken vooruit.
www.universiteitleiden.nl
May 22, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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‼️ Looking for a new learning and networking experience? Join us in Brussels from 4-6 June for our #Brussels360 executive course. Apply today and join our experts for immersive learning and debate on European security, geopolitics, trade and tech.

Apply 🔸 csds.vub.be/executive-co...
April 28, 2025 at 12:34 PM
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‼️Brussels 360 Speakers‼️

Join us and Linde Desmaele (Leiden University) on the #Brussels360 course to discuss and learn about the shifts in the transatlantic relationship.

🐦 Apply by 23 April 2025 for early-bird fees!

Apply today🔸 csds.vub.be/executive-co...
April 14, 2025 at 1:58 PM
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📢 Call for Submissions: REALISM 📢

Alex Reichwein and I are keen to receive your paper/panel/RT submissions for our #EISAPEC25 section on

"Realist thought, theory and analysis"

📅 Deadline 20 March.

All info here: eisa-net.org/pec-2025/
PEC 2025 | EISA
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March 7, 2025 at 8:08 PM
🚨 New Publication Alert 🚨

I am very happy to share my newly published article in the Nonproliferation Review (open access!) on the role of US theater nuclear weapons (TNW) currently stationed in Europe.

You can access it here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Short thread below 👇(1/8)
Still a useful myth? NATO’s theater nuclear weapons as tools of alliance management
What is the role of the US theater nuclear weapons (TNW) currently stationed in Europe? Open-source intelligence experts estimate that five European NATO member states host approximately 100 US nuc...
www.tandfonline.com
March 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Reposted by Linde Desmaele
☢️ I've collected 800+ resources for those working on WMD issues in my "LearnWMD Spreadsheet"

learnwmd.wixsite.com/learnwmd/the...

Recently, I've gone through and updated all links & information. I've also broken out the OSINT resources into their own tab.

Be sure to check it out!
The Spreadsheet | learnwmd
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February 24, 2025 at 9:32 PM
Happy to share this new publication! 📖 I received the new Oxford Handbook of NATO in the mail yesterday morning 📚

@luissimonn.bsky.social and I have a chapter on NATO's adaptation between 2014-2022, titled 'forward deployment and reassurance.' (1/2)
February 20, 2025 at 8:24 AM
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❗New Book❗

Congratulations to Max Ernst for publishing his research with Routledge. A timely book! "China's Coercion of States in the Asia-Pacific Region". Well done Max!

Buy today🔸 www.routledge.com/Chinas-Coerc... @maximilianernst.bsky.social
February 12, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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1/4: New publication from me on how artificial intelligence will reshape the work of intelligence agencies, and transform our understanding in the process. A big shout out to the editors of this fantastic new collection that rethinks privacy in the 21st Century.
February 11, 2025 at 3:57 PM
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Come watch me, @lindedesma.bsky.social, Vhaire Gudgeon and Zoey Young talk alliances and strategy—I’ll be talking about 🇫🇷🇬🇧 cooperation vis a vis 🇨🇳
Thrilled to present my research on US nuclear security assurances at the @poni.csis.org 2025 Winter Conference next week! Looking forward to sharing the stage with Dave Allison, @paulcormarie.bsky.social, Vhaire Gudgeon, and Zoey Young!👇
📆February 11, 10am-4pm ET

Join us for PONI's 2025 Virtual Winter Conference! The theme of this conference is "Strengthening U.S. Alliances and Partnerships" with a keynote from @acwlapsley.bsky.social at NATO.

Register here:
February 6, 2025 at 1:36 PM
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🔍 Mis dit niet! Vanavond spreekt Eliot Higgins, de oprichter van #Bellingcat. In zijn lezing deelt hij inzichten uit Bellingcat's open source onderzoek en bespreekt hoe we betrouwbare informatie kunnen onderscheiden. Gratis entree, maar registratie verplicht.
February 6, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Thrilled to present my research on US nuclear security assurances at the @poni.csis.org 2025 Winter Conference next week! Looking forward to sharing the stage with Dave Allison, @paulcormarie.bsky.social, Vhaire Gudgeon, and Zoey Young!👇
📆February 11, 10am-4pm ET

Join us for PONI's 2025 Virtual Winter Conference! The theme of this conference is "Strengthening U.S. Alliances and Partnerships" with a keynote from @acwlapsley.bsky.social at NATO.

Register here:
PONI 2025 Virtual Winter Conference | CSIS Events
The Project on Nuclear Issues (PONI) will host its 2025 Virtual Winter Conference on February 11. The theme of this conference is “Strengthening U.S. Alliances and Partnerships.”
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February 5, 2025 at 3:36 PM
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🚨 Reminder: Call for Abstracts 🚨

Please consider submitting to our workshop on deceptive strategies in IR - it's going to be a great, interdisciplinary group working together toward a potential special issue.

Join us in Krakow for #EWIS2025 !
📣 EWIS 2025 WORKSHOPS 📣

✅ (WS DB) Deception and Deceptive Strategies in International Relations
February 4, 2025 at 9:15 AM