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As the Trump administration’s “What about China?” nuclear arms control agenda for a New START follow-on unfolds, here’s a 2020 throwback. @thebulletin.org

Link here: doi.org/10.1080/0096...
February 7, 2026 at 5:04 PM
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Leading a discussion of the expiration of New START and what happens next at Managing the Atom, 1:30-3:00 today (Feb. 9). Take part if you're interested!
harvard.zoom.us/j/9102746884...
February 9, 2026 at 3:14 PM
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In his piece for Haaretz, Ariel E. Levite argues that while Trump’s renewed talks with Iran are fraught with risk, diplomacy remains a more stabilizing and strategically sound alternative to regime-change efforts.

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Trump's talks with Iran are risky. Here's why they beat attempts at regime change | Opinion
A Deal Would Let Israel Police Iran's Nuclear Compliance While Countering Covert Support for Its Regional Proxies
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February 5, 2026 at 6:51 PM
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In Harvard Magazine, Professor @matthew-bunn.bsky.social cautions that the end of New START could spark an unchecked nuclear arms race, emphasizing that some form of restraint is critical to avoid “a world with no agreed limits” on U.S. and Russian arsenals.

www.harvardmagazine.com/five-questio...
Five Questions with Matthew Bunn | Harvard Magazine
The last treaty limiting nuclear arms buildup between Russia and the U.S. expires February 5. What’s next?
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February 5, 2026 at 3:03 PM
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Pleased to discuss the implications of New START's expiration with the London Telegraph's "Battle Lines" podcast, along with RUSI's Darya Dolzikova.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlka...
'No limits': Russia, China and US enter new nuclear arms race
YouTube video by The Telegraph
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February 4, 2026 at 2:37 PM
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ONE WEEK until we hear from @herzogsm.bsky.social, @gdavidarceneaux.bsky.social & Dr. Ariel Petrovics on their newly released "Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail"

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Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail
Join MTA for a Book Talk with Dr. Stephen Herzog, Professor of the Practice at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies and Associate of the Project on Managing the Atom; Dr. Giles David Arceneaux, Ass...
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February 4, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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@matthew-bunn.bsky.social, alongside other nuclear experts, discuss the expiration of New START and what comes next for strategic arms control
www.youtube.com/watch?v=wg94...
STARTing Over? Russo-American Arms Control at a Crossroads
YouTube video by Stimson Center
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February 3, 2026 at 7:37 PM
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Steven Miller and Toni Erskine introduce the Special Issue on “AI and the Decision to Go to War,” outlining how existing AI technologies may shape state decisions on the use of force through automated self-defense and AI-enabled decision-support systems.
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February 2, 2026 at 3:12 PM
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In a column for The Hill, @matthew-bunn.bsky.social warns that the Feb 5 expiration of New START risks an unconstrained nuclear arms race and urges the Trump administration to seize a proposed U.S.–Russia “strategic pause” as a gateway to broader nuclear restraint talks.

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February 2, 2026 at 2:49 PM
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Join us for a Book Talk with Erik Lin-Greenberg on his newly released book "Remote Revolution: Drones and Modern Statecraft", next Monday, February 2nd at 1:30 PM EST --https://www.belfercenter.org/event/remote-revolution-drones-and-modern-statecraft
January 26, 2026 at 3:29 PM
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Take a look at @spenserawarren.bsky.social recent article in War on the Rocks: warontherocks.com/2026/01/gree...
Greenland Is Strategic. Annexation Is Not
As sea temperatures and geopolitical tensions simultaneously heat up, Greenland’s strategic importance increases. Against this backdrop, the specter of
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January 26, 2026 at 3:10 PM
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On January 26, MTA will resume its weekly seminar series with a featured discussion led by @ajmount.bsky.social on his recently published article in International Security:
www.belfercenter.org/event/conven...
January 20, 2026 at 2:41 PM
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Great news! "Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail" is now #OpenAccess so that everyone can read it online. Thanks to generous support from @mitpress.bsky.social Direct to Open (D20). @managingtheatom.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social

Check it out here:
doi.org/10.7551/mitp...
January 16, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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In the Nonproliferation Review, I recently published an #OpenAccess article about the institutional design of the TPNW. It addresses misconceptions about the treaty's intent and parameters. It suggests ways for proponents and opponents to fairly assess the #NuclearBan.

doi.org/10.1080/1073...
January 12, 2026 at 1:17 PM
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The Nonproliferation Review published a second special issue on Beyond Nuclear Deterrence. Co-edited by me, Hassan Elbahtimy & @professorrdg.bsky.social

In the #OpenAccess intro we review 2 years of activities & challenges of the Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group: doi.org/10.1080/1073...
January 5, 2026 at 9:07 PM
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MTA is thrilled to announce a new book! Edited by our visiting scholar @herzogsm.bsky.social & alumni @gdavidarceneaux.bsky.social & Ariel Petrovics for @mitpress.bsky.social

It discusses when well-intentioned nuclear policies may actually make problems worse.

mitpress.mit.edu/978026205185...
January 5, 2026 at 2:51 PM
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It's book publication day! "Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail" is out now from @mitpress.bsky.social in @belfercenter.bsky.social's Studies in International Security book series.

Contents and discount codes below. @managingtheatom.bsky.social

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December 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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MTA Visiting Scholar @herzogsm.bsky.social & alum Dave Alison won a Best Paper 2025 Award from @socriskanalysis.bsky.social for work on the AI-nuclear proliferation nexus. The prize honors papers w/ "the most significant impacts on the theory or practice of risk analysis.” doi.org/10.1111/risa...
Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation: The Technological Arms Race for (In)visibility
A robust nonproliferation regime has contained the spread of nuclear weapons to just nine states. Yet, emerging and disruptive technologies are reshaping the landscape of nuclear risks, presenting a ....
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December 15, 2025 at 2:26 PM
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MTA Associate & MIT Senior Researcher @mbudjeryn.bsky.social was featured on CNN to discuss the damage to the Chernobyl confinement structure -- video.snapstream.net/Play/6rgJDF7...
CNN Newsroom - Nuclear safety at Chernobyl
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December 8, 2025 at 2:56 PM
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To purchase Dr. Zhang's new book, please use this link: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205182...
The Untold Story of China's Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing
The Untold Story of China’s Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing offers the most comprehensive account of China’s nuclear weapons development f...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:06 PM
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Next Tuesday, Dec. 9, join us at @carnegieendowment.org for a discussion with Dr. Hui Zhang on his newly released book "The Untold Story of China’s Nuclear Weapons", moderated by @tongzhao.bsky.social

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Miniaturization and Modernization: The Untold Story of China’s Nuclear Weapons
At a time when the U.S.-China relationship is deteriorating, strategic stability between the two nations is also eroding, raising the risk of an arms race and nuclear escalation of a future conflict. ...
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December 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
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The Nonproliferation Review published the first of 2 special issues from the Harvard–MacArthur Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group.

#OpenAccess intro by the 3 working group co-chairs & special issue editors, Hassan Elbahtimy, @professorrdg.bsky.social, & me: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Getting beyond nuclear deterrence: a research agenda
For eight decades, the practice of nuclear deterrence has been treated as common sense in many influential policy-making and scholarly circles. This remains the case although most states neither po...
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December 2, 2025 at 7:44 PM
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My article w/Dave Allison on how AI might enable nuclear weapons (non)proliferation has been added to the latest issue of Risk Analysis @socriskanalysis.bsky.social (after appearing online first).

Check it out #OpenAccess: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Artificial Intelligence and Nuclear Weapons Proliferation: The Technological Arms Race for (In)visibility
A robust nonproliferation regime has contained the spread of nuclear weapons to just nine states. Yet, emerging and disruptive technologies are reshaping the landscape of nuclear risks, presenting a ...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 1, 2025 at 3:00 PM
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On December 3 at 9:30AM EST, join us for a conversation with Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer on the drivers of extended deterrence choices: Evidence from Norwegian parliamentary debates, 1945-2024
www.belfercenter.org/event/driver...
November 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Some say renewed nuclear testing would advantage China, given the U.S. and Russia’s far larger test histories. But Hui Zhang’s new book shows China reached comparable warhead tech with just 46 tests—giving it wide design options even without future testing.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:15 PM