Timothy Nordstrom
@timnordstrom.bsky.social
Professor of International Relations, University of Mississippi.
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17
June 23, 2025 at 1:27 AM
Why am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
Could this city be the model for how to tackle the housing crisis and climate change?
Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
n.pr
June 15, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Vienna has a way to make affordable housing and combat climate change all at the same time. Now U.S. cities want in, and they're building their own green housing.
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
My latest piece details the heightened dangers of arms racing and nuclear instability that may arise if Golden Dome moves forward.
Golden Dome dangers: An arms control expert explains how Trump’s missile defense threatens to make the US less safe
Missile defense systems are nothing new. History shows that even if they work as advertised – a big if – they’re a bad idea if your aim is to make your country safer from nuclear attack.
theconversation.com
June 6, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My latest piece details the heightened dangers of arms racing and nuclear instability that may arise if Golden Dome moves forward.
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
OMB last week released some more info on the FY26 budget request (though not for DoD). But we get the NNSA request. And...Woah, Nellie.
The "base" weapons activities request is $20.74 billion. Plus $4.8 billion more in assumed reconciliation resources. Total: $24.856 billion.
The "base" weapons activities request is $20.74 billion. Plus $4.8 billion more in assumed reconciliation resources. Total: $24.856 billion.
June 2, 2025 at 2:11 AM
OMB last week released some more info on the FY26 budget request (though not for DoD). But we get the NNSA request. And...Woah, Nellie.
The "base" weapons activities request is $20.74 billion. Plus $4.8 billion more in assumed reconciliation resources. Total: $24.856 billion.
The "base" weapons activities request is $20.74 billion. Plus $4.8 billion more in assumed reconciliation resources. Total: $24.856 billion.
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
Nuclear weapons never went away. The world just ignored them for a few decades. We no longer have that luxury. Welcome to the Next Nuclear Age. Our first of a series with @washingtonpost.com @postopinions.bsky.social is out today. @scientistsorg.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Opinion | Why we should worry about nuclear weapons again
Deadlier weapons, more nations, autocrats in charge, disinformation, and collapsing arms control — the risk of nuclear catastrophe is back.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 4, 2025 at 12:40 PM
Nuclear weapons never went away. The world just ignored them for a few decades. We no longer have that luxury. Welcome to the Next Nuclear Age. Our first of a series with @washingtonpost.com @postopinions.bsky.social is out today. @scientistsorg.bsky.social
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/int...
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
1/ Ever heard of ICAN's nuclear weapons spending report? This is your go-to guide for all you need to know about the money behind nuclear weapons.
Learn more here: icanw.org/surge_2023_g...
#NuclearBan
Learn more here: icanw.org/surge_2023_g...
#NuclearBan
June 4, 2025 at 11:19 AM
1/ Ever heard of ICAN's nuclear weapons spending report? This is your go-to guide for all you need to know about the money behind nuclear weapons.
Learn more here: icanw.org/surge_2023_g...
#NuclearBan
Learn more here: icanw.org/surge_2023_g...
#NuclearBan
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
How much of a coward do you have to be - how uninformed and afraid do you have to be - to do this?
Hegseth moves to rename Navy ship honoring gay rights icon Harvey Milk
The directive could expand to include other military vessels named for prominent American civil rights figures, said people familiar with internal discussions.
www.washingtonpost.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:04 PM
How much of a coward do you have to be - how uninformed and afraid do you have to be - to do this?
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
Among nuke issues in UK defense review:
- £15B for new warhead
- Don't extend new SSBN life; design another one
- Potentially increase UK participation in NATO's nuclear mission
- Maximize US-UK relationship "as a force multiplier in renewing deterrence" www.gov.uk/government/p...
- £15B for new warhead
- Don't extend new SSBN life; design another one
- Potentially increase UK participation in NATO's nuclear mission
- Maximize US-UK relationship "as a force multiplier in renewing deterrence" www.gov.uk/government/p...
June 2, 2025 at 8:00 PM
Among nuke issues in UK defense review:
- £15B for new warhead
- Don't extend new SSBN life; design another one
- Potentially increase UK participation in NATO's nuclear mission
- Maximize US-UK relationship "as a force multiplier in renewing deterrence" www.gov.uk/government/p...
- £15B for new warhead
- Don't extend new SSBN life; design another one
- Potentially increase UK participation in NATO's nuclear mission
- Maximize US-UK relationship "as a force multiplier in renewing deterrence" www.gov.uk/government/p...
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
1/ Very important signal that UK might return to air-launched tactical nuclear forces by buying F-35A and participating in US nuclear sharing arrangements. There had been indications that UK was preparing to be able to host B61 tactical nuclear weapons. www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
British fighter jets to carry nuclear bombs
American-made planes armed with tactical weapons would be the UK’s biggest defence expansion since the Cold War
www.thetimes.com
June 1, 2025 at 4:51 AM
1/ Very important signal that UK might return to air-launched tactical nuclear forces by buying F-35A and participating in US nuclear sharing arrangements. There had been indications that UK was preparing to be able to host B61 tactical nuclear weapons. www.thetimes.com/uk/defence/a...
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
BREAKING: Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said, calling on Tehran to urgently change course.
Iran has amassed even more near weapons-grade uranium, UN watchdog says
The U.N. nuclear watchdog says Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels.
bit.ly
May 31, 2025 at 10:55 AM
BREAKING: Iran has further increased its stockpile of uranium enriched to near weapons-grade levels, a confidential report by the U.N. nuclear watchdog said, calling on Tehran to urgently change course.
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
The Republican budget summed up in one headline. #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
May 30, 2025 at 9:23 PM
The Republican budget summed up in one headline. #TrumpsTrillionsTransfer
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
www.nytimes.com/2025/05/30/u...
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
DOGE employees gain accounts on classified networks holding nuclear secrets
Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
www.npr.org
April 28, 2025 at 6:16 PM
EXCLUSIVE: Two DOGE employees have access to a network used to transmit classified nuclear weapons data and a separate network used by the Department of Defense, sources tell NPR.
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
The IRS was a simple test for DOGE: was it really interested in efficiency and state capacity? If so, you support the tax enforcement, the biggest ROI in govt.
Or did it want to minimize parts of the state that bothered billionaires?
We have our answer.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Or did it want to minimize parts of the state that bothered billionaires?
We have our answer.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
🚨NEWS: Massive layoffs are about to hit the IRS -- around 10,000 employees -- potentially in the middle of filing season.
Of particular interest to the DOGE: Cutting IRS enforcement capabilities.
-- with @jeffstein.bsky.social + Hannah Natanson
Of particular interest to the DOGE: Cutting IRS enforcement capabilities.
-- with @jeffstein.bsky.social + Hannah Natanson
Layoffs to hit IRS as DOGE targets tax collections
Several people briefed on the matter said cuts to the IRS cuts numbering in the thousands. One target is tax collections.
www.washingtonpost.com
February 14, 2025 at 9:50 PM
The IRS was a simple test for DOGE: was it really interested in efficiency and state capacity? If so, you support the tax enforcement, the biggest ROI in govt.
Or did it want to minimize parts of the state that bothered billionaires?
We have our answer.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Or did it want to minimize parts of the state that bothered billionaires?
We have our answer.
open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
Democracy & the rule of law
February 5, 2025 at 3:55 AM
Democracy & the rule of law
Reposted by Timothy Nordstrom
As @davidheath.bsky.social points out — the doc Trump/Andreessen took this chart from to praise tariffs is a White House report on how tariffs “increase inflation, benefit the wealthy, harm low and middle income Americans” 👇🏽🤔💰 🇺🇸
January 2, 2025 at 12:38 AM
As @davidheath.bsky.social points out — the doc Trump/Andreessen took this chart from to praise tariffs is a White House report on how tariffs “increase inflation, benefit the wealthy, harm low and middle income Americans” 👇🏽🤔💰 🇺🇸
I just offered every kid in my son’s Spanish 4 group $50 if instead of doing their assigned project they spent 15 minutes translating Styx lyrics into Spanish. No one took me up on it
November 21, 2024 at 12:54 AM
I just offered every kid in my son’s Spanish 4 group $50 if instead of doing their assigned project they spent 15 minutes translating Styx lyrics into Spanish. No one took me up on it