Debak Das
@debak.bsky.social
Assistant Professor at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs, University of Denver | PhD from Cornell | International Security, Nuclear Weapons, Foreign Policy | Affiliate at Stanford CISAC, Sciences Po (Paris)
www.debakdas.com
www.debakdas.com
🚨 Where is nuclear competition in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific today? What impact does US-China competition have on nuclear proliferation in Southern Asia?
I answer these questions in my new Texas National Security Review piece: tnsr.org/wp-content/u...
I answer these questions in my new Texas National Security Review piece: tnsr.org/wp-content/u...
October 6, 2025 at 10:00 PM
🚨 Where is nuclear competition in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific today? What impact does US-China competition have on nuclear proliferation in Southern Asia?
I answer these questions in my new Texas National Security Review piece: tnsr.org/wp-content/u...
I answer these questions in my new Texas National Security Review piece: tnsr.org/wp-content/u...
It was a delight to discuss the Global Nuclear Order and the Proliferation of Nuclear Delivery Systems at the Athenaeum series at Claremont McKenna College earlier this week! @cmc.edu
October 1, 2025 at 9:36 PM
It was a delight to discuss the Global Nuclear Order and the Proliferation of Nuclear Delivery Systems at the Athenaeum series at Claremont McKenna College earlier this week! @cmc.edu
After India's Peaceful Nuclear Explosion in 1974. A NATO Situation Room Report stated that India could have a modest nuclear strike force three years after deciding to go ahead
September 16, 2025 at 5:48 PM
After India's Peaceful Nuclear Explosion in 1974. A NATO Situation Room Report stated that India could have a modest nuclear strike force three years after deciding to go ahead
🚨Denver folks!
Join us next Monday for a conversation on "Nuclear Uncertainties & the Future of Arms Control" with Rose Gottemoeller at Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver!
Date: June 2, 2025
Time: 5:30pm
Register: crimsonconnect.du.edu/KOR/rsvp_boo...
Join us next Monday for a conversation on "Nuclear Uncertainties & the Future of Arms Control" with Rose Gottemoeller at Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver!
Date: June 2, 2025
Time: 5:30pm
Register: crimsonconnect.du.edu/KOR/rsvp_boo...
May 30, 2025 at 10:59 PM
🚨Denver folks!
Join us next Monday for a conversation on "Nuclear Uncertainties & the Future of Arms Control" with Rose Gottemoeller at Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver!
Date: June 2, 2025
Time: 5:30pm
Register: crimsonconnect.du.edu/KOR/rsvp_boo...
Join us next Monday for a conversation on "Nuclear Uncertainties & the Future of Arms Control" with Rose Gottemoeller at Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver!
Date: June 2, 2025
Time: 5:30pm
Register: crimsonconnect.du.edu/KOR/rsvp_boo...
🚨 Colorado folks - Happening next week!
Fireside conversation with @ssp-mit.bsky.social Prof. Vipin Narang at the @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social
We will speak about the new nuclear age, nuclear proliferation & recent nuclear crises! #NukeSky
Time: May 19, 5:30pm
Register: tinyurl.com/4emsrahu
Fireside conversation with @ssp-mit.bsky.social Prof. Vipin Narang at the @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social
We will speak about the new nuclear age, nuclear proliferation & recent nuclear crises! #NukeSky
Time: May 19, 5:30pm
Register: tinyurl.com/4emsrahu
May 14, 2025 at 11:14 PM
🚨 Colorado folks - Happening next week!
Fireside conversation with @ssp-mit.bsky.social Prof. Vipin Narang at the @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social
We will speak about the new nuclear age, nuclear proliferation & recent nuclear crises! #NukeSky
Time: May 19, 5:30pm
Register: tinyurl.com/4emsrahu
Fireside conversation with @ssp-mit.bsky.social Prof. Vipin Narang at the @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social
We will speak about the new nuclear age, nuclear proliferation & recent nuclear crises! #NukeSky
Time: May 19, 5:30pm
Register: tinyurl.com/4emsrahu
Pakistan calling a meeting of the Nuclear Command Authority - the top body that oversees its nuclear arsenal - is irresponsible and dangerous.
Even though it might just be signaling - its one that raises stakes of the conflict.
www.reuters.com/world/india/...
Even though it might just be signaling - its one that raises stakes of the conflict.
www.reuters.com/world/india/...
May 10, 2025 at 5:49 AM
Pakistan calling a meeting of the Nuclear Command Authority - the top body that oversees its nuclear arsenal - is irresponsible and dangerous.
Even though it might just be signaling - its one that raises stakes of the conflict.
www.reuters.com/world/india/...
Even though it might just be signaling - its one that raises stakes of the conflict.
www.reuters.com/world/india/...
I'm excited to be back at @stanfordcisac.bsky.social (CISAC) tomorrow to give a talk on my research on nuclear delivery vehicles and the global non-proliferation regime!
Do come by if you are around!
Do come by if you are around!
April 28, 2025 at 7:52 PM
I'm excited to be back at @stanfordcisac.bsky.social (CISAC) tomorrow to give a talk on my research on nuclear delivery vehicles and the global non-proliferation regime!
Do come by if you are around!
Do come by if you are around!
🎙️It was great to be on this Wall Street Journal podcast talking about the French nuclear umbrella and the dangers ofn potential nuclear proliferation. @siecenter.bsky.social @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social @uofdenver.bsky.social
Listen here: www.wsj.com/podcasts/wha...
Listen here: www.wsj.com/podcasts/wha...
April 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
🎙️It was great to be on this Wall Street Journal podcast talking about the French nuclear umbrella and the dangers ofn potential nuclear proliferation. @siecenter.bsky.social @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social @uofdenver.bsky.social
Listen here: www.wsj.com/podcasts/wha...
Listen here: www.wsj.com/podcasts/wha...
🚨 Denver, next week!
"The Bomb: Nuclear Weapons Amidst Global Insecurity" at
@josefkorbelschool.bsky.social
We will showcase the film “the bomb” & talk with its creators Smriti Keshari & Eric Schlosser.
Tuesday, April 8 at 5:30pm in Maglione Hall
RSVP here: crimsonconnect.du.edu/KOR/rsvp_boo...
"The Bomb: Nuclear Weapons Amidst Global Insecurity" at
@josefkorbelschool.bsky.social
We will showcase the film “the bomb” & talk with its creators Smriti Keshari & Eric Schlosser.
Tuesday, April 8 at 5:30pm in Maglione Hall
RSVP here: crimsonconnect.du.edu/KOR/rsvp_boo...
April 3, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🚨 Denver, next week!
"The Bomb: Nuclear Weapons Amidst Global Insecurity" at
@josefkorbelschool.bsky.social
We will showcase the film “the bomb” & talk with its creators Smriti Keshari & Eric Schlosser.
Tuesday, April 8 at 5:30pm in Maglione Hall
RSVP here: crimsonconnect.du.edu/KOR/rsvp_boo...
"The Bomb: Nuclear Weapons Amidst Global Insecurity" at
@josefkorbelschool.bsky.social
We will showcase the film “the bomb” & talk with its creators Smriti Keshari & Eric Schlosser.
Tuesday, April 8 at 5:30pm in Maglione Hall
RSVP here: crimsonconnect.du.edu/KOR/rsvp_boo...
🚨 New piece for @thebulletin.org!
In January, the United States watered down the Missile Technology Control Regime.This is bad for the nonproliferation regime.
If the U.S. wants arms control negotiations with Russia & China it can't be spreading ballistic missiles.
thebulletin.org/2025/03/bide...
In January, the United States watered down the Missile Technology Control Regime.This is bad for the nonproliferation regime.
If the U.S. wants arms control negotiations with Russia & China it can't be spreading ballistic missiles.
thebulletin.org/2025/03/bide...
March 28, 2025 at 6:17 PM
🚨 New piece for @thebulletin.org!
In January, the United States watered down the Missile Technology Control Regime.This is bad for the nonproliferation regime.
If the U.S. wants arms control negotiations with Russia & China it can't be spreading ballistic missiles.
thebulletin.org/2025/03/bide...
In January, the United States watered down the Missile Technology Control Regime.This is bad for the nonproliferation regime.
If the U.S. wants arms control negotiations with Russia & China it can't be spreading ballistic missiles.
thebulletin.org/2025/03/bide...
🚨 New @foreignpolicy.com piece with @epsteinprof.bsky.social!
We are on the precipice of global nuclear instability, in which many countries will be incentivized to build their own arsenals, increasing risks of nuclear use, terrorist subversion & accidental launch
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/14/t...
We are on the precipice of global nuclear instability, in which many countries will be incentivized to build their own arsenals, increasing risks of nuclear use, terrorist subversion & accidental launch
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/14/t...
March 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
🚨 New @foreignpolicy.com piece with @epsteinprof.bsky.social!
We are on the precipice of global nuclear instability, in which many countries will be incentivized to build their own arsenals, increasing risks of nuclear use, terrorist subversion & accidental launch
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/14/t...
We are on the precipice of global nuclear instability, in which many countries will be incentivized to build their own arsenals, increasing risks of nuclear use, terrorist subversion & accidental launch
foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/14/t...
I was at the JFK Library and Archives last December. They have some of the most supportive staff doing fantastic work - declassifying material and helping scholars with their research the world over. I hope that the library opens back up soon.
February 19, 2025 at 12:19 AM
I was at the JFK Library and Archives last December. They have some of the most supportive staff doing fantastic work - declassifying material and helping scholars with their research the world over. I hope that the library opens back up soon.
February 12, 2025 at 10:01 PM
"Deterrence works till it doesn't.."
Happy to be quoted in The Telegraph's story about the
@thebulletin.org's Doomsday Clock moving closer to midnight & the intersection of AI & nuclear.
It's nice to appear in the pages of the newspaper you grew up reading!
www.telegraphindia.com/world/why-sc...
Happy to be quoted in The Telegraph's story about the
@thebulletin.org's Doomsday Clock moving closer to midnight & the intersection of AI & nuclear.
It's nice to appear in the pages of the newspaper you grew up reading!
www.telegraphindia.com/world/why-sc...
February 4, 2025 at 7:24 PM
"Deterrence works till it doesn't.."
Happy to be quoted in The Telegraph's story about the
@thebulletin.org's Doomsday Clock moving closer to midnight & the intersection of AI & nuclear.
It's nice to appear in the pages of the newspaper you grew up reading!
www.telegraphindia.com/world/why-sc...
Happy to be quoted in The Telegraph's story about the
@thebulletin.org's Doomsday Clock moving closer to midnight & the intersection of AI & nuclear.
It's nice to appear in the pages of the newspaper you grew up reading!
www.telegraphindia.com/world/why-sc...
Well, that's not good. Not sure that building an Iron Dome over the United States will help in managing the nuclear/climate catastrophe 89 seconds away.
January 29, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Well, that's not good. Not sure that building an Iron Dome over the United States will help in managing the nuclear/climate catastrophe 89 seconds away.
It was wonderful to be a part of the British American Information Council (BASIC)'s India-Pakistan dialogue on Emerging and Disruptive Technologies in South Asia in Bahrain last week. What a fantastic dialogue and great group of folks!
November 26, 2024 at 9:00 PM
It was wonderful to be a part of the British American Information Council (BASIC)'s India-Pakistan dialogue on Emerging and Disruptive Technologies in South Asia in Bahrain last week. What a fantastic dialogue and great group of folks!
Really enjoyed giving a talk on my book project at McGill University's Centre for International Peace and Security Studies!
Many thanks to T.V. Paul and Yusuf Yilmaz for the invitation and for being such fantastic hosts!
Many thanks to T.V. Paul and Yusuf Yilmaz for the invitation and for being such fantastic hosts!
November 16, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Really enjoyed giving a talk on my book project at McGill University's Centre for International Peace and Security Studies!
Many thanks to T.V. Paul and Yusuf Yilmaz for the invitation and for being such fantastic hosts!
Many thanks to T.V. Paul and Yusuf Yilmaz for the invitation and for being such fantastic hosts!
I'm looking forward to speaking at the Center for International Peace and Security Studies at McGill University tomorrow on research from my book project!
November 14, 2024 at 8:22 PM
I'm looking forward to speaking at the Center for International Peace and Security Studies at McGill University tomorrow on research from my book project!
It was such a joy to facilitate the crisis wargame at Bridging the Gap's Foundations of International Relations and Training (FIRST) program at Portland, Oregon!
Many thanks to @suparnac.bsky.social, Lewis and Clark and Reed College for organizing the fantastic event for undergraduates! #PoliSky
Many thanks to @suparnac.bsky.social, Lewis and Clark and Reed College for organizing the fantastic event for undergraduates! #PoliSky
November 13, 2024 at 10:00 PM
It was such a joy to facilitate the crisis wargame at Bridging the Gap's Foundations of International Relations and Training (FIRST) program at Portland, Oregon!
Many thanks to @suparnac.bsky.social, Lewis and Clark and Reed College for organizing the fantastic event for undergraduates! #PoliSky
Many thanks to @suparnac.bsky.social, Lewis and Clark and Reed College for organizing the fantastic event for undergraduates! #PoliSky
🚨 New piece in the International Studies Review
I discuss the different barriers that junior international scholars face to participate in knowledge production. This includes epistemological biases & barriers, citizenship/visa issues & financial obstacles. #PoliSky
academic.oup.com/isr/article-...
I discuss the different barriers that junior international scholars face to participate in knowledge production. This includes epistemological biases & barriers, citizenship/visa issues & financial obstacles. #PoliSky
academic.oup.com/isr/article-...
September 25, 2024 at 7:15 PM
🚨 New piece in the International Studies Review
I discuss the different barriers that junior international scholars face to participate in knowledge production. This includes epistemological biases & barriers, citizenship/visa issues & financial obstacles. #PoliSky
academic.oup.com/isr/article-...
I discuss the different barriers that junior international scholars face to participate in knowledge production. This includes epistemological biases & barriers, citizenship/visa issues & financial obstacles. #PoliSky
academic.oup.com/isr/article-...
It was great being on this panel on Nuclear Threats & Arms Control with Profs. @mcfuhrmann.bsky.social, Scott Sagan (@stanfordcisac.bsky.social), & @marieeberry.bsky.social last month!
#NukeSky #PoliSky #ArmsControl @siecenter.bsky.social
The recording is available here: tinyurl.com/325wvfz7
#NukeSky #PoliSky #ArmsControl @siecenter.bsky.social
The recording is available here: tinyurl.com/325wvfz7
May 31, 2024 at 6:59 PM
It was great being on this panel on Nuclear Threats & Arms Control with Profs. @mcfuhrmann.bsky.social, Scott Sagan (@stanfordcisac.bsky.social), & @marieeberry.bsky.social last month!
#NukeSky #PoliSky #ArmsControl @siecenter.bsky.social
The recording is available here: tinyurl.com/325wvfz7
#NukeSky #PoliSky #ArmsControl @siecenter.bsky.social
The recording is available here: tinyurl.com/325wvfz7
🚨 My new piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on India's MIRV-ed missile test & Sino-Indian nuclear stability.
"The main concern..after the MIRV test...is the space that this will open for conventional crisis escalation"
@bulletinatomic.bsky.social #PoliSky #NukeSky
tinyurl.com/mt27svj2
"The main concern..after the MIRV test...is the space that this will open for conventional crisis escalation"
@bulletinatomic.bsky.social #PoliSky #NukeSky
tinyurl.com/mt27svj2
April 22, 2024 at 8:57 PM
🚨 My new piece in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on India's MIRV-ed missile test & Sino-Indian nuclear stability.
"The main concern..after the MIRV test...is the space that this will open for conventional crisis escalation"
@bulletinatomic.bsky.social #PoliSky #NukeSky
tinyurl.com/mt27svj2
"The main concern..after the MIRV test...is the space that this will open for conventional crisis escalation"
@bulletinatomic.bsky.social #PoliSky #NukeSky
tinyurl.com/mt27svj2
🚨Denver Folks!🚨
We're excited to be hosting Profs. Scott Sagan (@StanfordCISAC) and Matt Fuhrmann (@TAMUPols) at the Josef Korbel School's Sié Center along with World Denver.
Thursday, April 25, at 5:30pm at the University of Denver. #PoliSky #NukeSky
Register: tinyurl.com/mta7jcev
We're excited to be hosting Profs. Scott Sagan (@StanfordCISAC) and Matt Fuhrmann (@TAMUPols) at the Josef Korbel School's Sié Center along with World Denver.
Thursday, April 25, at 5:30pm at the University of Denver. #PoliSky #NukeSky
Register: tinyurl.com/mta7jcev
April 10, 2024 at 9:33 PM
🚨Denver Folks!🚨
We're excited to be hosting Profs. Scott Sagan (@StanfordCISAC) and Matt Fuhrmann (@TAMUPols) at the Josef Korbel School's Sié Center along with World Denver.
Thursday, April 25, at 5:30pm at the University of Denver. #PoliSky #NukeSky
Register: tinyurl.com/mta7jcev
We're excited to be hosting Profs. Scott Sagan (@StanfordCISAC) and Matt Fuhrmann (@TAMUPols) at the Josef Korbel School's Sié Center along with World Denver.
Thursday, April 25, at 5:30pm at the University of Denver. #PoliSky #NukeSky
Register: tinyurl.com/mta7jcev
It was a pleasure being on this sobering panel last week marking two years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine with my fantastic colleagues at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.
Here is the link to the video recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNB4...
Here is the link to the video recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNB4...
March 5, 2024 at 11:00 PM
It was a pleasure being on this sobering panel last week marking two years since the Russian invasion of Ukraine with my fantastic colleagues at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver.
Here is the link to the video recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNB4...
Here is the link to the video recording: www.youtube.com/watch?v=rNB4...