Ankit Panda
@nktpnd.bsky.social
Stanton Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of ‘THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE’ (Polity) & ‘KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB’ (Hurst/Oxford)
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Now reading: @wellerstein.bsky.social's new book!
November 19, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Now reading: @wellerstein.bsky.social's new book!
Big kulaks hoarding grain energy here.
November 7, 2025 at 9:27 PM
Big kulaks hoarding grain energy here.
Dick Cheney, among other things, directed the single largest drawdown of nuclear weapons in US history at the end of the Cold War www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/D...
November 4, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Dick Cheney, among other things, directed the single largest drawdown of nuclear weapons in US history at the end of the Cold War www.esd.whs.mil/Portals/54/D...
Now this from Sen. Cotton. (Consistent with what I've argued above on the impetus for Trump taking and interest in this.)
November 4, 2025 at 12:03 AM
Now this from Sen. Cotton. (Consistent with what I've argued above on the impetus for Trump taking and interest in this.)
Latest Trump comments on nuclear testing from CBS suggest he's latched onto the zero-yield controversy; State Department compliance reports in 2021 accused Russia of conducting "experiments" that generated "nuclear yield" (not so for China) www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...
November 3, 2025 at 4:22 AM
Latest Trump comments on nuclear testing from CBS suggest he's latched onto the zero-yield controversy; State Department compliance reports in 2021 accused Russia of conducting "experiments" that generated "nuclear yield" (not so for China) www.cbsnews.com/news/read-fu...
Here's the segment (partially because BlueSky only allows 3 minutes). I tried to use a balloon analogy to somewhat simplify the subcritical/supercritical/zero-yield standard debates.
October 30, 2025 at 10:41 PM
Here's the segment (partially because BlueSky only allows 3 minutes). I tried to use a balloon analogy to somewhat simplify the subcritical/supercritical/zero-yield standard debates.
Trump will meet Putin in Budapest. Possible opportunity for Putin to broach his New START "extension" offer directly.
October 16, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Trump will meet Putin in Budapest. Possible opportunity for Putin to broach his New START "extension" offer directly.
How it started (2012) vs. how it's going (2025).
October 11, 2025 at 12:30 AM
How it started (2012) vs. how it's going (2025).
Specifically, the TEL in these pictures.
October 11, 2025 at 12:16 AM
Specifically, the TEL in these pictures.
First look at the Hwasong-20: North Korea's massive new solid-fuel ICBM.
October 11, 2025 at 12:14 AM
First look at the Hwasong-20: North Korea's massive new solid-fuel ICBM.
It's a nice morning up here.
September 25, 2025 at 6:04 AM
It's a nice morning up here.
Good to be back in Oslo!
September 24, 2025 at 3:19 PM
Good to be back in Oslo!
Ah. I see. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
September 19, 2025 at 7:54 PM
Ah. I see. www.wsj.com/politics/nat...
He’s done it again; the Bagram-China nukes thing has really stuck.
September 18, 2025 at 8:39 PM
He’s done it again; the Bagram-China nukes thing has really stuck.
On escalation control.
September 18, 2025 at 6:40 PM
On escalation control.
NATO has declassified some fascinating documents: below, from the Provisional Political Guidelines for the Tactical Use of Nuclear Weapons by NATO (Nov. 1969). archives.nato.int/uploads/r/na...
September 18, 2025 at 6:37 PM
NATO has declassified some fascinating documents: below, from the Provisional Political Guidelines for the Tactical Use of Nuclear Weapons by NATO (Nov. 1969). archives.nato.int/uploads/r/na...
Beautiful day at the inter-Korean Joint Security Area.
September 10, 2025 at 6:54 AM
Beautiful day at the inter-Korean Joint Security Area.
Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani Gen addresses the 2025 Seoul Defense Dialogue. Opens with a strong emphasis on ROK-Japan defense ties.
September 9, 2025 at 5:03 AM
Japanese Defense Minister Nakatani Gen addresses the 2025 Seoul Defense Dialogue. Opens with a strong emphasis on ROK-Japan defense ties.
Seoul Defense Dialogue 2025 kicks off. Philippines Secretary of National Defense Teodoro, speaking first, warns against implying smaller states don't have agency amid great power competitive dynamics.
September 9, 2025 at 12:10 AM
Seoul Defense Dialogue 2025 kicks off. Philippines Secretary of National Defense Teodoro, speaking first, warns against implying smaller states don't have agency amid great power competitive dynamics.
DF-5C first stages.
September 3, 2025 at 1:38 AM
DF-5C first stages.
Very calibrated. Kim walks out alongside Xi and Putin onto the viewing platform.
September 3, 2025 at 12:56 AM
Very calibrated. Kim walks out alongside Xi and Putin onto the viewing platform.
Putin, Xi, and Kim. The whole gang's together.
September 3, 2025 at 12:47 AM
Putin, Xi, and Kim. The whole gang's together.
From former USSTRATCOM commander's 2022 testimony. CSS-10 Mod 2 is the DF-31A.
September 3, 2025 at 12:13 AM
From former USSTRATCOM commander's 2022 testimony. CSS-10 Mod 2 is the DF-31A.
