Pranay Vaddi
@pranayrvaddi.bsky.social
pers acct. MIT CNSP Senior Nuclear Fellow @ssp-mit.bsky.social fmr NSC46, State Dept. nukes, nonpro, arms control. Husband + suburban dad. All tweets/rt are my views alone.
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New on the Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Charlie Glaser joins the pod to debate damage limitation. Link below.
October 30, 2025 at 8:15 PM
New on the Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Charlie Glaser joins the pod to debate damage limitation. Link below.
New Strategic Simplicity podcast - our reactions to "A House of Dynamite." Link below:
October 29, 2025 at 9:26 PM
New Strategic Simplicity podcast - our reactions to "A House of Dynamite." Link below:
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New Strategic Simplicity podcast. Taylor Fravel and Caitlin Talmadge join Austin, Vipin, and I for China Part II, where we discuss the rationales behind China's nuclear transformation (and veer into many other topics).
Link below:
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October 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
New Strategic Simplicity podcast. Taylor Fravel and Caitlin Talmadge join Austin, Vipin, and I for China Part II, where we discuss the rationales behind China's nuclear transformation (and veer into many other topics).
Link below:
Link below:
New Strategic Simplicity podcast. Taylor Fravel and Caitlin Talmadge join Austin, Vipin, and I for China Part II, where we discuss the rationales behind China's nuclear transformation (and veer into many other topics).
Link below:
Link below:
October 16, 2025 at 1:11 PM
New Strategic Simplicity podcast. Taylor Fravel and Caitlin Talmadge join Austin, Vipin, and I for China Part II, where we discuss the rationales behind China's nuclear transformation (and veer into many other topics).
Link below:
Link below:
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New Strategic Simplicity podcast with Mike Albertson and John Warden on Putin's offer to stick to the New START limits for one year: we explore the policy issues likely under consideration in the U.S. government, and how the Trump administration should respond. Link(s) below:
October 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
New Strategic Simplicity podcast with Mike Albertson and John Warden on Putin's offer to stick to the New START limits for one year: we explore the policy issues likely under consideration in the U.S. government, and how the Trump administration should respond. Link(s) below:
New Strategic Simplicity podcast with Mike Albertson and John Warden on Putin's offer to stick to the New START limits for one year: we explore the policy issues likely under consideration in the U.S. government, and how the Trump administration should respond. Link(s) below:
October 9, 2025 at 7:44 PM
New Strategic Simplicity podcast with Mike Albertson and John Warden on Putin's offer to stick to the New START limits for one year: we explore the policy issues likely under consideration in the U.S. government, and how the Trump administration should respond. Link(s) below:
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Two in one week - another Strategic Simplicity Podcast, this time with Toby Dalton, Francesca Giovannini, and Eric Brewer to discuss a new bipartsan task force report on preventing proliferation: "Preventing an Era of Nuclear Anarchy."
Link below.
Link below.
October 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Two in one week - another Strategic Simplicity Podcast, this time with Toby Dalton, Francesca Giovannini, and Eric Brewer to discuss a new bipartsan task force report on preventing proliferation: "Preventing an Era of Nuclear Anarchy."
Link below.
Link below.
Two in one week - another Strategic Simplicity Podcast, this time with Toby Dalton, Francesca Giovannini, and Eric Brewer to discuss a new bipartsan task force report on preventing proliferation: "Preventing an Era of Nuclear Anarchy."
Link below.
Link below.
October 1, 2025 at 3:03 AM
Two in one week - another Strategic Simplicity Podcast, this time with Toby Dalton, Francesca Giovannini, and Eric Brewer to discuss a new bipartsan task force report on preventing proliferation: "Preventing an Era of Nuclear Anarchy."
Link below.
Link below.
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I’m back with @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social and Vipin Narang to talk about the US-Korea alliance and various North Korea things (reflecting on some recent takeaways from a trip to Seoul earlier this month). Listen here: strategicsimplicity.substack.com/p/catching-u...
Catching up on Korea
Ankit Panda rejoins the pod to talk about recent developments on the Korean Peninsula
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September 30, 2025 at 6:18 PM
I’m back with @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social and Vipin Narang to talk about the US-Korea alliance and various North Korea things (reflecting on some recent takeaways from a trip to Seoul earlier this month). Listen here: strategicsimplicity.substack.com/p/catching-u...
New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Catching up on Korea with Ankit Panda. Link below.
September 30, 2025 at 4:04 PM
New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Catching up on Korea with Ankit Panda. Link below.
New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Celeste Wallander joins to talk all things Russia and Europe. Listen at the link below:
September 26, 2025 at 9:43 PM
New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Celeste Wallander joins to talk all things Russia and Europe. Listen at the link below:
A Marie Kondo Moment for MTCR? Tom Karako with CSIS and Ola Craft from Lowenstein Sandler join the Strategic Simplicity Podcast to discuss Tom's new article on revising the U.S. approach to missile technology controls.
September 23, 2025 at 10:49 PM
A Marie Kondo Moment for MTCR? Tom Karako with CSIS and Ola Craft from Lowenstein Sandler join the Strategic Simplicity Podcast to discuss Tom's new article on revising the U.S. approach to missile technology controls.
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The last panel of #HSF2025 Saturday focused on nuclear posture. Moderator @kimdozier.bsky.social led a panel with @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social, Peter Watkins & Katarzyna Zysk to discuss on the theme “Preserving Peace and Preventing Aggression: NATO’s Nuclear Posture in the Future Threat Environment.”
September 20, 2025 at 7:37 PM
The last panel of #HSF2025 Saturday focused on nuclear posture. Moderator @kimdozier.bsky.social led a panel with @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social, Peter Watkins & Katarzyna Zysk to discuss on the theme “Preserving Peace and Preventing Aggression: NATO’s Nuclear Posture in the Future Threat Environment.”
We're joined by Taylor Fravel and Caitlin Talmadge to talk China...or at least have 1/3 to 1/2 of a very long conversation about China. Link below.
September 12, 2025 at 3:06 PM
We're joined by Taylor Fravel and Caitlin Talmadge to talk China...or at least have 1/3 to 1/2 of a very long conversation about China. Link below.
Mailbag episode! link below
September 4, 2025 at 6:48 PM
Mailbag episode! link below
please send us questions or comments for an upcoming mailbag episode on the Strategic Simplicity Podcast
September 2, 2025 at 6:38 PM
please send us questions or comments for an upcoming mailbag episode on the Strategic Simplicity Podcast
Lowell Schwartz, a former State Department nonproliferation official and Senate Foreign Relations Comm. staffer joins the podcast to discuss how Congress oversees and shapes arms control and nuclear policy. Link below:
August 29, 2025 at 2:20 AM
Lowell Schwartz, a former State Department nonproliferation official and Senate Foreign Relations Comm. staffer joins the podcast to discuss how Congress oversees and shapes arms control and nuclear policy. Link below:
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New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Austin, Vipin, and I catch up on current events, including tomorrow's Anchorage Summit and what it may mean for a New START follow-on agreement, among other things. Listen at the link below, of find us on Apple or Spotify.
August 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Austin, Vipin, and I catch up on current events, including tomorrow's Anchorage Summit and what it may mean for a New START follow-on agreement, among other things. Listen at the link below, of find us on Apple or Spotify.
New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Frank Miller joins Vipin and I for a conversation about future arms control policy and deterrence requirements, his long government career and the START process from a USG perspective, and many other topics. Have a listen below:
August 21, 2025 at 2:13 AM
New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Frank Miller joins Vipin and I for a conversation about future arms control policy and deterrence requirements, his long government career and the START process from a USG perspective, and many other topics. Have a listen below:
New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Austin, Vipin, and I catch up on current events, including tomorrow's Anchorage Summit and what it may mean for a New START follow-on agreement, among other things. Listen at the link below, of find us on Apple or Spotify.
August 14, 2025 at 8:26 PM
New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Austin, Vipin, and I catch up on current events, including tomorrow's Anchorage Summit and what it may mean for a New START follow-on agreement, among other things. Listen at the link below, of find us on Apple or Spotify.
I sit down with Alex Bell, President and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, to talk about the nuclear policy field, her new position, and experience in government. Link below.
July 25, 2025 at 2:54 PM
I sit down with Alex Bell, President and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, to talk about the nuclear policy field, her new position, and experience in government. Link below.
New on Strategic Simplicity - Austin Long analyzes and teases out policy lessons from Able Archer 83, a well-known but not necessarily well-understood Cold War phenomenon that shapes how close we think we were to seeing the Cold War go "hot." Link below:
July 18, 2025 at 6:47 PM
New on Strategic Simplicity - Austin Long analyzes and teases out policy lessons from Able Archer 83, a well-known but not necessarily well-understood Cold War phenomenon that shapes how close we think we were to seeing the Cold War go "hot." Link below:
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The Center for Nuclear Security Policy’s Vipin Narang and @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social speak with @foreignaffairs.com about “The Coming Nuclear Hurricane”.
🔖Bookmark now, 🎧listen later: www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/com...
🔖Bookmark now, 🎧listen later: www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/com...
The Coming Nuclear Hurricane
A Conversation With Vipin Narang and Pranay Vaddi
www.foreignaffairs.com
July 18, 2025 at 1:54 PM
The Center for Nuclear Security Policy’s Vipin Narang and @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social speak with @foreignaffairs.com about “The Coming Nuclear Hurricane”.
🔖Bookmark now, 🎧listen later: www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/com...
🔖Bookmark now, 🎧listen later: www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/com...
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Listen to the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” featuring Vipin Narang and @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social on the risks of the new nuclear age—and what the United States can do to navigate them:
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July 17, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Listen to the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” featuring Vipin Narang and @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social on the risks of the new nuclear age—and what the United States can do to navigate them:
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Austin Long joins us on the Strategic Simplicity podcast and as a new Senior Fellow at the MIT Center for Nuclear Security Policy. Link to the pod below:
July 16, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Austin Long joins us on the Strategic Simplicity podcast and as a new Senior Fellow at the MIT Center for Nuclear Security Policy. Link to the pod below: