Thomas Fraise
@thfraise.bsky.social
Nuclear weapons, deterrence, secrecy, and democracy.
Postdoc, Ritual Deterrence (Univ. of Copenhagen). Associate researcher, Nuclear Knowledges (@ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social).
ritualdeterrence.eu
Postdoc, Ritual Deterrence (Univ. of Copenhagen). Associate researcher, Nuclear Knowledges (@ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social).
ritualdeterrence.eu
Average 60s strategy debate.
November 23, 2025 at 11:42 AM
Average 60s strategy debate.
"David Hume is famous for other reasons."
July 9, 2025 at 11:31 AM
"David Hume is famous for other reasons."
Best quote in the entire history of RAND
June 20, 2025 at 9:15 AM
Best quote in the entire history of RAND
I am currently reading through this, and this is really good. It amazes me that this is a self-published book.
June 18, 2025 at 6:31 AM
I am currently reading through this, and this is really good. It amazes me that this is a self-published book.
ISA ideas for deterring the Soviets over Berlin in 1961: appoint LeMay as secretary of state.
May 9, 2025 at 10:40 AM
ISA ideas for deterring the Soviets over Berlin in 1961: appoint LeMay as secretary of state.
Very happy to have received my copy of @ejir.bsky.social 31(1), which features my article on nuclearization and de-democratization! 📚
May 8, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Very happy to have received my copy of @ejir.bsky.social 31(1), which features my article on nuclearization and de-democratization! 📚
Very interesting piece in the latest Foreign Affairs issue.
May 1, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Very interesting piece in the latest Foreign Affairs issue.
You have to start preaching the Word while they are young.
April 27, 2025 at 9:11 AM
You have to start preaching the Word while they are young.
I am so happy learning swedish allowed me to watch movies like this one. Movies that dare asking important questions such as: what if zombies had guns and everyone was also super racist for some reason?
April 26, 2025 at 6:01 PM
I am so happy learning swedish allowed me to watch movies like this one. Movies that dare asking important questions such as: what if zombies had guns and everyone was also super racist for some reason?
There is a lot to say about the Euronuke discourse, but this bit is quite annoying: why do we measure the requirements of deterrence relative to the US arsenal, thus assuming that its size is the clearly reasonable one, and not relative to strategic needs?
March 5, 2025 at 1:58 PM
There is a lot to say about the Euronuke discourse, but this bit is quite annoying: why do we measure the requirements of deterrence relative to the US arsenal, thus assuming that its size is the clearly reasonable one, and not relative to strategic needs?
Grim conclusion. It's frustrating that the doc is very vague about chronology.
February 20, 2025 at 10:02 PM
Grim conclusion. It's frustrating that the doc is very vague about chronology.
Interesting stuff about potential pathways to accidental nuclear detonation in the 60s in a Sandia document.
February 20, 2025 at 9:59 PM
Interesting stuff about potential pathways to accidental nuclear detonation in the 60s in a Sandia document.
A lot to unpack in a single word crossed out (memo for JFK, January 1963)
February 13, 2025 at 2:27 PM
A lot to unpack in a single word crossed out (memo for JFK, January 1963)
This is a worrying trend. Has it reached the social sciences yet, or are we more safe because there is less money here (sorry)?
February 7, 2025 at 12:16 PM
This is a worrying trend. Has it reached the social sciences yet, or are we more safe because there is less money here (sorry)?
I had missed the publication in english of Thibault le Texier *must-read* book on the so-called Stanford prison experiment. If you have not read it, but heard about this story, I advise you to run for it. Mindblowing stuff.
February 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
I had missed the publication in english of Thibault le Texier *must-read* book on the so-called Stanford prison experiment. If you have not read it, but heard about this story, I advise you to run for it. Mindblowing stuff.
Should we start a thread of these?
February 1, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Should we start a thread of these?
James Digby on Bruce-Briggs' book (likely The Shield of Faith, 1988).That he considered this detail important enough to be corrected is probably telling, but not sure of what.
January 31, 2025 at 2:43 PM
James Digby on Bruce-Briggs' book (likely The Shield of Faith, 1988).That he considered this detail important enough to be corrected is probably telling, but not sure of what.
RAND in the 50s/60s attracted, and attracts still, fascination. It's far from undeserved but it's interesting how much of this was pure intellect (available in large quantity there), and how much was performance of intellect. (bit from an itw w James Digby)
January 31, 2025 at 1:23 PM
RAND in the 50s/60s attracted, and attracts still, fascination. It's far from undeserved but it's interesting how much of this was pure intellect (available in large quantity there), and how much was performance of intellect. (bit from an itw w James Digby)
This estimate (10kt=200 casualties) feels... optimistic (not impossible, for sure, but optimistic)
January 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
This estimate (10kt=200 casualties) feels... optimistic (not impossible, for sure, but optimistic)
So, we're back to these days, uh?
January 27, 2025 at 7:40 AM
So, we're back to these days, uh?
"'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs CEO who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party"
January 26, 2025 at 10:40 AM
"'I never thought leopards would eat MY face,' sobs CEO who voted for the Leopards Eating People's Faces Party"
Genuine question: why is x.com/doge the canonical url of that official .gov website?
January 21, 2025 at 10:06 PM
Genuine question: why is x.com/doge the canonical url of that official .gov website?