Sara Beth Marchert

Nuclear weapons education has disappeared, it’s time to change that If we are serious about wanting to diversify and expand the field, then we must start educating our students much earlier.

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Feels even more timely now considering Monterey is closing.

They emailed alumni, faculty, students, & staff today.

Pretty proud of these terrific Americans.

Would be lying if I said I wasn’t a bit gutted by the decision to close MIIS.

The public service & national security field is already being gutted and we’re now losing another incredible pipeline.

Middlebury Institute of International Studies will be closing down most of its programs by June 2027.

How Do You Fire a Calling? How the State Department Ends a Public Service Calling Diplomacy doesn’t end with a press release. It ends in silence, in erasure, in inboxes that no longer open. Quietly, Violently, and Without Ceremony

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🚨 Job Alert 🚨

Recent events have you extremely passionate about nonproliferation? UNODA is hiring a temporary Political Affairs Officer to work on issues related to a MENWFZ.

Apply by June 30th.

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check in on your nuclear non-proliferation expert friends because they are not okay

Check on your fed friends. Two telework snow days this week, Thursday holiday, and in a few days we all get new bosses. I don’t even know what day it is anymore.

Future Arms Control Experts Spotlight!

@sbmarchert.bsky.social is a Foreign Affairs Office for the State Department ADS Office of Strategic Stability and Deterrence where she supports nuclear arms control agreements and engagements with allies & partners for U.S. deterrence commitments.

Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says The tenacious Southerner was turned out of office after one term. But he had a brilliant post-presidential career as a champion of health, peace and democracy.

“Mr. Carter lived more modestly than any ex-president since Truman…He and Rosalynn lived in Plains until the end in the ranch house that they built for themselves in 1961, and where Mr. Carter will be buried with her next to a shady willow tree” www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Jimmy Carter, longest-lived US president, dies aged 100 Former president faced series of economic and foreign policy crises, including Iran hostage affair and Soviet invasion of Afghanistan

A decent man is a rare thing.

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Jimmy Carter, 39th president and Nobel Peace Prize winner, dies at 100, his son says The tenacious Southerner was turned out of office after one term. But he had a brilliant post-presidential career as a champion of health, peace and democracy.

“The biographies concluded that Mr. Carter’s reputation as a poor president was unfair and came largely from his stubborn insistence on doing what he thought was correct even when it cost him politically.” www.washingtonpost.com/obituaries/2...

Foreign Affairs Officer-Direct Hire Authority <p>The position is located in the Office of China Coordination, Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs (EAP/CHINA). You will&nbsp;provide foreign affairs policy advice regarding a range of issues im...

🚨 Job Alert 🚨

The State Department’s Office of China Coordination (China House) is hiring for a GS-12 Foreign Affairs Officer. Closes 12/30 so apply ASAP! Position is utilizing OPM’s direct hire authority.

www.usajobs.gov/job/825523900/

Important comments from DNI Haines here about how greater Russia/China/Iran/DPRK alignment is making nonproliferation much harder, and that the prior US cooperation with Russia and China on this front has broken down.

Director (Nuclear Energy), Nuclear Materials Security (NMS) Build a Brighter Future

🌟 Career Opportunity!

NTI is seeking a Director to join our Nuclear Materials Security team and lead our efforts on improve global nuclear materials security, specifically in the area of nuclear energy.

Learn more and apply ⬇️

2025 Fellows Scheme Applications Now Open! Are you interested in researching and having impact in nuclear arms control and disarmament? Do you want to join a community of scholars and practitioners exploring innovative ideas in the field of…

Are you an early career scholar/practitioner interested in researching and having impact in nuclear arms control and disarmament?

If so, apply now for the Atomic Anxiety in the New Nuclear Age 2025 Fellows Scheme. #NukeSky

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And how suprised are they gonna be to discover they're running the department of 50% nuclear weapons, 15% environmental cleanup, 15% basic science, and then only 20% all the things people assume the DOE does

Social Science Research Assistant in Dean of Research, Stanford, California, United States Professor Scott Sagan is seeking a tenacious research assistant with first-rate analytical capabilities and outstanding academic credentials to...

🚨 Job Alert 🚨

Stanford’s CISAC is hiring a Research Assistant for the 25/26 academic year for Scott Sagan. Application window closes December 1st.

Amazing opportunity to work with one of the best academics in the nuclear & international security field.

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Associate Director, Global Risk - Federation of American Scientists FAS is looking for an Associate Director to work on issues at the intersection of artificial intelligence and nuclear weapons, biological sciences, and military autonomy.

since no one asked, we are hiring. Come work at @fedsci.bsky.social and with me, @nukestrat.bsky.social @mattkorda.bsky.social and a terrific team. Space, AI, cyber, autonomy expertise of particular interest.

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Nuclear policy starter pack for folks coming from other socials. Will update regularly.

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Are you a recent PhD in the humanities/social sciences and US citizen/permanent resident? Interested in collecting first-hand accounts of radioactive fallout effects on rural and tribal communities in the western United States? Apply for this paid fellowship by Dec. 1. Only 75 applications accepted.