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Jamie Withorne

@jamiewithorne.bsky.social

Nuclear weapons, international politics, and “”emerging”” technology. Doctoral Research Fellow, University of Oslo, Oslo Nuclear Project LearnWMD Spreadsheet and Substack: www.jamiewithorne.com

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Advarer om atomvåpen: - Verden er på et kritisk punkt Kai Eide advarer mot et atomvåpen-kappløp som kan komme helt ut av kontroll - og ber Norge ta grep. Én dato som nærmer seg blir avgjørende.

Mine tanker om Ny START på TV2:

www.tv2.no/nyheter/adva...

28.01.2026 09:53 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Really looking forward to this discussion!

26.01.2026 13:32 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Book Talk: "Strange Stability" - Department of Political Science Join ONP for an online seminar with Dr. Benjamin Wilson discussing his latest book,

❓What does strategic stability really mean?

☢️ On 10 February (15-16:15 CET) join ONP for an online seminar with Dr. Benjamin Wilson of Harvard University to discuss his latest book, "Strange Stability."

Register here 👉 www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...

26.01.2026 13:30 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 1

its just evil - ICE is simply evil, there really is nothing else to say, to do this to a child is unconscionable

22.01.2026 12:03 — 👍 37    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 0

desperately need a Viking-age historian to tell me if the Greenland vs. Iceland legend is true

22.01.2026 12:50 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Wrong Jamie 😊

21.01.2026 15:43 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Book Talk: "Strange Stability" - Department of Political Science Join ONP for an online seminar with Dr. Benjamin Wilson discussing his latest book,

📆 Event alert!

☢️ On 10 February (15-16:15 CET) join ONP for an online seminar with Dr. Benjamin Wilson of Harvard University to discuss his latest book, "Strange Stability."

To register and learn more, see 👇
www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...

08.01.2026 15:23 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Abolish ICE. Really.

07.01.2026 20:35 — 👍 6195    🔁 1226    💬 262    📌 166
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The looming missile crisis in the Arctic Defense cooperation agreements between the United States and Northern European countries pose a direct threat to Russia’s Northern strategic forces. If the United States deploys advanced short-range b...

🚨 JUST IN: If the United States deploys advanced short-range ballistic missile systems to Norway’s Finnmark or Finland’s Lapland regions, and Russia detects them, a crisis similar to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis will ensue, writes Vladimir Marakhonov in @thebulletin.org.

#nuclearweapons #nukesky

04.12.2025 10:31 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 1
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begging political scientists to have a little fun

03.12.2025 11:14 — 👍 21    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 2
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From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong Social movement research indicates that protests can influence voting behaviour through several informational and psychological mechanisms. Yet, we know little about the individual variation in how...

📢 New article 🌟
👤 Amalie Nilsen @amalienilsen.bsky.social
👉 From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong
📗Open Access in: Democratization
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1351...

21.11.2025 10:04 — 👍 8    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

In this recent blog post I show how publicly available technologies like satellite imagery and SAR can be used to "fact check" aggressive nuclear rhetoric.

05.11.2025 10:10 — 👍 25    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0

In this recent blog post I show how publicly available technologies like satellite imagery and SAR can be used to "fact check" aggressive nuclear rhetoric.

05.11.2025 10:10 — 👍 25    🔁 8    💬 0    📌 0
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☢️ Using emerging technology for escalation management Technology is not a cure-all. But it can help reduce the risk of nuclear weapons crises. Jamie Withorne shows how increasingly accessible information can harness transparency and 'fact check' the cred...

☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.26
💻 Technology isn't a cure-all. But it can help reduce the risk of #NuclearWeapons crises.
🔍 @jamiewithorne.bsky.social shows how increasingly accessible information can harness transparency and 'fact check' the credibility of nuclear threats.
👉 bit.ly/4qEPq29

05.11.2025 10:08 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 1

feels like we gotta start differentiating between nuclear signaling and sheer nuclear ignorance

30.10.2025 09:08 — 👍 14    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.

The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

30.10.2025 03:39 — 👍 1840    🔁 649    💬 128    📌 59

What an awesome team to join!

29.10.2025 09:02 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Subtle PST 🇳🇴 strategic export control win

23.10.2025 08:50 — 👍 4    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Russia acquired Western technology to protect its nuclear submarine fleet Russia secretly used front companies to buy Western technology and erect a surveillance net in the Arctic where its submarines operate, an investigation shows.

“Russia is protecting its nuclear submarine fleet in the Arctic with an undersea surveillance system built using high-tech equipment acquired from U.S. and European companies through a secret procurement network [...].”

23.10.2025 06:28 — 👍 4    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1

Very proud to have been a part of this project and to see my first co-authored article out in the world! Read @jacobnyrup.bsky.social excellent thread for more info on the data! 🥳

20.10.2025 13:55 — 👍 32    🔁 10    💬 0    📌 0

Wooohoo! Some exciting work by my @unioslo-svfak.bsky.social colleagues @inalkristiansen.bsky.social 🎉

20.10.2025 13:10 — 👍 8    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Nuclear Scholars Initiative - Nuclear Network The Nuclear Scholars Initiative aims to provide top graduate students and young professionals from around the country with a unique venue to interact and dialogue with senior experts on nuclear weapon...

@poni.csis.org is now accepting applications for the 2026 Nuclear Scholars cohort! Just as this year, PONI is able offer a few spots to non-U.S. citizens for 2026.

I have had the opportunity to participate this year and cannot recommend the program enough. Apply by November 17!

20.10.2025 11:51 — 👍 8    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1

God bless Jane Goodall.

09.10.2025 21:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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sick 👍🏻

09.10.2025 21:01 — 👍 5    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

🎉🎉🎉

09.10.2025 12:09 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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New WP! We find: Overall male and female cabinet members have the same backgrounds, but women in high ranking positions, and women in contexts with few women in politics have backgrounds that align more with the archetypal politician. With @jacobnyrup.bsky.social

tinyurl.com/s4hy3htk

09.10.2025 10:52 — 👍 18    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 1
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I feel like this photo of masked, armed men pepper spraying a pastor protecting his community is going to be a defining picture of this moment in America for a long, long time.

07.10.2025 23:29 — 👍 56416    🔁 21145    💬 1730    📌 1241
"The Evolving Global Landscape of Nuclear Security" by Lauren Sukin and Rohan Mukherjee

"The Evolving Global Landscape of Nuclear Security" by Lauren Sukin and Rohan Mukherjee

How are alliances like AUKUS and cooperation between Russia, China, and North Korea reshaping the nuclear order? @laurensukin.bsky.social and @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social introduce the essays and explore the effects of domestic politics and global competition.

📖 Read here: tnsr.org/roundtable/n...

30.09.2025 16:49 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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a man in a shirt and tie is screaming with his hands in the air . ALT: a man in a shirt and tie is screaming with his hands in the air .

The End of MAD?

Join me, Steve Fetter, @jaysankarans.bsky.social, TD MacDonald, Ton Stefanik, @lauraegrego.bsky.social, @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social, and Charlie Glaser to discuss whether technological developments are undermining mutually assured destruction.

Link for virtual rego in next post.

30.09.2025 13:47 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0

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