Jamie Withorne

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

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...

*Reuters editor takes a long drag on their cigarette*

"Time to crack out the nuclear testing explainer again, I guess."

What an awesome team to join!

Subtle PST 🇳🇴 strategic export control win

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 [...].”

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! 🥳

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

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!

God bless Jane Goodall.

sick 👍🏻

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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

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.

"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...

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.

boats!!!!!

*Secretary of War.

Makes it even more normal.

Another nuclear blog??? Yes, but at least it's not a podcast (:

My first attempt at a blog is now live. Check out my substack here: open.substack.com/pub/jamiewit...

seems timely

*whispering frantically to myself* “pls be an ai fever dream. pls be an ai fever dream.”

It’s so so so so close to being “America… fuck yeah!” That I genuinely had to watch it like ten times to see if it was a parody or not.

YouTube video by NRSC "Stand and Fight" by Pat Riot

wake up babe, new propaganda dropped

youtu.be/kh4VNPxOzu8?...

The Counter-Silo Capabilities of Conventional Prompt Strike Weapons This study assesses the vulnerability of silo-based ICBMs to conventional prompt strike weapons. The study’s focus is on hypersonic boost-glide weapons, but its results are applicable to other hype...

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Congratulations, Alex!!! Looking forward to giving it a read.

Youth, disarmament and non-proliferation :

📖 ONP is delighted to be featured in the most recent Report of the Secretary-General of the United Nations on Youth, disarmament and non-proliferation.

Learn more about ONP's contributions here 👉 digitallibrary.un.org/record/40866...

🇩🇪 ONP Doctoral Research Fellow @jamiewithorne.bsky.social will be with our friends down in Hamburg, Germany for the next three months! Jamie is a visiting research fellow at IFSH.

Read more: ifsh.de/en/staff/wit...

me: what year was that document released?
NATO: yes.

@thomasnilsen.bsky.social

🇩🇪 Excited to announce that I'm in Germany for the next couple of months as a visiting research fellow with the Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH)!

The plan is: write, pretzel, beer, repeat 😉