Lydia Wachs @lydiawachs - Bluesky Profile

Lydia Wachs

@lydiawachs.bsky.social

PhD Candidate @stockholm-uni.bsky.social | Previously researcher at @swp-berlin.org, @rusi.bsky.social | Alumna @kingscollegelondon.bsky.social | nuclear issues, Russia, missile defence | views=my own

443 Followers | 161 Following | 6 Posts | Joined: 14.02.2025 | 1.7358

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Satellite photos show how Russia is building up 5 of its secret nuclear bases New images assessed by Business Insider show new roadworks, buildings, and modifications, with some sites undergoing rapid expansion.

Russia has been upgrading 4 nuclear sites at home & in Belarus (where presumably Russian nukes are hosted), revealed new satellite images ‪@businessinsider.com t.ly/VtKeZ. Read STAND’S @liviuhorovitz.bsky.social‬ & @lydiawachs.bsky.social‬ analysis on Moscow's nukes in Belarus t.ly/5wxol 5/10 ‬‬‬‬

18.07.2025 06:57 — 👍 3 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0

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Later this year from @mitpress.bsky.social in @belfercenter.bsky.social's Studies in International Security book series-- Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail.

This is a sobering edited volume on how efforts to reduce nuclear weapons dangers may sometimes wind up exacerbating them.

03.07.2025 14:48 — 👍 47 🔁 23 💬 4 📌 4

Really enjoyed the discussion 🤓

26.06.2025 12:53 — 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Top level RT to discuss nuclear coercion (timely topic!) at @eissnetwork.bsky.social conference with very insightful contributions from @lydiawachs.bsky.social Kristin Ven Bruusgard, Eliza Georghe @laurensukin.bsky.social @sannecjv.bsky.social 🎩 to @profonderco.bsky.social for putting this together

26.06.2025 12:21 — 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Looking forward to this👇

25.06.2025 10:00 — 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Europe, Deterrence, and Long-Range Strike - War on the Rocks It turns out Europe’s favorite American import isn’t fast food or Netflix. It’s missiles, and Europe needs to start making its own. Eight weeks into the

I published a piece today with @warontherocks.bsky.social on Europe's need to invest more in long-range strike. I hope you enjoy the read!
warontherocks.com/2025/03/euro...

20.03.2025 08:55 — 👍 42 🔁 13 💬 2 📌 7

S4.E2 Better know a nuke: The Soviet Union and Russia How has the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics’ nuclear policy evolved into Russia’s current arsenal? How have arms control treaties shaped nuclear stability – or failed to do so? And how can fut

🎙️ NEW PODCAST: In this episode of The Arms Control Poseur from IISS, Dr. @bollfrass.bsky.social, @lydiawachs.bsky.social & @baklitskiy.bsky.social discuss how Russia’s nuclear arsenal has evolved from the Soviet era & what #Armscontrol means for global security today.
🎧 Listen : tinyurl.com/59bkpxsf

28.02.2025 08:29 — 👍 4 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 0

Thank you!

20.02.2025 15:16 — 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

Better know a nuke: The Soviet Union and Russia The Arms Control Poseur · Episode

New podcast🚀
@baklitskiy.bsky.social & I join @bollfrass.bsky.social on IISS' 'The Arms Control Poseur' podcast to discuss the evolution of #Russia's #nuclear arsenal, arms racing & arms control⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/6uYh...

20.02.2025 12:37 — 👍 5 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

(S+) Meinung: Trump-Putin-Deal: Ein Sofortprogramm gegen die Ausweitung des Krieges Europa und die Ukraine stehen am Abgrund. Ein Sofortprogramm muss her, das die USA entlastet, die Ukraine stärkt – und die Ausweitung des Krieges noch abwendet. So könnte es aussehen.

Wie ein neuer Krieg in Europa noch zu verhindern ist:

Europa und🇺🇦stehen am Abgrund. Ein Sofortprogramm muss her, das die USA entlastet, 🇺🇦stärkt – und die Ausweitung des Krieges abwendet.

@carlomasala1.bsky.social @cemoll.bsky.social @jpuglierin.bsky.social & ich👇

www.spiegel.de/ausland/ukra...

17.02.2025 19:04 — 👍 280 🔁 66 💬 11 📌 5

Happy to share - now here as well - my latest article, titled "Russian nuclear roulette? Elites & public debates on #nuclearweapons in Moscow after Ukraine," which was published in December in the Nonproliferation Review.

Read it here (open access): doi.org/10.1080/1073...

14.02.2025 11:42 — 👍 10 🔁 4 💬 1 📌 0

Brilliant to see @lydiawachs.bsky.social is now here. Do follow if you are interested in Security and Defence, including nuclear.

14.02.2025 09:48 — 👍 57 🔁 17 💬 6 📌 1

Many thanks Helene, good to be finally here🤗

14.02.2025 09:55 — 👍 3 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

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