Philipp G. Rombach

Nothing new here. Merz said this already in 2025, and nobody in Germany is seriously suggesting to acquire nuclear weapons. And even if Merz would "want", Germany is not allowed to.

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In the article I examine fictional narratives and historical case studies such as the Petrov incident, the Soviet Dead Hand system or the Patriot missiles friendly-fire incidents to explore how these analogies shape the discourse around AI in NC3.

Excited to share this article I wrote as part of the PONI Nuclear Scholars Initiative: "Imagining Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Command, Control, and Communication: Between Fiction, Historical Analogy, and Technical Reality."

I thank François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social for his incredibly thorough edits on this piece.

No, Germany is not getting the Bomb. Why should it? Germany hasn't had an indigenous nuclear weapons program since 1945, and nobody in Berlin is asking for a German bomb. So why so many in the United States suggest otherwise?

Germany hasn't had a nuclear weapons program since 1945 and nobody in Berlin is asking for a German Bomb. So why do so many scholars and analyst suggest otherwise? My @thebulletin.org article argues why Berlin will not, and should not, develop its own nuclear arsenal

thebulletin.org/2025/11/no-g...

In which Philipp Rombach (@philipprombach.bsky.social) responds to Moritz S. Graefrath (@moritz-graefrath.com) and Mark Raymond (@profmarkraymond.bsky.social)'s recent piece in @foreignaffairs.com

No, Germany is not getting the Bomb. Why should it? Germany hasn't had an indigenous nuclear weapons program since 1945, and nobody in Berlin is asking for a German bomb. So why so many in the United States suggest otherwise?

Germany hasn't had its own nuclear weapons program since 1945, and nobody in Berlin is asking for a German bomb.

So why do so many in the United States suggest otherwise?

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Philipp Rombach is a Research Associate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where he researches space deterrence and inadvertent escalation. Philipp holds an MA in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University focused on security studies.

Zeitenwende reloaded: Cash is good, but can Germany reform its procurement processes? - Breaking Defense Philipp Rombach lays out steps the new German government should take in order to better support the Bundeswehr.

Excited to share my latest piece for @breakingdefense.com on German defense policy. With funding for the Bundeswehr secured, it is essential to reform the country's slow and cumbersome procurement process to ensure that financial resources are spent effectively.

breakingdefense.com/2025/04/zeit...