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Harvard Kennedy School
ICYMI: Important article from former MTA fellow David Allison, outlining how using force to stop nuclear programs often backfires, convincing the country attacked that they really need the bomb to deter future attacks. Based on a chapter for "Atomic Backfires," forthcoming from MIT Press.
28.07.2025 21:13 — 👍 0 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
An important declaration from Nobel laureates and nuclear experts on steps to reduce the danger of nuclear war, on the 80th anniversary of the nuclear age. thebulletin.org/2025/07/the-...
17.07.2025 12:51 — 👍 10 🔁 7 💬 0 📌 0
Professor @matthew-bunn.bsky.social provides his thoughts on the 80th Anniversary of the Trinity Test: www.belfercenter.org/research-ana...
16.07.2025 15:49 — 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0The nuclear fire lit for the first time in the Trinity test 80 years ago today kindled both fears of horrifying nuclear destruction and hopes that the nuclear threat would force nations to cooperate for peace. Unfortunately, 80 years later, the nuclear horizon is darkening.
16.07.2025 13:34 — 👍 7 🔁 3 💬 1 📌 0
A black and white, high-speed photograph of the Trinity explosion at 0.025 seconds, showing what looks like a very large, slightly irregular bubble with a curtain of dust all around its bottom edge against a pitch dark sky. A scale indicating “100 meters” shows that the fireball was already approximately three times that size.
Another black and white photograph of the Trinity explosion a few milliseconds later, showing an almost ghostly mushroom cloud with glowing tendrils rising from the ground above the very bright fireball.
Another black and white photograph of the Trinity explosion with the same 100-meter scale, this time at 60 seconds post-detonation, showing a very large and billowy mushroom cloud rising into the sky.
Another black and white photograph of the Trinity explosion taken some minutes after the previous photograph and showing the ominous looking mushroom cloud at a distance, its top spreading out and merging with regular clouds.
80 years ago this morning—at 5:29 AM (Mountain War Time)—about 35 miles southeast of Socorro, New Mexico, the nuclear age began with a big bang. Contrary to widespread assumptions, the area surrounding the remote Trinity test site was not uninhabited, and the fallout did not drift away harmlessly.
16.07.2025 12:51 — 👍 666 🔁 373 💬 11 📌 49
In an episode of The World, @matthew-bunn.bsky.social provides his thoughts on the bombing of Iran and how those may affect the efficiency and sustainability of the Non-Proliferation Treaty.
theworld.org/segments/2025/07/09/bombing-iran-has-put-one-of-the-most-successful-treaties-ever-in-doubt
New in the Journal of Cold War Studies (Winter 2025): A forum on @mbudjeryn.bsky.social book "Inheriting the Bomb", featuring insights from Steven Pifer, Polina Sinovets, Robin E. Möser, and a reply from Budjeryn:
direct.mit.edu/jcws/article...
In an article published in Foreign Affairs, Mohammed Tabaar argues "Israel’s June 13 assault on Iran, designed to decapitate Tehran’s military and nuclear program, is one of the worst setbacks the Islamic Republic has ever experienced."
www.foreignaffairs.com/israel/islam...
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