Nuclear Weapons History and Politics
Starter Pack for Nuclear Weapons History and Politics. Most of these folks are within the broader #NukeSky world. If I've missed you, please let me know if you would like to be added or suggest anyone else who should be on this!
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@debak.bsky.social
@nuclearhistory.bsky.social
Historian of France's military nuclear ambitions (1945-1958) and US nuclear weapons testing. The views expressed are my own and do not reflect the official policy or position of the US Air Force, the Department of Defense, or the US Government.
@emilystrasser.bsky.social
Writer - HALF-LIFE OF A SECRET from @KentuckyPress. Words in Ploughshares, Colorado Review, Catapult, Guernica, Bitter Southerner, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, and others. Professor of the Practice at Tufts University. www.emilystrasser.com
@foianate.bsky.social
FOIA Director at Washington Post. Lawyer. Fellow at @NSArchive. Author of Revealing Records column. Wrote book on 1983 Able Archer Nuclear War Scare.
@andrewfutter.bsky.social
Professor at University of Leicester UK and leading ERC Third Nuclear Age project: https://thethirdnuclearage.com
@johncarlbaker.bsky.social
nuclear weapons, foreign policy, Korea, the left - occasional antiquity posts Words: Nation, NK News, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Jacobin, US Institute of Peace, New Republic, elsewhere seniores tollunt omnia
@thfraise.bsky.social
Nuclear weapons, deterrence, secrecy, and democracy. Postdoc, Ritual Deterrence (Univ. of Copenhagen). Associate researcher, Nuclear Knowledges (@ceri-sciencespo.bsky.social). ritualdeterrence.eu
@albertomuti.bsky.social
Co-Director for Verification and Monitoring @ VERTIC (he/him) - IAEA Safeguards, Nuclear Disarmament Verification, BW Verification and Monitoring, and so forth Views my own, RT not agreement, etc. Geek, feminist, queer, foodie.
@vertic.bsky.social
Founded in 1986. The Verification Research, Training and Information Centre (VERTIC) supports the development, implementation and verification of international agreements as well as initiatives in related areas.
@amyjnelsonphd.bsky.social
Foreign Policy & National Security Nuclear and AI Futures Senior Fellow, Future Security Program, New America Adjunct Faculty, Georgetown University
@doreenhorschig.bsky.social
Nukes, norms, and (counter-) proliferation ☢︎ | Fellow at Project on Nuclear Issues & @csis.org | Affiliate & PhD @ucf.bsky.social | formerly MIT, NYU, DAAD | 🇩🇪 🇺🇸
@seowoohyeok.bsky.social
PhD-ing at LSE International Relations | Memory, Nuclear Technology, and Northeast Asia | Vol. 54 Associate Editor at Millennium Journal | “U-hyok”
@shatashetty.bsky.social
Director of the Asia-Pacific Leadership Network (@apln.network) Previously Deputy Director of the European Leadership Network. Interested in nuclear policy, arms control, great power politics, Asian security, and emerging tech.
@mark88.bsky.social
Non-Resident Senior Felllow, Nuclear Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Berlin & Bonn.
@nickolasroth.bsky.social
Nuclear weapons, nuclear security, BBQ, Senior Director @NTI_WMD, Research Fellow @CISSMaryland. Previously @ManagingtheAtom, @StimsonCenter @UCSUSA etc. .
@ccruzcolorado.bsky.social
Nuclear Weapons Policy Wonk & Teaching Aide UNODA Youth Leader Fund | Nuclear Free Schools CoFounder | MIIS CIF-CNS alum 🇸🇻-born, 🇺🇲-raised, w/ 🇺🇳 aspirations; views mine, etc. (I♥️ゴジラ) Portfolio/Blog: https://linktr.ee/ccruzcolorado
@kulkarnitanvi.bsky.social
International Politics| National Security| Nuclear Strategy Policy Fellow, Asia-Pacific Leadership Network Visiting Fellow, IPCS NewDelhi + ISYPugwash and JNU Views = Personal
@gdavidarceneaux.bsky.social
Rossetti Senior Research Fellow, Institute for Future Conflict, U.S. Air Force Academy | Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, University of Colorado, Colorado Springs | Nuclear strategy, operations, and doctrine
@tongzhao.bsky.social
Senior fellow @carnegieendow.bsky.social Nuclear, arms control, nonproliferation, new mil tech, Asia-Pacific security, US-China. Views my own. https://carnegieendowment.org/people/tong-zhao?lang=en
@lubazat.bsky.social
Lecturer in International Relations @LJMU | Co-convenor BISA GNO working group | Critical Security Studies | AI | Gender | Nuclear Politics
@lauracon.bsky.social
Nuclear weapons, international politics, narrative politics, feminism at University of Leeds UK
@oconnor.bsky.social
Foreign and national security Advisor to 22nd Prime Minister of Canada. Director of Policy for two Foreign Ministers. National Security, nuclear, energy, and climate.
@brunotertrais.bsky.social
Deputy Director, Fondation pour la recherche stratégique. Non-Resident Fellow, Institut Montaigne. Geopolitics, strategy and stuff. Personal account. b.tertrais@frstrategie.org Books: tinyurl.com/bdzbxnyx
@dknedal.bsky.social
Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science and Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, University of Toronto. Global Security. International Order. Nukes. Food. Dogs. Not necessarily in that order.
@zacharykeck.bsky.social
Nuclear Weapons and Indo-Pacific. Former: DoD, Congress, Belfer Center, The Diplomat, others. Views mine and subject to change.
@olamidediy.bsky.social
@kingstonareif.bsky.social
Senior International/Defense researcher at the RAND Corporation. Former DASD for Threat Reduction and Arms Control + Arms Control Association. Wisconsin sports fanatic. Personal account.
@professorrdg.bsky.social
International relations professor focused on global order, nuclear weapons, and nonproliferation
@marktfitz.bsky.social
Grandpa. Ex-Exec Director of IISS-Americas & head of IISS NonProlif & Nuclear Policy Program. Ex-expat in UK. Former State Dept.
@snehanair.bsky.social
nuclear security gal Formerly NNSA, Stimson Center, CTBTO and OPCW views my own, reposts/likes ≠ endorsement
@janevaynman.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Strategic Studies at Johns Hopkins SAIS. I study arms control, nuclear weapons, international institutions, and emerging technology.
@llkoch.bsky.social
Book: Nuclear Decisions, available at Oxford University Press. Associate Professor of Government. IR, nonproliferation, foreign policy. https://llkoch.weebly.com/
@olivermeier.bsky.social
Policy and Research Director at the European Leadership Network, based in Berlin. WMD elimination through arms control, disarmament, nonproliferation. Personal views only.
@ludovicacast.bsky.social
Research Fellow at @IAI | PhD Candidate @ThirdNuclearAge | Prev @Marshall_Center, @sisunitn | About metaphors, nuclear history, Middle East, and Fujifilm
@lukasmengelkamp.bsky.social
Finishing a PhD in nuclear history @ University of Marburg / Working on arms control and military strategy @ifshhamburg.bsky.social. Private account. https://www.hamburg-armscontrol.de/en/staff/lukas-mengelkamp-2/
@apln.network
A network of political, military, diplomatic and thought leaders in the Asia-Pacific working to address security challenges and eliminate nuclear weapons risks.
@fredmkaplan.bsky.social
Slate's War Stories columnist; author of The Bomb, Dark Territory, The Insurgents, 1959, Daydream Believers, The Wizards of Armageddon, and--most recently--A Capital Calamity (a novel); also jazz critic for Tracking Angle.
@joecirin.bsky.social
I've been working on national security in Washington for over 40 years. Government, think tanks and philanthropy. Now retired, I still write, lecture and do media interviews. And I'm still learning. On Substack at: joecirincione.substack.com
@meckdevil.bsky.social
EIC Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists. Formerly EIC at Pacific Standard/Miller-McCune, High Country News, SF Weekly, Phoenix New Times. Investigative reporting @ Houston Post. Email: jmecklin@thebulletin.org Tips: Signal to meckdevil.11
@jamiekwong.bsky.social
Fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace | KCL PhD | Nukes and nonpro | RT≠endorsement
@frankkuhn.bsky.social
Doctoral Researcher @PRIF.org | Coordinator @cntrarmscontrol.org | Nuclear Scholar @poni.csis.org | @deepcutsproject.bsky.social |Nuclear Weapons | Arms Control | Nuclear Deterrence | Cold War History | Military Technology and Strategy | Opinions my own
@rhyscrilley.bsky.social
🌍 Lecturer in International Relations 📝 Writing about politics & culture ☢️ Author of Unparalleled Catastrophe
@claryc.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science, University at Albany; Nonresident Fellow, Stimson Center
@tristanvolpe.bsky.social
Assistant Prof, Naval Postgraduate School; Nonresident Fellow, Carnegie Endowment. Author of LEVERAGING LATENCY (http://bit.ly/3RXHUhM). https://tristanvolpe.com
@joelivre.bsky.social
🇸🇪 in 🇰🇷 | "Yoo-el" | Policy Fellow at Asia-Pacific Leadership Network | Nuclear Non-Proliferation and Disarmament | Shilling for Big Disarma | views mine and not to be taken too seriously | same id on the Old Place
@bojacobs.bsky.social
Nuclear historian @ Hiroshima Peace Institute focused on exposures to radiation from nuclear testing, production & accidents Nuclear Bodies: The Global Hibakusha (Yale 2022) https://nuclearbodies.com https://bojacobs.net
@vincentintondi.bsky.social
Historian, Professor, Author-African Americans Against the Bomb and Saving the World from Nuclear War.
@cameronhunter.bsky.social
Researching US-China in outer space and nuclear politics at the University of Copenhagen. https://ritualdeterrence.eu/
@jomahoney.bsky.social
Associate Professor of International Relations at University of Reading. Leverhulme Trust Research Fellowship. https://sites.google.com/site/jpomahoney/ ORCID: 0000-0002-6316-1771
@fintanhoey.bsky.social
Historian of U.S.-Japanese relations at Franklin University Switzerland. 🇮🇪🏳️🌈
@dvsteff.bsky.social
Nukes, missiles, military, space, tech, music, cats, #STRATDELA and #HYPERHYPE
@kyungwon.bsky.social
Lecturer at ANU SDSC. Ph.D. from Syracuse. I study nuclear weapons, interstate coercion, alliance politics, and great power politics.
@twistedzen.bsky.social
Nukes and national security, PhD candidate International Conflict Management. Research Scientist focused on US nuclear policy and deterrence.
@atomicanalyst.bsky.social
Editor/Co-author, “Atomic Audit: The Costs and Consequences of US Nuclear Weapons Since 1940” • I write primarily about nuclear weapons (including history, costs, accidents, and policy), and the Presidential Emergency Satchel (aka the nuclear “Football”).
@profsaunders.bsky.social
Professor of Political Science, Columbia; editor, Good Authority; non-res Senior Fellow, Brookings. New Book: The Insiders' Game: How Elites Make War and Peace (preorder: https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691215808/the-insiders-game)
@paulcormarie.bsky.social
RAND Analyst | West Point MWI Fellow | CSIS Nuclear Scholar | European defense & nukes | 🇫🇷🇺🇸
@spenserawarren.bsky.social
Postdoctoral Fellow in Technology and Security, UC IGCC | PhD, Indiana University | Michigan State Alum | Work on nuclear weapons, emerging tech, Russia, international security | Post way too much about sports and Star Wars
@hfayet.bsky.social
Chercheuse atomique au Centre des études de sécurité de l’Ifri, passée par le ministère des Armées. Également déléguée générale de WIIS France et membre du Young Generation Leadership Network. « Pasionaria de la bomba » selon RB.
@tdrozdenko.bsky.social
Director, Global Security Program @Union of Concerned Scientists. Working to reduce the risk of nuclear war, address the injustice and harm done by nuclear weapons, and move us closer to a world free from nuclear weapons. Oxford Comma enthusiast.
@jrhuntx.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Strategy and Operations, US Naval War College. Author of THE NUCLEAR CLUB and co-editor of THE REAGAN MOMENT. Views represent neither the US Navy, Department of Defense, nor US government.
@jdmenton.bsky.social
Fellow @ Carnegie Endowment Nuclear Policy Program; nukes, non-pro, and tech governance; recovering journalist, itinerant Floridian
@alexmontgomery.bsky.social
Professor at Reed College | IR/network analysis/sci, tech, and society/WMD | http://alexmontgomery.com | http://tinyurl.com/oxhbpo | I'm not a donkey, I don't have a field.
@fiona-cunningham.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Pennsylvania. Author of “Under the Nuclear Shadow” (Princeton, 2025). China, nukes, cyber, space, international security. She/her. Personal website: www.fionascunningham.com
@gbrumfiel.bsky.social
I'm an editor/correspondent for NPR. Mostly smart on the radio. Mostly stupid on everywhere else. Nukes/Missiles/Space/Blimps/etc. Signal: https://signal.me/#eu/PoRoBSPUsb1fVLiml15BwUb7K4BJU64c8GtNrzfGO3qX-WN1cFdI0Y5g0pUgGFuI
@laicie.bsky.social
Founder & CEO @inkstickmedia.com. Host of Things That Go Boom from PRX & Inkstick. Former wonk.
@ucsusa.bsky.social
The Union of Concerned Scientists puts rigorous, independent science to work to solve our planet's most pressing problems. ucs.org
@ian-j-stewart.bsky.social
🏴🇬🇧ExecDir James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies DC @miis Past @DefenceHQ, @warstudies. Nonpro, emerging tech, China. Nuc engineer. Phd War Studies. http://nonproarchive.com
@danzhukov.bsky.social
program coordinator at Berkeley Risk and Security Lab • he/him • nuclear arms control researcher • formerly at UCLA, Stanford CISAC, and KCL • all views mine
@carolinapanico.bsky.social
Research Associate in Nuclear Arms Control and Disarmament at the University of Glasgow.
@deselv.bsky.social
Independent Historian. Expert on Soviet-bloc history, active measures, Stasi and KGB. RT does not mean endorsement. Views are mine, not those of my employer.
@mansoorahmed.bsky.social
Hon. Lecturer SDSC, Australian National University | IR, nuclear weapons, fissile materials, South Asia, conventional deterrence | Formerly CISS Islamabad, Harvard’s Belfer Center, QAU | Author Pakistan’s Pathway to the Bomb | Views personal
@lrand11.bsky.social
Stanford postdoc || Carnegie Non-Resident ||socio-technical analyses for nuclear, quantum, and “emerging” tech || arms control/cooperation bent || PhD from UMD
@carolgiacomo.bsky.social
Editor, Arms Control Today. Ex: @NYT editorial board, Reuters diplo correspondent. Teaching: @Princeton, @FordSchool, @IUMedia, @IOP
@jonatomic.bsky.social
Director, Global Risk at Federation of American Scientists, former Sr. Dir NSC, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists (doomsday clock setter). Pope of Chili Town. Hosts We’re All Gonna Die on DSR. No #manels, Stonecutter?
@ninatannenwald.bsky.social
Political scientist at Brown, focusing on nuclear weapons, WMD, norms and institutions in security, human rights, ethics and laws of war.
@bglaser.bsky.social
Managing Director, Indo-Pacific Program, German Marshall Fund @GMFAsia, China, Taiwan, Indo-Pac, Europe-China, RT≠ endorsement
@cntrarmscontrol.org
This is the Cluster for Natural and Technical Science Arms Control Research (CNTR) | Based @prif.org, @tuda.bsky.social and JLU Giessen | Funded by @diplo.de https://www.cntrarmscontrol.org/
@armscontrolnow.bsky.social
@armscontrolwonk.bsky.social
Professor at the Middlebury Institute & host of the Arms Control Wonk Podcast.
@warontherocks.bsky.social
Experience. Conflict. Commentary. Join our community: https://warontherocks.com/membership/
@wardhayeswilson.bsky.social
Realist working to eliminate nuclear weapons. (Not an IR “Realist,” just, you know, an everyday realist.)
@shashj.bsky.social
Defence Editor at The Economist. Visiting Fellow at Department of War Studies, KCL. For speaking engagements: https://chartwellspeakers.com/speaker/shashank-joshi
@francoisdm.bsky.social
Nuclear editor @thebulletin.org. Fmr MacArthur Found. & Marie S.-Curie fellow @stanfordcisac.bsky.social. Fmr engineer in US/French nuclear ind. 1st gen. Father x3. Cello. Autism. | Tips: francois@thebulletin.org signal: francoisdm.21
@franziskastaerk.bsky.social
Researcher, Institute for Peace Research and Security Policy at the University of Hamburg (IFSH) || PhD Candidate, Erasmus University Rotterdam || Nuclear arms control & critical security studies https://ifsh.de/en/staff/staerk
@scientistsorg.bsky.social
Striving for a safer world since 1945 science policy | nuclear weapons | clean energy | STEM education | artificial intelligence | data privacy | much much more
@mknight.bsky.social
Senior Research Associate @ Federation of American Scientists - Nuclear Information Project Mother to a demonic chihuahua named Pippin 🐾 Views are my own
@elianajjohns.bsky.social
Senior Research Associate with Nuclear Information Project @ Federation of American Scientists & Grad Student @ Georgetown SFS | Talks about nukes and satellite imagery | (views are my own)
@americannuclear.bsky.social
Not-for-profit professional society dedicated to advancing peaceful uses of #nuclear science and technology. Since 1954. Join us at www.ans.org #EnergySky
@gnobisa.bsky.social
Dedicated to promoting and disseminating multidisciplinary research on the politics, culture and history of the nuclear age. https://www.bisa.ac.uk/members/working-groups/gno
@xanthh.bsky.social
Scottish-German painter, writer, gardener, actor, photographer and family historian. Editor of German language online lexicon on nuclear weapons, "Atomwaffen A-Z". Living in Berlin, often in Greece.
@nuclearban.bsky.social
International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons. Working with governments, ICRC and the UN to end nuclear weapons. 2017 Nobel Peace Prize. #nuclearban
@nti.org
A nonprofit, nonpartisan global security organization focused on reducing nuclear, biological, and emerging tech threats imperiling humanity.
@dkspaulding.bsky.social
Senior Scientist, Union of Concerned Scientists, Global Security Program. Views are my own. Blog: blog.ucsusa.org/author/dylan-spaulding/
@thebulletin.org
The best thinking on existential threats since 1945. Nuclear risk, climate change, and disruptive technologies. We set the #DoomsdayClock. thebulletin.org
@htrinkunas.bsky.social
Deputy Director at Stanford’s Center for International Security and Cooperation. Usual disclaimers apply. https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/people/harold-trinkunas
@stanfordcisac.bsky.social
Stanford's Center for International Security and Cooperation produces knowledge to build a safer world and trains the next generation of security specialists. Visit us at: https://cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/
@sannecjv.bsky.social
Assistant Professor of International Security at the Pardee School of Global Studies, Boston University || Ph.D. from Brown University || Formerly at Sciences Po, CISAC, Belfer Center || Military Technology, Strategy & Nuclear Weapons