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MTA @BelferCenter is the primary nuclear policy research project at @Harvard @Kennedy_School. RT ≠ endorsement.
Cambridge, MA
Joined July 2009
1/7 It's book publication day! "Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail" is out now with major booksellers from @mitpress in @BelferCenter's Studies in International Security. Contents and discount codes described in this thread. @ManagingtheAtom
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MTA Visiting Scholar @HerzogSM & alum @david_m_allison won a Best Paper 2025 Award from @SocRiskAnalysis for work on the AI-nuclear proliferation nexus. The prize honors papers w/ "the most significant impacts on the theory or practice of risk analysis.”
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A robust nonproliferation regime has contained the spread of nuclear weapons to just nine states. Yet, emerging and disruptive technologies are reshaping the landscape of nuclear risks, presenting a...
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1/6 I co-edited a new special issue of @TheNonproReview w/@DrElbahtimy & Rebecca Davis Gibbons featuring research from the @macfound & @ManagingtheAtom Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group. Our introduction to the issue is here (#OpenAccess):
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For eight decades, the practice of nuclear deterrence has been treated as common sense in many influential policy-making and scholarly circles. This remains the case although most states neither po...
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MTA Associate & MIT Senior Researcher @mbudjeryn was featured on CNN to discuss the damage to the Chernobyl confinement structure:
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To purchase Dr. Zhang's book, please use this link:
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The Untold Story of China’s Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing offers the most comprehensive account of China’s nuclear weapons development f...
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Next Tuesday, Dec. 9, join us at @CarnegieEndow for a discussion with Dr. Hui Zhang on his newly released book "The Untold Story of China’s Nuclear Weapons", moderated by Dr. Tong Zhao https://t.co/N216FN86ek
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At a time when the U.S.-China relationship is deteriorating, strategic stability between the two nations is also eroding, raising the risk of an arms race and nuclear escalation of a future conflict....
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The first of two special issues is live on research from the Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group @BelferCenter @ManagingtheAtom @macfound. Read the #OpenAccess intro to the project by group co-chairs @DrElbahtimy, Rebecca Davis Gibbons, & @HerzogSM: https://t.co/YvU7si7dBy
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1/5 My article w/@david_m_allison on how AI might enable nuclear weapons (non)proliferation has been added to the latest issue of Risk Analysis @SocRiskAnalysis (after appearing online first). Check it out #OpenAccess:
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A robust nonproliferation regime has contained the spread of nuclear weapons to just nine states. Yet, emerging and disruptive technologies are reshaping the landscape of nuclear risks, presenting a...
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On December 3 at 9:30AM EST, join us for a conversation with Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer on the drivers of extended deterrence choices: Evidence from Norwegian parliamentary debates, 1945-2024 https://t.co/kemqH83q8q
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What shapes deterrence and reassurance choices among U.S. allies? Frontline proteges in nuclear alliances face complex policy dilemmas associated with the fear of abandonment, on the one hand, and...
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Some say renewed nuclear testing would advantage China, given the U.S. and Russia’s far larger test histories. But Hui Zhang’s new book shows China reached comparable warhead tech with just 46 tests—giving it options even without future testing. 🔗
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The Untold Story of China’s Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing offers the most comprehensive account of China’s nuclear weapons development f...
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Trump’s remarks on restarting U.S. nuclear testing are fueling fears others will follow. WaPo reports major new activity at China’s Lop Nur site—potential prep for renewed tests. China would likely mirror any U.S. return to explosive testing. 🔗
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The quiet expansion of Beijing’s remote nuclear weapons complex, Lop Nur, points to years of preparation for a potential return to a Cold War-era arms race.
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Reminder: December 1 is the deadline for most application materials for an MTA Fellowship. Please share with anyone you think may be interested:
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The Project on Managing the Atom offers fellowships for pre-doctoral and post-doctoral scholars, and mid-career professionals, for ten months. Research topics of interest include aspects of nuclear...
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1/2 I was delighted to contribute to the new book on Nuclear Negotiations: Conditions for Effective Nuclear Diplomacy. It was put together by the @AlvamyrdalCNTR of @UU_Peace. Check out the book! https://t.co/VNWiPYO6LC
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How does public opinion affect policymaker preferences about nuclear weapon use? New evidence about various pathways in @EJIntSec @CUP_PoliSci by @HerzogSM, @MichalSmetana3, @Lauren_Sukin, & @mVranka. Check out their #OpenAccess article: https://t.co/QR3ah8X3U6
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My review of @Fiona_Cunning Fiona Cunningham's brilliant @PrincetonUPress 2025 book, "Under the nuclear shadow: China's information-age weapons in international security" is now published by @IAJournal_CH Having had the privilege of reviewing this book and joining the panel at
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Please join MTA on November 14 at 1pm Eastern Time if you are interested in learning more about MTA fellowships and the application process. More information (including the Zoom registration link) can be found here:
belfercenter.org
Please join us via Zoom if you have an interest in learning about MTA fellowships (including visiting scholar appointments and associate appointments)
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Please join MTA on November 14 at 1pm Eastern Time if you are interested in learning more about MTA fellowships and the application process. More information (including the Zoom registration link) can be found here:
belfercenter.org
Please join us via Zoom if you have an interest in learning about MTA fellowships (including visiting scholar appointments and associate appointments)
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On November 18, we will host MTA Fellow Kunal Singh for a discussion on Explaining North Korea's Unlikely Success: Personalist Regime, Weak State Capacity, and Nuclear Weapons Program - we hope to see you there! https://t.co/h2qma6gPlj
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North Korea’s stunning success in building nuclear weapons has posed difficult questions for existing theories of proliferation. These theories suggest that a personalist regime ruling over a state...
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Professor Matthew Bunn was quoted in a recent CNN article on Trump's desire to return to nuclear testing:
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In the wake of Russian President Vladimir Putin bragging about his country testing both a nuclear-powered torpedo and a new cruise missile, the president of the United States, Donald Trump, has fired...
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Next week: "The Untold Story of China's Nuclear Weapon Development and Testing" with Hui Zhang RSVP here⤵️ https://t.co/tgRvzIlM8q
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