Spenser A Warren
@SpenserAWarren
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Tech and Security @UCIGCC | PhD @IUPOLS | MSU Alum | Nukes, Russia, Transatlantic relations, emerging tech | Mostly sports and Star Wars
Washington, DC
Joined February 2016
My latest article exploring how Russia's novel nuclear-capable weapons impact its warfighting abilities is now out with Parameters. Spoiler alert: They enhance regional warfighting capabilities to a degree, but their impact can be overcome. https://t.co/pkHd68fCww
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This article argues that Russia’s novel nuclear-capable weapons will have a minor but real impact on Russian war-fighting capabilities in Eastern Europe. Using publicly available assessments, it...
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My latest on Iran, uncertainty, and what nuclear speculation means for Tehran, Washington, and the region @CarnegieEndow
Deft diplomacy will be needed both to facilitate peace and to prevent metastatic uncertainty about Iran’s residual capabilities.
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Africa is grappling with the effects of decades of rising debt, and Russia is swooping in to strengthen its hand at the expense of the U.S. William Decourt and Spenser Warren discuss the battle for influence in Africa and the high geopolitical stakes:
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Decision-makers in Iran are in a moment of crisis akin to Saddam’s invasion in 1980. The top military leadership has been targeted. Numerous civilian casualties. Most importantly, there are likely to be subsequent waves of strikes. 🧵
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In our latest for The Indian Express, @brigarunsahgal and I argue that India has successfully demonstrated the limitations of Pakistan's nuclear doctrine through success of #OperationSindoor. We discuss the implications on the India-Pak nuclear equation. https://t.co/meXWxEyLe3
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Until now, Pakistan had leveraged nuclear brinkmanship to establish a perceived parity with India on the global stage
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My latest article exploring how Russia's novel nuclear-capable weapons impact its warfighting abilities is now out with Parameters. Spoiler alert: They enhance regional warfighting capabilities to a degree, but their impact can be overcome. https://t.co/pkHd68fCww
press.armywarcollege.edu
This article argues that Russia’s novel nuclear-capable weapons will have a minor but real impact on Russian war-fighting capabilities in Eastern Europe. Using publicly available assessments, it...
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It’s here!!! My essay with @segoddard on pathways of nuclear nonuse @IntOrgJournal
#OpenAccess from @IntOrgJournal - Nuclear Shibboleths: The Logics and Future of Nuclear Nonuse - https://t.co/aIYhyyhXyv - @segoddard & Colleen Larkin (@UCIGCC) #FirstView
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Sometimes government persecution against Christians is very real. My friend, pastor Mark Hilbelink, and Sunrise Community Church here in Austin are being sued by Texas AG Ken Paxton because of their ministry to unhoused folks. Where are all the conservative religious liberty
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Given that the topic of Stealth fighters vs Military Drones is still raging, here two free-access academic articles that, together with my co-authors, I wrote over the past few years and that question existing myths. https://t.co/peuTd214fb
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Our Project Atom 2024 report is live! @CSIS @CSISDefense @csisponi This year we asked @RDavisGibbons @nktpnd @TheHonChristop1 @MWSBrookingsFP and (non-X) Greg Weaver to write strategies for intra-war deterrence in a two-peer environment. Check it out 👇 https://t.co/iCXKobwbuy
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There is a growing risk that U.S. adversaries might resort to nuclear use in a regional conflict. To help address for this threat, the Project on Nuclear Issues invited a group of experts to develop...
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As TG's trending, a reminder that her 2022 claims about US biolabs in Ukraine aren't accurate & aren't new. In my work on the politics of pseudoscience in Russia, I show how RU media are pushing the "US bioweapons" conspiracy since at least 2015. https://t.co/0W8f8kIKwX
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This is totally bonkers. Apparently, the argument is that Ukraine has seven tonnes of plutonium that it can use to build "hundreds of weapons." All this plutonium, however, is in spent fuel. To get it out, one need a reprocessing facility, which Ukraine doesn't have. 1/
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Elissa Slotkin will replace retiring Democratic Sen. Debbie Stabenow in the U.S. Senate. Race declared by the Associated Press
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A little encouragement for Kamala Harris voters in right-wing Christian communities. “I am proud of you for standing up for something you believe in—something that wasn’t particularly popular, but that assured the rights of someone less fortunate than you.” Fred Rogers
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