I am so honored that my book received the Peter Katzenstein Book Prize! The nuclear chapter also provides useful context on China’s SLBM test today.

Princeton University Press@princetonupress.bsky.social · last mo.

We are delighted that @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social’s Under the Nuclear Shadow is the winner of the Peter Katzenstein Book Prize, presented by Cornell University! Learn more: press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...

I'm excited to share that I have a volume co-edited with Anthony Eames under contract with Cornell University Press, called Racing for Technology: An International History of SDI. The volume covers NATO , China, Japan, South Korea, Israel, and the Warsaw Pact.

I am thrilled to share that my @princetonupress.bsky.social book “Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security” has won the 2026 Peter Katzenstein Book Prize! Thank you to the selection committee, I am so honored! government.cornell.edu/peter-katzen...

“Escalate to Survive? Nuclear First Use in Contemporary Great Power Conflict,” by @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social and Kristin Ven Bruusgaard doi.org/10.1162/ISEC... This article is Open Access.

Escalate to Survive?: Nuclear First Use in Contemporary Great Power Conflict

Abstract. Why do great powers believe it is necessary to have nuclear first-use options? What explains the different types of first-use options in the nuclear force postures of Russia and the United S...

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The new Spring 2026 issue is online! Articles by @eunajo.bsky.social, @jessicacweiss.bsky.social, Rosato, @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social, Ven Bruusgaard, Joshi, @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social, @kerbydavis.bsky.social, Gholz Correspondence on paradigms, realism, Ukraine direct.mit.edu/isec/issue

Volume 50 Issue 4 | International Security | MIT Press

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Looking for something to read this weekend? Check out @lawsecnet.counterintelligence.pl's review of @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social's Under the Nuclear Shadow (from @princetonupress.bsky.social) for a suggestion! bindinghook.com/are-informat...

Are information-age weapons a complement or substitute for nuclear deterrence?

Fiona Cunningham’s ‘Under the Nuclear Shadow’ is an essential resource for insight into China’s military posture and the impact of emerging capabilities on strategic escalation management

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Learn more about @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social's book, Under the Nuclear Shadow, in this stimulating Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland (CISSM) forum:

Cunningham Headlines Kelleher Forum on China’s Information-Age Military Strategy | Center for International and Security Studies at Maryland

Dr. Fiona Cunningham discusses how China has been using information age technologies to defend and advance its core objectives despite conventional military power asymmetries without changing its long-standing commitment not to use nuclear weapons first.

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China Leadership Monitor featured my @princetonupress.bsky.social book "Under the Nuclear Shadow: China's Information Age Weapons in International Security”! For the book’s insights on national-security decision-making in China in the past, presnt, and future, read www.prcleader.org/post/clm-ins...

China Leadership Monitor interviews @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social, author of Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security. Check it out here:

CLM Insights Interview with Fiona S. Cunningham | China Leadership Monitor

Fiona S. Cunningham. Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics). Princeton University Press, January…

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What role should law and ethics play in nuclear deterrence today? A special issue of Security Studies brings together insights from a two-year project & workshops on nuclear law, ethics, & policy, highlighting questions for the future of nuclear politics. www.tandfonline.com/toc/fsst20/3...

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Law, Ethics, and Nuclear Weapons. Volume 34, Issue 5 of Security Studies

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I am thrilled to share my new *open access* article in Security Studies, “Other than Law: Legitimizing China’s Nuclear Strategy.” www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Fall 2025 issue preview @intsecurity.bsky.social! M. Trachtenberg | rules-based international order @aaronbateman.bsky.social | U.S. space power @ajmount.bsky.social | conventional deterrence of nuclear use DJ Kim | clients’ demand evasion @mikegoldfien.bsky.social | hawks, doves, & rapprochement

I'm thrilled to have an article in the fall volume of International Security on the role of allies in U.S. space power during the Cold War!

At the Elliott School of International Affairs we are searching for a senior scholar (associate or full) of international security who will also be appointed to the Political Science Department. Elliott is a fantastic community. See details below: www.gwu.jobs/postings/122...

On 3 Oct I'll be in London to give a talk at RUSI about the origins/ evolution of space-based missile defense and its implications for space security and the transatlantic alliance. If you happen to be in London and are interested, the registration details are below: my.rusi.org/events/the-e...

The Evolution of Weapons in Space: A Conversation with Aaron Bateman

A conversation with Dr Aaron Bateman, exploring his research on the history of accelerating superpower military competition in space during the late Cold War and thereafter.

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New podcast How has strategic deterrence evolved from the Cold War to the current era? @aaronbateman.bsky.social and @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social join @davidmandrews.bsky.social to explore this, with a focus on nuclear weapons, space capabilities and other approaches. Listen tinyurl.com/7b4n22fp

Slightly belatedly sharing this H-Diplo roundtable honoring the contributions of the late Owen Cote. Contributions from Barry Posen, Steve Miller, Phil Haun, @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social, Lena Andrews, Austin Long, and myself. We miss Owen everyday. networks.h-net.org/group/discus...

Next week: "Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security" with @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social RSVP here⤵️ cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/under...

Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International

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Thanks to the @astropoliticswg.bsky.social for a great discussion about my book this morning/afternoon, focusing on the counterspace elements of PRC strategic deterrence!

Astropolitics Working Group@astropoliticswg.bsky.social · last yr.

Thanks very much to @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social for presenting her research on Chinese approaches to deterrence and coercion, and her novel theory of Strategic Substitution, placing China's counterspace weapons in a wider context alongside other information age weapons.

PWH director @mchorowitz.bsky.social and PWH faculty fellow @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social are featured on @jordanschneider.bsky.social's China Talk about Cunningham's new book, Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security. 🎧: www.chinatalk.media/p/chinas-nuc...

Under the Nuclear Shadow

China's Deterrence Playbook

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I spoke to @jordanschneider.bsky.social on the China Talk podcast with my wonderful colleague @mchorowitz.bsky.social about all things China and strategic deterrence, inspired by my new @princetonupress.bsky.social book “Under the Nuclear Shadow”. Check it out: www.chinatalk.media/p/chinas-nuc...

Under the Nuclear Shadow

China's Deterrence Playbook

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@astropoliticswg.bsky.social events!🎉 AGM: open to all AWG members 15 May - inc. a review of AWG activities, Update on Convenors' term and more Book talk - Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security w/ @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social link -

Astropolitics

The Astropolitics Working Group brings together scholars working on the politics of outer space. In this nascent field, we support, develop, and enrich research in studying the international politics…

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I’m excited to discuss my book “Under the Nuclear Shadow” on China and strategic deterrence in the info age at @perryworldhouse.bsky.social with @financialtimes.com US-China correspondent Demetri Sevastopulo TODAY! Details here perryworldhouse.upenn.edu/events/under... @princetonupress.bsky.social

This Tuesday (April 29) at noon EDT: @perryworldhouse.bsky.social welcomes @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social to discuss her new book, Under the Nuclear Shadow. Demetri Sevastopulo will be moderating. Register today for this hybrid event:

Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Weapons in the Information Age - Perry World House

How can states use military force to achieve their political aims without triggering a catastrophic nuclear war? Among the states facing this dilemma of fighting limited wars, only China has given…

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Thanks to @rabsaa.bsky.social for her really thoughtful commentary on my new @princetonupress.bsky.social book at @belfercenter.bsky.social this week! Nuclear policy, emerging tech, and escalation are such exciting areas for further research!

Rabia Akhtar@rabsaa.bsky.social · last yr.

If you're thinking about nuclear policy, strategic stability, or the intersection of emerging tech and escalation, then @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social's "Under the Nuclear Shadow: China's Information-Age Weapons in International Security," by @princetonupress.bsky.social should be on your list.

Thanks to @matthew-bunn.bsky.social, Francesca Giovannini and the terrific nuclear community at the @belfercenter.bsky.social’s Project on Managing the Atom for hosting me to talk about my new @princetonupress.bsky.social book and my new research on the PRC nuclear modernization this week!

Matthew Bunn@matthew-bunn.bsky.social · last yr.

Terrific talks yesterday from Fiona Cunningham @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social -- both an exploration of the motivations behind China's nuclear buildup and an overview of her new book on China's use of cyber, counterspace, and precision conventional weapons "under the nuclear shadow."

📚 @astropoliticswg.bsky.social Book talk: 15 May @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social will be discussing her new book 'Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security' To register now 👉 buff.ly/4UaCBm9 @princetonupress.bsky.social @perryworldhouse.bsky.social

Book talk: Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information-Age Weapons in International Security- Astropolitics | BISA

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Thank you to the Center for International Security Studies at Princeton SPIA for inviting me to talk about my new @princetonupress.bsky.social book yesterday. We had a terrific conversation about all things China, nuclear, technology, security & undersea warfare! ciss.princeton.edu/events/under...

Under the Nuclear Shadow: China's Information-Age Weapons in International Security

How can states use military force to achieve their political aims without triggering a catastrophic nuclear war? Among the states facing this dilemma of fighting limited wars, only China has given inf...

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Check out the China Global Podcast hosted by @bglaser.bsky.social, where @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social discusses her new book Under the Nuclear Shadow: China’s Information Age Weapons in International Security: www.gmfus.org/news/nuclear....

Nuclear Weaponry and China’s Approach of Strategic Substitution

A conversation between Bonnie Glaser and Fiona Cunningham discussing the limited war dilemma and China's approach of strategic substitution, based on the latter’s newly published book titled, "Under…

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I'm really looking forward to presenting some of my ongoing research on the politics of basing space infrastructure abroad using case studies from the Cold War.

Security Studies Program MIT@ssp-mit.bsky.social · last yr.

In our upcoming Wednesday Seminar, Professor @aaronbateman.bsky.social, George Washington University, will discuss how the United States has leveraged allies since the Cold War to secure access to vital real estate abroad that enables it to project power through space. (1/2)