Joel Petersson Ivre 유엘

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🇸🇪 in 🇰🇷 | "Yoo-el" | Senior 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

Lost in Rev.2: calls for multilateral arms control, fissile material production moratorium, consensus language on Middle East Zone, calls for no first use, subsidiary body on NSAs in the CD. Language on NSAs, AI, conventional-nuclear entanglement, & victim assistance was watered down

The Trump administration—including by its recent criticism of NATO—has put US credibility under threat. A key question looking forward is: How recoverable might the US reputation be? (1/4)

Maybe someone else saw this already, but it is very funny that the cover of the NATO Secretary General's Annual report is map of the northern Hemisphere with the Tropic of the Cancer explicitly marked out. The Strait of Hormuz just makes the cut though...

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The war on Iran raises doubts that the Non-Proliferation Treaty can hold as a central pillar of international security, writes George Perkovich. If it doesn't, will US-friendly countries seek nuclear weapons, and will China and Russia follow the US-Israeli example and forcibly try to stop them?

How the Iran War undermines the nuclear nonproliferation regime

The ramifications of the war on Iran are becoming clearer: The war raises doubts that the Non-Proliferation Treaty can hold as a central pillar of international security. If it doesn't, will…

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We’re announcing round 2 of our challenging nuclear deterrence grants. We’re looking for creative and innovative projects to be carried out this year and can provide up to 40’000 CHF in funding. You can see the call for proposals here: lexinternational.org/call-for-pro...

Call for proposals - Lex International

Lex International Fund, hosted by Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, is pleased to announce a call for applications for projects in 2026 that aim to reduce

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OTD 65 yrs ago, the cockpit of a B-52F on a 24-hour COVERALL airborne alert mission overheated an hour after takeoff (up to 160F). After ~14 hours, the exhausted crew depressurized and descended to 12,000 feet, increasing fuel consumption. Fuel ran out 8+ hours later, leading to a bailout and crash.

A black and white photograph of a B-52 bomber taking off, black exhaust spewing from its eight engines.