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MTA is the primary nuclear policy research project at @Belfercenter.bsky.social, @Harvardkennedy.bsky.social. Repost ≠ endorsement.

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Matthew Bunn@matthew-bunn.bsky.social · 5d ago

@mbudjeryn.bsky.social led a good discussion today in our Ukraine Nuclear Security Working Group with Nikolai Steinberg, founder of Ukraine's nuclear regulatory body, who has a new book on how the Chernobyl disaster happened. Link in this discussion to pre-order the English edition:

SSTC NRS presented Nikolai Steinberg’s book «Our Long Road to April» - Uatom.org

On April 22, the presentation of Nikolai Steinberg’s book «Our Long Road to April», dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the Chornobyl disaster, took place in Kyiv. The event gathered industry experts, the author’s colleagues from his time at the Chornobyl Nuclear Power Plant (ChNPP), as well as everyone interested in the history of the […]

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Matthew Bunn@matthew-bunn.bsky.social · 2w ago

Our letter on Harvard's ties to Jeffrey Epstein is out. It calls for a fully independent and transparent investigation, consequences for individuals where appropriate, and a new Harvard commitment to work on "preventing sexual and gendered violence, child sexual abuse, and sex trafficking."

Harvard and Epstein: A Call for Repair From 156 Harvard Affiliates | Opinion | The Harvard Crimson

We are committed to using our positions within Harvard to advance truth-telling, accountability, repair and institutional reform in relation to Harvard’s ties to Epstein and those who enabled him.

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Project on Managing the Atom@managingtheatom.bsky.social · 2w ago

Professor @matthew-bunn.bsky.social on the US-Saudi nuclear deal: why enrichment technology raises the stakes — and what Congress needs to know. www.cbsnews.com/video/us-sau...

U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal "creates new risks" in Middle East, expert says

The U.S. and Saudi Arabia have signed a deal that could allow the oil-rich nation to create a civilian nuclear program. The deal has drawn concerns that nuclear technology could potentially spread to ...

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Project on Managing the Atom@managingtheatom.bsky.social · 2w ago

@matthew-bunn.bsky.social tells NPR's All Things Considered what's missing from the new U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal: no Additional Protocol inspections and no ban on enrichment or reprocessing — the technologies that make bomb material. www.npr.org/2026/07/22/n...

Why the U.S. and Saudi Arabia signed a nuclear agreement

NPR has confirmed a deal that would allow the U.S. to transfer nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia and allow the country to begin enriching uranium for civilian use.

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Project on Managing the Atom@managingtheatom.bsky.social · 2w ago

It's not the reactor that worries @matthew-bunn.bsky.social — it's what comes next. Bunn explains why enrichment and reprocessing technology, not civilian reactors, are the real "keys to the Kingdom" in the new U.S.-Saudi nuclear deal. theworld.org/segments/202...

US-Saudi nuclear energy deal raises questions about nuclear proliferation - The World from PRX

US President Donald Trump approved a civilian nuclear agreement with Saudi Arabia Wednesday that would expand cooperation on nuclear energy, according to The Wall Street Journal. While details have no...

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Project on Managing the Atom@managingtheatom.bsky.social · 4w ago

MTA Visiting Scholar @herzogsm.bsky.social & co-authors write for @thebulletin.org about the new Asilomar Process. It aims to engage governments, AI firms, & security experts in dialogue to reduce AI-enabled risks in the nuclear & biological domains. thebulletin.org/2026/06/ai-i...

AI is changing biological and nuclear risks; governance must change accordingly

Seven principles from a recent Asilomar conference address how AI will affect nuclear and biological threats.

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Stephen Herzog@herzogsm.bsky.social · last mo.

Delighted to see this Portuguese-language review of Atomic Backfires in Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Defesa. Thanks for reading! @mitpress.bsky.social @gdavidarceneaux.bsky.social rbed.abedef.org/rbed/article...

Quando a política nuclear falha

Resenha crítica da obra Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail, organizada por Stephen Herzog, Giles David Arceneaux e Ariel F. W. Petrovics, publicada pela MIT Press em 2026. O texto discute a ...

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Project on Managing the Atom@managingtheatom.bsky.social · last mo.

Mid-2030s commercial fusion? John Holdren says that's "hype at this point" — here's why he thinks the engineering, not the physics, is the real holdup. www.techtimes.com/articles/319...

Fusion Energy Hits a Materials Wall: DOE Roadmap Targets Engineering Gaps With 2030s Deadline

Fusion energy commercialization is now blocked not by plasma physics but by two missing engineering facilities: a neutron test source that does not exist and tritium breeding blankets that have never ...

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Project on Managing the Atom@managingtheatom.bsky.social · last mo.

Is India's quiet response to its sailors' deaths smart diplomacy or a costly mistake? Kunal Singh weighs in on what China's 1999 playbook can — and can't — teach New Delhi. www.scmp.com/news/china/d...

Can India react to Gulf deaths in same way China did after 1999 embassy bombing?

Beijing’s reaction to the Belgrade incident could be a template for New Delhi, but some analysts warn it faces very different circumstances.

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The Debate - France 24 @f24debate.france24.com · 2mo ago

Ukraine back in favour? At G7, Trump threatens return of Russia oil sanctions

Ukraine back in favour? At G7, Trump threatens return of Russia oil sanctions

Before he left Washington, there were reports Volodymyr Zelenskiy wasn't even on Donald Trump's G7 bilateral meeting list, but in the end, the U-S president took the meeting. And more. In the French Alps resort of Evian, Trump putting the onus on Vladimir Putin to come to the bargaining table and even suggesting a rapid return to full sanctions on Russian oil. Why the sudden turn-for-the-better in relations between Washington and Kyiv?

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Project on Managing the Atom@managingtheatom.bsky.social · last mo.

Did nuclear deterrence actually work in the 2025 India-Pakistan crisis — or just get lucky? @rabsaa.bsky.social's new analysis for IFRI says it worked exactly as designed. www.ifri.org/en/memos/sta...

Stability under Pressure. A Pakistani View on Nuclear Deterrence after Pahalgam

The May 2025 India-Pakistan crisis after the Pahalgam attack has generated a familiar but incomplete debate: did nuclear deterrence work, or did it merely allow both sides to fight a limited war under...

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Project on Managing the Atom@managingtheatom.bsky.social · 2mo ago

@matthew-bunn.bsky.social: Nuclear risks are higher than they've been since the Cold War — and JFK's 1963 playbook might be exactly what we need right now. thebulletin.org/2026/06/beyo...

Beyond 'Pax Americana': How JFK's lessons on unilateral nuclear restraint show that Trump should do more

In 1963, John F. Kennedy proved that informal, one-sided moves could successfully defuse tensions with hostile adversaries. Today, as a multipolar arms race looms, JFK's blueprint offers a vital roadm...

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Project on Managing the Atom@managingtheatom.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Dr. Francesca Giovannini: The US built arms control around Soviet transparency. China isn't the Soviet Union — and Europe might be the only actor positioned to matter. Read it here: thebulletin.org/2026/06/reth... Part of an HD Centre cross cultural dialogue: thebulletin.org/2026/06/cros...

Rethinking nuclear transparency: a European model for engaging China

The road toward transparency about nuclear weapons—both within the Western political tradition and during the Cold War rivalry with the Soviet Union—was long, gradual, and deeply contingent. The tools...

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Project on Managing the Atom@managingtheatom.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Mallory Stewart: without verification, informal nuclear limits are simply “a trust exercise”

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists@thebulletin.org · 3mo ago

For this issue of the Bulletin magazine, we asked an array of imaginative experts for their ideas on avoiding a renewed nuclear arms race in a world stripped of arms control architecture so carefully built during the Cold War, and so carelessly cast aside during the last decade. buff.ly/NRlt54U

Published today: "The very uncertain future of arms control." Read more at www.thebulletin.org. The magazine cover shows a graveyard with various weakened or expired treaties, including the Open Skies treaty and the INF treaty. In the foreground is a gravestone that says: "Arms Control, 1946 - "
Project on Managing the Atom@managingtheatom.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Bloomberg interview with @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social: the War in Iran a part of an interconnected global system reshaping Tehran’s diplomacy under rising regional and geopolitical pressure www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

Watch Bloomberg This Weekend 5/16/2026 - Bloomberg

The news doesn’t stop when markets close. Hosts David Gura, Christina Ruffini and Lisa Mateo bring clarity, context and a bit of humor to the weekend’s biggest headlines, LIVE from New York. Joined by...

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Project on Managing the Atom@managingtheatom.bsky.social · 3mo ago

@mbudjeryn.bsky.social Structure Amid Change (JSS) shows how, despite the Soviet collapse, nuclear weapons were consolidated under Russia rather than proliferated—underscoring how the global nuclear order shaped what outcomes were seen as possible and legitimate. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Structure amid change: The global nuclear order and the Soviet collapse

By 1991, the USSR, one of the two Cold War nuclear superpowers, ceased to exist. Yet the resulting post-Cold War era did not fully reflect these tectonic shifts. The collapse of a nuclear state did...

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