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The Nonproliferation Review

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Flagship peer-reviewed journal of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies. Run out of our Vermont office at Middlebury College. All things weapons of mass destruction: chemical, biological, nuclear arms, more. Editor: @herzogsm.bsky.social.

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Oliver Meier@olivermeier.bsky.social · last wk.

2/2 Also an opportunity to re-up the @thenonproreview.bsky.social article by @marenvieluf.bsky.social and me on "how the rise of nationalist populism increases nuclear dangers", including those created by "sole authority". Check it out, it is still open access: is.gd/Oc34Na

Upsetting the nuclear order: how the rise of nationalist populism increases nuclear dangers

Nationalist populists as leaders of states that possess nuclear weapons undermine the nuclear order and increase nuclear dangers in novel, significant, and persistent ways. Such leaders talk differ...

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The Nonproliferation Review@thenonproreview.bsky.social · last mo.

Why do nuclear weapons still shape US public attitudes toward nuclear energy? Sidra Hamidi traces how anti-nuclear movements forged this connection. She explores how today’s pro-nuclear advocates are turning against that framing to advance the “irrationality” of nuclear fear. doi.org/10.1080/1073...

No nukes: the evolving discourse of nuclear dualism

Why does the connection between nuclear weapons and nuclear energy continue to drive public attitudes towards nuclear energy in the United States? Conventional views on the dual (military and civil...

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The Nonproliferation Review@thenonproreview.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New in the NPR: Frank von Hippel & Eli Sanchez examine the political and technical debate over designing future US naval reactors for proliferation-resistant low-enriched uranium. doi.org/10.1080/1073...

The US debate over designing future US naval reactors to be fueled with proliferation-resistant low-enriched uranium

In 1974, India tested a “peaceful nuclear explosive” using plutonium that had been separated from irraditated research-reactor fuel in a “reprocessing” plant designed with the help of a US company....

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The Nonproliferation Review@thenonproreview.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New in the NPR: Frank von Hippel & Eli Sanchez examine the political and technical debate over designing future US naval reactors for proliferation-resistant low-enriched uranium. doi.org/10.1080/1073...

The US debate over designing future US naval reactors to be fueled with proliferation-resistant low-enriched uranium

In 1974, India tested a “peaceful nuclear explosive” using plutonium that had been separated from irraditated research-reactor fuel in a “reprocessing” plant designed with the help of a US company....

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists@thebulletin.org · 2mo ago

In April, the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies hosted over 100 experts to discuss how AI may affect nuclear and biological weapons. The meeting launched a new Asilomar Process to develop practical safeguards for AI-related nuclear and biological risks, involving seven key principles.

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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The Nonproliferation Review@thenonproreview.bsky.social · 5mo ago

In our new issue, an #OpenAccess article by Robert Reardon analyzes U.S. efforts during the Cold War to persuade South Korea to end its nuclear weapons program. It's based on archival material, including recently declassified government documents. doi.org/10.1080/1073...

Civilian nuclear technology transfers as nonproliferation leverage: a reexamination of South Korea’s nuclear-weapons program

This article draws on archival material, including recently declassified government documents, to examine the 1975–76 US effort to persuade South Korea to end its nuclear-weapons program. Contrary ...

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The Nonproliferation Review@thenonproreview.bsky.social · 6mo ago

We recently published 2 special issues featuring work from the Beyond Nuclear Deterrence Working Group @managingtheatom.bsky.social. You can read both collections, with many #OpenAccess articles. Special Issue 1: tandfonline.com/toc/rnpr20/3... Special Issue 2: tandfonline.com/toc/rnpr20/3...

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Beyond Nuclear Deterrence - Special Issue 1. Volume 31, Issue 4-6 of The Nonproliferation Review

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The Nonproliferation Review@thenonproreview.bsky.social · 6mo ago

In our newest issue of the NPR, @alexsorg.bsky.social of @managingtheatom.bsky.social has written an article looking into Russian security guarantees to Belarus. Check it out here: doi.org/10.1080/1073...

Nuclear Belarus: explaining Russian security guarantees

In 2022, Russia announced its plans to deploy nuclear weapons to Belarus, which would mark the first such deployment in an allied state since the Soviet Union’s collapse. Deploying nuclear weapons ...

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The Nonproliferation Review@thenonproreview.bsky.social · 6mo ago

Russia’s takeaway from Libya was stark: Qaddafi gave up his nuclear weapons program and still fell. In our newest issue, Norman Cigar traces how that lesson shaped Putin’s strategic culture and Russia’s approach to nuclear nonproliferation. doi.org/10.1080/1073...

The fall of Qaddafi and its contribution to shaping Russia’s strategic outlook and policy on nuclear nonproliferation

Vladimir Putin and other influential Russian figures portrayed Libyan strongman Muammar Qaddafi’s relinquishment of his nuclear program as a strategic error: they often declared that the decision f...

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