[Note: Due to the production timelines, some introductory details predate recent developments, but my overall analysis remains current.]

📖Happy to have contributed a chapter on #Russia and incentives for #nuclear diplomacy to a new @springernature.com volume titled “Nuclear Negotiations,” edited by Isak Svensson and Ulrika Möller.

📘Highly recommend checking out the full volume!

🔗 link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

"This year’s Zapad underscores the complex interplay between military signaling, political maneuvering, and nuclear posture in the Russia-Belarus relationship."
Great piece👇

Russian defense minister proposes preparations for full-scale nuclear tests — Meduza At a Security Council meeting, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov proposed that Vladimir Putin immediately begin preparations for a full-scale nuclear weapons test on the Novaya Zemlya archipela...

"...to “gather additional information” about U.S. plans for nuclear tests and to “submit coordinated proposals on a possible start of work to prepare for nuclear weapons testing.”" mdza.io/k/DqKooaEXVQ 2/2

Russian defense minister proposes preparations for full-scale nuclear tests — Meduza At a Security Council meeting, Russian Defense Minister Andrey Belousov proposed that Vladimir Putin immediately begin preparations for a full-scale nuclear weapons test on the Novaya Zemlya archipela...

" #Russian defense minister proposes preparations for full-scale #nucleartests... In response, Putin asked the heads of the Foreign Ministry, the Defense Ministry and the security services..."
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Poseidon belongs to a long Soviet lineage of experimenting with high-yield undersea delivery systems. These projects explored how ocean depth, pressure, and shock-wave propagation could be harnessed to shape or amplify nuclear effects. 🧵

Путин: РФ готова придерживаться ДСНВ в течение года после истечения его срока Подробнее на сайте

Putin just announced that Russia is ready to comply with the quant. limits of #NewSTART for one year after its expiry www.kommersant.ru/doc/8058884?...

Thanks so much, Michal!

Thanks so much, Pia☺️

...to the anonymous reviewers and the editors of the Nonproliferation Review (Daniel Horner & @herzogsm.bsky.social) for helping me get the article published, and to @profonderco.bsky.social & @tobiasbunde.bsky.social for putting together the Special Issue and for including my article! 3/3

This is a huge honor and the recognition means a lot to me—I wrote the article while starting my PhD and it was not always easy to juggle the two projects. Thank you to the jury for selecting my article, ...2/3

Article on Russian nuclear strategy during Ukraine war takes top McElvany Award An article providing key insights into Russian nuclear strategy during the first 18 months of the war in Ukraine has won the grand prize.

Still can’t quite believe that my article “Russian nuclear roulette” has won the Doreen and Jim McElvany Nonproliferation Award grand prize. nonproliferation.org/article-on-r... 1/3

Article on Russian nuclear strategy during Ukraine war takes top McElvany Award An article providing key insights into Russian nuclear strategy during the first 18 months of the war in Ukraine has won the grand prize.

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Congratulations to Nonproliferation Review McElvany Award winners for their articles! @lydiawachs.bsky.social (grand prize), @karldewey1.bsky.social (runner-up), & Austin Cooper (honorable mention). Links to #openaccess articles in subsequent posts below.
nonproliferation.org/article-on-r...

Satellite photos show how Russia is building up 5 of its secret nuclear bases New images assessed by Business Insider show new roadworks, buildings, and modifications, with some sites undergoing rapid expansion.

Russia has been upgrading 4 nuclear sites at home & in Belarus (where presumably Russian nukes are hosted), revealed new satellite images ‪@businessinsider.com t.ly/VtKeZ. Read STAND’S @liviuhorovitz.bsky.social‬ & @lydiawachs.bsky.social‬ analysis on Moscow's nukes in Belarus t.ly/5wxol 5/10 ‬‬‬‬

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Later this year from @mitpress.bsky.social in @belfercenter.bsky.social's Studies in International Security book series-- Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail.

This is a sobering edited volume on how efforts to reduce nuclear weapons dangers may sometimes wind up exacerbating them.

Really enjoyed the discussion 🤓

Top level RT to discuss nuclear coercion (timely topic!) at @eissnetwork.bsky.social conference with very insightful contributions from @lydiawachs.bsky.social Kristin Ven Bruusgard, Eliza Georghe @laurensukin.bsky.social @sannecjv.bsky.social 🎩 to @profonderco.bsky.social for putting this together

Looking forward to this👇

Europe, Deterrence, and Long-Range Strike - War on the Rocks It turns out Europe’s favorite American import isn’t fast food or Netflix. It’s missiles, and Europe needs to start making its own. Eight weeks into the

I published a piece today with @warontherocks.bsky.social on Europe's need to invest more in long-range strike. I hope you enjoy the read!
warontherocks.com/2025/03/euro...

S4.E2 Better know a nuke: The Soviet Union and Russia How has the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics’ nuclear policy evolved into Russia’s current arsenal? How have arms control treaties shaped nuclear stability – or failed to do so? And how can fut

🎙️ NEW PODCAST: In this episode of The Arms Control Poseur from IISS, Dr. @bollfrass.bsky.social, @lydiawachs.bsky.social & @baklitskiy.bsky.social discuss how Russia’s nuclear arsenal has evolved from the Soviet era & what #Armscontrol means for global security today.
🎧 Listen : tinyurl.com/59bkpxsf

Thank you!

Better know a nuke: The Soviet Union and Russia The Arms Control Poseur · Episode

New podcast🚀
@baklitskiy.bsky.social & I join @bollfrass.bsky.social on IISS' 'The Arms Control Poseur' podcast to discuss the evolution of #Russia's #nuclear arsenal, arms racing & arms control⬇️ open.spotify.com/episode/6uYh...

(S+) Meinung: Trump-Putin-Deal: Ein Sofortprogramm gegen die Ausweitung des Krieges Europa und die Ukraine stehen am Abgrund. Ein Sofortprogramm muss her, das die USA entlastet, die Ukraine stärkt – und die Ausweitung des Krieges noch abwendet. So könnte es aussehen.

Wie ein neuer Krieg in Europa noch zu verhindern ist:

Europa und🇺🇦stehen am Abgrund. Ein Sofortprogramm muss her, das die USA entlastet, 🇺🇦stärkt – und die Ausweitung des Krieges abwendet.

@carlomasala1.bsky.social @cemoll.bsky.social @jpuglierin.bsky.social & ich👇

www.spiegel.de/ausland/ukra...

Happy to share - now here as well - my latest article, titled "Russian nuclear roulette? Elites & public debates on #nuclearweapons in Moscow after Ukraine," which was published in December in the Nonproliferation Review.

Read it here (open access): doi.org/10.1080/1073...

Brilliant to see @lydiawachs.bsky.social is now here. Do follow if you are interested in Security and Defence, including nuclear.

Many thanks Helene, good to be finally here🤗