Atomic Backfires The existential risks posed to the world by nuclear weapons are growing. Efforts to halt nuclear proliferation, manage crises, promote arms control, and buil...

Edited by @herzogsm.bsky.social @gdavidarceneaux.bsky.social & Ariel Petrovics. Find more here: mitpress.mit.edu/978026205185...

Atomic Backfires: 9780262051859 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books A sobering edited volume on how efforts to reduce nuclear weapons dangers may sometimes wind up exacerbating them. The existential risks posed to the world by nuclear weapons are growing. Efforts to ...

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Editors: @herzogsm.bsky.social, me, and Ariel Petrovics.

Plus excellent contributions from:

Dave Allison
Sarah Bidgood
Tyler Bowen
Kristin Ven Bruusgaard
@jjjcameron.bsky.social
Binn Cho
Eliza Gheorghe
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Ulrich Kühn
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@laurensukin.bsky.social

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The contributors to this volume evaluate the conditions under which well-intentional nuclear policies make problems worse, rather than better.

The authors make arguments across four themes: counterproliferation, crisis management, arms control, and alliance politics.

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It's book publication day! "Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail" is out now from @mitpress.bsky.social in @belfercenter.bsky.social's Studies in International Security book series.

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Explaining the Proliferation of Nuclear Delivery Vehicles How and why do nuclear delivery vehicles proliferate? This article identifies a permissive environment in the nonproliferation regime shaped by three drivers for proliferation: First, the multipurp...

🚨 How & why do nuclear delivery vehicles proliferate? My article on the spread of delivery vehicles is out at Security Studies! #OpenAccess

It explains:
- Why the NPT allows nuclear delivery vehicles to spread
- How did India acquire its #nuclear delivery technology
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