1/3 Academic/expert colleagues: I've just started writing my new book on the contestation of the 'nuclear taboo,' and I want to make sure to cite your latest work there. If you have any new relevant articles/preprints/chapters—or will have them in the next 6 months or so—I'd ...

You can download Aaron Bateman's excellent new book, WEAPONS IN SPACE, in its entirety *for free* under open access here from MIT Press: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262547369/…

No two #nuclear programs are alike. So what exactly shapes leaders' decision to acquire #nuclear weapons? Listen to my new New Books Network 📚 🎙️ with @koch_ll on her new Oxford Politics 📕! 🎧 here: newbooksnetwork.com/nuclear-decisi…

Everyone should read this. One of my favorite IR readings was Fiona’s dissertation which this book is based on. Extremely enlightening and thought provoking

The US 19th century imperial system in the Pacific included more than 80 islands. Its consequences are still felt today. But how did it all start?🎧to my new New Books Network 📚 🎙️ with Miles Murphy Evers and Eric Grynaviski on their new Cambridge University Press - Politics 📕 newbooksnetwork.com/the-price-of-e…

In our new article for Foreign Policy, (((James Acton))) and I wrote about the forgotten US-Soviet war scare of 1980. Both the US and USSR believed the other had plans to invade Iran. Both misinterpreted each other's intentions, which fuelled the crisis. foreignpolicy.com/2024/06/09/col…

Amid war and political gloom, an unexpected ray of incredible news: I am the winner of the 2024 Colby Military Writers' Award for my book Inheriting the Bomb, the first female winner in the award's 25-year history. norwich.edu/news/norwich-u…

What do U.S. FONOPs signal in the South China Sea? In a new article in BJPIR, Brian C. Chao and I explain why and how U.S. FONOPs are ambiguous foreign policy signals that have led to much confusion in the region journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/13…

Some light vacation reading. Have been looking forward to digging into this one by Lisa Langdon Koch @llkoch.bsky.social for a while!

Iran is talking more about its ability to build the bomb & the conditions under which it might do so. My latest in ⁦Foreign Affairs⁩ on how Tehran is trying to leverage its nuclear threshold status as a deterrent & what that means for US interests. foreignaffairs.com/iran/irans-new…

In the 1960s, the Johnson Administration tried to get Brazil to fight in the Vietnam War. No Latin American country mattered more for the U.S. Top Brazilian officials wanted it, too. So why didn’t it happen? Check out my article in The International History Review Journal tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Excited to share that Soldiers of Democracy? won the APSA MENA Politics Section Best Book Award and co-won the Robert Jervis Best Int'l Security Book Award! Thank you to both committees and to everyone who made the book possible 🙏 academic.oup.com/book/46755 On sale now... amazon.com/Soldiers-Democ…

🚨New (free to access) article in the summer issue International Security How does fatalism among leaders cause the outbreak of war? direct.mit.edu/isec/article/4…

#APSA2024/APSA folks, if you're interested in the ethical and legal implications of nuclear weapons and emerging technologies, this panel is for you. Come on Friday at 10:00 am to the Marriott Philadelphia Downtown, room Franklin 2, for an amazing lineup!

If you're at #APSA24 and willing to wake up at 8 AM tomorrow (🫠) stop by Marriott 309 and come see me present this exciting new project on democratic accountability! osf.io/preprints/osf/…

Congratulations to my friend, Dr. Lisa Koch Lisa Langdon Koch @llkoch.bsky.social! She’s received the Robert Jervis International Security book award. Check out Nuclear Decisions: Changing the Course of Nuclear Weapons Programs! No one size fits all to prevent spread of nuclear weapons Oxford Academic

Evidence of APSA’s effect on Philadelphia this week: Me, waiting in line, chatting with National Park Service ranger: I have wanted to visit Independence Hall for a really long time!! Ranger: Are you a political scientist?

What an honor to receive the Robert Jervis Best International Security Book Award alongside co-winner Sharan Grewal, and to be presented the award by Sumit Ganguly. My thanks to the APSA International Security section Jervis Award committee members for their service.

Nuclear Decisions was featured in Books of Note, in the July/Aug issue of Arms Control Today. As a longtime reader of this journal, I am absolutely delighted. Arms Control Assoc