New ACW pod ep up! The team talks about the DPRK's new space launcher and satellite, the allegations of DPRK theft of Ukrainian rocket tech, and the implications of a (future) nascent DPRK satellite imagery capability. patreon.com/posts/85699992

New Arms Control Wonk Podcast ep up! The Germans are shoring up their defenses with....Arrow-3? Jeffrey and Aaron try to piece together what the theory is here, and if this is a genuine defense-driven move or some sort of political choice. patreon.com/posts/86307357

New ACW podcast episode! Jeffrey is back from Hiroshima, where nuclear diplomacy and talks of disarmament are tense. patreon.com/posts/87233695

New Arms Control Wonk Podcast ep up! Kelsey D. Atherton joins Jeffrey to talk about Christopher Nolan's Oppenheimer, & the choice to focus on the U.S. security apparatus and personal power politics over the human horrors of the bomb. patreon.com/posts/87732302 armscontrolwonk.com/archive/121864…

New ACW Pod ep up! Sam Lair joins Jeffrey and Scott to talk about Kim Jong Un's recent trip to visit almost a dozen factories in the North Korean Defense Industrial Base, including the geolocation and purpose-determination of the sites. patreon.com/posts/87852184

It was an absolute blast to come on to the pod and talk North Korea with Dr. Jeffrey Lewis and Scott LaFoy!

New ACW post! Dr. Jeffrey Lewis and Aaron Stein walk through all the new construction at Novaya Zemlya, the Russian legal cancellation of the CTBT Ratification, and just how much pressure you should apply when squeezing a dove. patreon.com/posts/shenanig…

New Arms Control Wonk pod up, just like the DPRK's new satellite! Dr. Jeffrey Lewis and Aaron Stein talk about the ionosphere detection tool, watching for the launch, the implications of the new satellite, &the wining and dining of the spacing elite. patreon.com/posts/93652630

New Arms Control Wonk Podcast up! Dr. Jeffrey Lewis and Aaron Stein talk about Shoigu's Shopping Trip, and the proliferation of North Korean ballistic missiles to Russia, as well as the possible South Korean responses. patreon.com/posts/96640290

New Arms Control Wonk ep! While we work through the confusion around *whatever* is happening in orbit: Jeffrey went to the Nevada National Security Site (formerly the Nevada Test Site), to see U1a, P Tunnel, & all sorts of exciting transparency efforts. patreon.com/posts/98768156

New Arms Control Wonk episode! Dr. Jeffrey Lewis and Aaron Stein talk about the FT article on Russian nuclear doctrine and the leak of Russian documents about wargaming conflict scenarios with China. ft.com/content/f18e6e… patreon.com/posts/100120692

New ACW pod episode! Friend of the pod William Alberque joins Jeffrey to debate and discuss the leaked Russian Naval nuclear documents, Russian conceptions of core territory, and the One True Nuclear Doctrine that everyone pretends to improve on.... patreon.com/posts/102094229

New ACW pod episode! Jeffrey and Aaron talk Iran's security, the state of play for nuclear politics and nuclear programs, and the insufferable automotive metaphors that plague Iran discourse. patreon.com/posts/102522083

New ACW podcast episode up! WE HAVE THE DATA! Jeffrey and Aaron comb through some of the new primary source data on Iran's missile raids against Israel, and present the first open-source validation of a wartime ballistic missile intercept. Get hyped patreon.com/posts/iran-and…

New ACW podcast up! Decker Eveleth joins Dr. Jeffrey Lewis to talk about Decker ID'ing the possible deployment site for the Burevestnik missile! patreon.com/posts/112326913 And check out his excellent FP piece on the same, here: foreignpolicy.com/2024/09/03/rus…

New Arms Control Wonk podcast episode up! Aaron Stein and Dr. Jeffrey Lewis talk about Iran's October missile raid on Israel, and pick apart the complex internal and nuclear politics of both states. patreon.com/posts/113257920

Double header today! Decker Eveleth and Dr. Jeffrey Lewis met up to talk about the PLARF's Pacific ICBM test and the DPRK's ...Sorry... ROK's new massive missile on parade. Old habits die hard patreon.com/posts/114363931 patreon.com/posts/chinese-…

New Arms Control Wonk ep up! The legendary Fred Kaplan joins Dr. Jeffrey Lewis to talk about his new novel, A Capital Calamity, a Jane-Austin-Meets-Dr.-Strangelove comedy of DC manners & etiquette, in the fraught world of consultants & consequences. Tune in. patreon.com/posts/114390346

Launch a missile, get a pod. Russia launched an experimental missile apparently related to the RS-26 Rubezh. Jeffrey and Aaron talk about the missile, its heritage, and what this may mean for European stability. patreon.com/posts/116541733