A Turkish official tells me: • Blinken asked us to convey a message to Iran that their retaliation must be limited. • Iran in response said that their retaliation would be a response to the attack on Iranian Embassy in Damascus and it won’t go beyond that. • Turkey was

As recently promised, here is a review essay of Ward Wilson's It Is Possible: A Future Without Nuclear Weapons. 50 free views, so be quick! tandfonline.com/eprint/EH2IPIK…

My piece in The New Statesman: "The Missiles of April." This unusual case of nuclear deterrence failure should focus minds on making deterrence work. newstatesman.com/international-… Grateful for conversations with David Blagden Dr Greg Olsen and Michael Clarke that helped the thinking!

Indeed. Just wrote about it! tandfonline.com/eprint/EH2IPIK…

The conversation we are currently having about affirmative action in faculty hiring is maddening. The critics of affirmative action are often racist, the defenders of affirmative action are often delusional, and both sides of this argument are full of gaslighting. A 🧵.

Interview of me at E-International Relations now out Interview – Campbell Craig (e-ir.info)

Observation from France: One reason it has become so difficult to stop the far right is because it has been so normalized, by the media and the current President, who in many ways seems indistinguishable from the far right. People just aren't as frightened any more by the idea.

IN THE HEADLINES | Sec. #Blinken is in the #MiddleEast, pushing for President Biden's new ceasefire proposal to end the #Israel-#Hamas War. Rami G. Khouri & Guy Laron discussed recent developments & wider implications of the war in this #WilsonNOW. Watch ⏬ buff.ly/459h9NS

Happy to report that we've been getting a lot of great reviews lately. This from Meg Pope is a particularly good one. Thanks Meg! instagram.com/p/C95k1HcsurU/…

The Struggle for Abolition—my book on the history of multilateral nuclear disarmament initiatives from the 1960s till today—is live open access CERI Sciences Po Recherche SciencesPo EU Non-Proliferation and Disarmament European Research Council (ERC) taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/…

“We told Land Rover it could only charge £9250 for its cars. But if they go bust, that’s on them; just the market at work.” 1/2

Will be talking about my book on multilateral nuclear disarmament diplomacy tomorrow, online, at 18:00 CET / 12pm EST. Thanks to Kent State Kent State School of Peace and Conflict Studies & Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung NY for hosting. Join on Zoom 👇

Thread. Today’s front page in the New York Times is a good lesson in two of the most important tactics in propaganda.

Some early tables (530 or 6pm) available tonight! Special treat if you book and mention this tweet...

In terms of popular vote, Trump is tracking to have less votes in 2024 than he did in 2020 (over 74 million). Biden had over 81 million in 2020 and Kamala currently sits at 64 million. Trump didn't gain votes, Kamala lost them. Tens of millions. This says a lot. #USElection2024

All the takes are correct and yet they also miss the point. Yes, it was insane for the Democrats to think they could win by running a soulless candidate, without a shred of progressive policy vision, pursuing endorsements from neocon war-hawks everybody hates, while arming and

new article on unipolarity and nuclear nonproliferation by Kjølv Egeland, Jan Ruzicka and myself in the Eur Jnl Int Sec. How unipolarity both incentivised and enabled the US to dominate the nonproliferation regime in the 1990s - for its own interests bit.ly/3UZ7Ex7

Top drawer stuff from Patrick Porter - is this world-weary realist moving leftward? thecritic.co.uk/issues/decembe…

We're doing a set menu with an optional wine pairing for New Year's Eve. Veggie or Pesce menus by request. 6pm or 9pm seatings: book on [email protected]

I can’t think of a single big diplomatic accomplishment under the Antony Blinken era. I’m not being sarcastic either.