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It's publication week! Influence Without Arms: The New Logic of Deterrence is now available with Cambridge University Press - Politics: cambridge.org/9781108824071. The book examines the role of nuclear technology in international relations.

This week Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) News speaks with Kunal Singh on his doctoral research at SSP. Discussing his dissertation “Nipping the Atom in the Bud: Strategies of Counterproliferation and How States Choose Among Them,” Singh says, “Ultimately, I’d like my work to help decision-makers predict

Thrilled to announce the release of Uprooted: How Post-WWII Population Transfers Remade Europe today with Cambridge University Press - Politics! 🎉🎉🎉 📚[Amazon link: tinyurl.com/24m2mbkf] Every year, millions are displaced by war, repression, disasters, and climate change. My book shows that

Study nuclear security issues? Come join us at MIT SSP next year!

🥁 Does public opinion on international affairs affect elites’ policy preferences? In short: yes, it does. Felix Bethke and I explore this in International Studies Quarterly based on a new survey experiment run with 253 US foreign policy practitioners with Teaching, Research & International Policy Project. 1/5 academic.oup.com/isq/article/69…

New International Organization is a must read for those studying threats, conflict, etc. It epitomizes how we can learn from other fields to enhance our understanding of political science. Congratulations Marika Landau-Wells on an impressive contribution. doi.org/10.1017/S00208…

Interested in tech spillover and what it means for U.S.-China competition? Check out this awesome new article by MIT SSP PhD student Raymond Wang! tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.10…

Are you a PhD student, junior faculty member or early/mid-career national security practitioner interested in using wargaming as an analytic or teaching tool? Apply for the 2025 MIT SSP Wargaming Lab Summer Institute!

.Lena Trabucco, Neil Renic, and I are hosting a one-day conference Center for Militære Studier, "Military AI and the Resort to Force." It will be the rare AI conference focusing on the jus ad bellum instead of the jus in bello. Feb. 27 from 9:00-17:00. Register here: cms.polsci.ku.dk/events/confere….

It’s out! global.oup.com/academic/produ…

The Center for Nuclear Security Policy (CNSP) is pleased to announce that Pranay Vaddi has joined CNSP as the inaugural Senior Nuclear Fellow. Pranay Vaddi most recently served as special assistant to President Biden and as senior director for Arms Control, Disarmament, and

We're so lucky to have Elena as a member of the Lab!

Just wrapped up the MIT SSP Wargaming Lab’s first ever international institute! Thanks to Brunel University of London for being such gracious hosts and partners!

🚨My new research theorizes and demonstrates a novel mechanism to understand how international organizations legitimize foreign policy: by sending social cues. Please read more in the Open Access online version here! (will write a thread later...)

Here's the 🧵! Int’l relations scholars have long been trying to make sense of an interesting observation: policies endorsed by int’l organizations like NATO or the Security Council receive greater global approval. Some call this "legitimacy." But what does this mean? 1/n

Recently, SSP’s Wargaming Lab collaborated with Brunel University of London to host the first UK Wargaming Institute. Working with Dr Iain Farquharson, security studies lecturer at Brunel, the institute included three days of sessions covering wargame design, economic wargaming, and

On Feb 11, the Hitachi Center hosted @ErikLG, who spoke about “The Transparency Dilemma” and how open-source intelligence is reshaping international relations. From signaling to statecraft, transparency is both a blessing and a curse. 📸: Highlights from the event ⬇️

Erik Lin-Greenberg (Erik Lin-Greenberg), co-director of MIT SSP's Wargaming Lab, brings unique perspective to both the classroom and the military, leading enlisted personnel while researching the future of warfare. Read his recent profile here: news.mit.edu/2025/scholar-w… MIT School of Humanities, Arts and Social Sciences

My latest in Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists about how small drones might fundamentally change how we think about long-range, precision-strike. thebulletin.org/2025/06/ukrain…

On June 27-28, the Wargaming Lab held its annual Flagship Game at the Endicott House in Dedham, MA. Held over two days, 30 participants from various governmental organizations, the private sector, and academia participated in the Wargaming Lab's Crisis 2030 wargame. Erik Lin-Greenberg