Donald J. Trump The most important thing in the world: reducing nuclear threats. That would allow for decreased defence spending and increase nuclear energy production. They are linked. It starts with being realistic, not ideological - talking to people you don't agree with everything about.

NEW William Hartung takes a look at new Stimson Center report that strongly discourages new nukes (Trump's plan) over current deterrence capability. responsiblestatecraft.org/nuclear-weapon… Christopher Preble Lucas Ruiz

Check out my latest on the NSC w/ Evan Cooper in National Interest

Problems with the National Security Council Run Deep nationalinterest.org/feature/proble… via National Interest

📝In their latest op-ed, Evan Cooper and Scoville Fellowship Fellow Lucas Ruiz write on the persistent issues with the National Security Council after Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic broke news of its accidental information leak. Read the full piece below ⤵️ nationalinterest.org/feature/proble…

Honored to have my op-ed with ⁦Evan Cooper⁩ mentioned on ⁦The Un-Diplomatic Podcast⁩! Check it out at the 21:50 min mark!!! Thank you ⁦Julia Gledhill⁩ ⁦Van Jackson⁩ ⁦Matt Duss⁩ podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Here is your lunch time read⬇️ “As global risks compound and the Doomsday Clock ticks ever closer to midnight, we must put to rest the idea that it’s somehow unacceptable to negotiate with countries we disagree with.”

I couldn't agree with Rose Gottemoeller more on this one: "If the United States under Trump can successfully reengage with Russia to sustain nuclear parity and engage for the first time with China to control nuclear risks, the three countries can avoid a Cold War–style nuclear arms

📝In a new op-ed on Inkstick Media, Reimagining US Grand Strategy Program Director Christopher Preble and former Scoville Fellowship Fellow Lucas Ruiz discuss the outlook for US nuclear modernization arms control under the second Trump administration. inkstickmedia.com/us-nuclear-pol…

Taking bets on Trump calling Rubio his Kissinger - line is +150

US Nuclear Policy is Now Facing an Uncertain Future inkstickmedia.com/us-nuclear-pol… Lucas Ruiz

We at the @IAEAorg are pleased to team up with Charles Oppenheimer Charles Oppenheimer and the Oppenheimer Project to reach new audiences and future leaders. Nuclear, climate, and AI are areas where new thinking and cooperation must go hand in hand. I look forward to working together.

ICYMI Gambling on Armageddon: How US Nuclear Policies Are Undercutting Deterrence and Lowering the Threshold for Nuclear War Via Stimson Center by Geoff Wilson and co-authored by Christopher Preble and Scoville Fellow '24 Lucas Ruiz. stimson.org/2025/gambling-…

Iranian delegation about to show up to the 6th round of talks with one of these as a gesture of goodwill! 😉

Not good

With Jennifer Kavanagh for The American Conservative Curt Mills To secure a non-nuclear Iran, Trump should guarantee regime security in Tehran theamericanconservative.com/trade-tehrans-…

And there it is, Bill Kristol advocating the aggressive use of U.S. military force against a Middle Eastern country that was not preparing to attack America. The difference between 2003 and today? This time he's ready to have a man he deemed a fascist just months ago swing the

One more for good measure for The American Conservative Curt Mills theamericanconservative.com/the-standard-o… Any serious argument for American military intervention must clearly address three key questions: 1. What danger does the Iranian regime actually pose to the United States? 2. How, precisely, would

Diplomacy, Not Force, Is Still Trump’s Best Iran Bet  theamericanconservative.com/diplomacy-not-…

With Trump proposing to move “directly to a peace agreement” (rather than starting with a ceasefire), it’s worth considering what provisions such a deal might contain. Here’s my best guess at what might work: Territory: 1. Ukraine withdraws from the roughly 30% of Donetsk that