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Jamie Withorne

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Nuclear weapons, international politics, and “”emerging”” technology. Doctoral Research Fellow in Political Science, University of Oslo LearnWMD Spreadsheet and Substack: www.jamiewithorne.com

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Call it cricket’s revenge

05.03.2026 18:51 👍 1585 🔁 175 💬 103 📌 14
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US opposes IAEA board resolution condemning attacks on Ukraine's power grid The United States joined Russia, China, and ‌Niger on Thursday in opposing a resolution adopted by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board denouncing attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure as a threat t...

Tja, warum auch: "The United States joined Russia, China, and ‌Niger on Thursday in opposing a resolution adopted by the U.N. nuclear watchdog's board denouncing attacks on Ukraine's energy infrastructure as a threat to nuclear safety, diplomats said."

05.03.2026 18:45 👍 86 🔁 30 💬 1 📌 1

If someone asks “do you know where the uranium is?” And the answer *isn’t* a resounding yes… that’s a bad sign.

24.06.2025 05:26 👍 13 🔁 2 💬 1 📌 0

re-upping for no particular reason

04.03.2026 11:40 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0

h/t to the political scientists who still cannot classify this as war until we reach 1000 battlefield casualties

02.03.2026 18:42 👍 92 🔁 8 💬 3 📌 7
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Eide: Norge skal snakke om atomvåpen med Frankrike Norge og Frankrike skal diskutere et samarbeid om kjernefysisk avskrekking, ifølge utenriksminister Espen Barth Eide (Ap).

Norway to "speak" about nuclear weapons with France but will not host any weapons.

"Vi skal ikke ha atomvåpen på norsk jord i fredstid, sa utenriksministeren i Stortinget tirsdag formiddag."

www.vg.no/nyheter/i/Ex...

03.03.2026 13:14 👍 2 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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We obtained the first publicly released satellite image of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's compound in Tehran, after it was struck by Israel/US. There are several destroyed buildings. Current whereabouts of Iran's supreme leader are unknown; compound used as his official residence. 🛰️📸: @airbus.com

28.02.2026 11:16 👍 303 🔁 153 💬 19 📌 18
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For the nerds

28.02.2026 08:32 👍 1126 🔁 147 💬 11 📌 5

Congratulations, Lukas! 🎉

12.02.2026 09:51 👍 1 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0
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📢 New article🌟
👤 Do Young Lee (ISV) @doyoung-lee.bsky.social
👉 Why reassuring allies is harder than deterring adversaries in extended deterrence: Evidence from US extended deterrence for South Korea
📖 Published in British Journal of Politics & International Relations.
🔗 doi.org/10.1177/1369...

10.02.2026 10:43 👍 6 🔁 4 💬 0 📌 1
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Book Talk: "Strange Stability" - Department of Political Science Join ONP for an online seminar with Dr. Benjamin Wilson discussing his latest book,

‼️Last chance to register!

☢️Join us tomorrow at 15 to discuss Strange Stability, Dr Benjamin Wilson's latest book.

📆Register to receive the Zoom link here: www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...

09.02.2026 09:02 👍 2 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0
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still writing about arms control

05.02.2026 09:33 👍 8 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Book Talk: "Strange Stability" - Department of Political Science Join ONP for an online seminar with Dr. Benjamin Wilson discussing his latest book,

📆One week from today!

📚Join us for an online seminar discussing Dr. Benjamin Wilson's timely book "Strange Stability."

For more information, and to register to receive the Zoom link, visit 👉 www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...

03.02.2026 13:48 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Advarer om atomvåpen: - Verden er på et kritisk punkt Kai Eide advarer mot et atomvåpen-kappløp som kan komme helt ut av kontroll - og ber Norge ta grep. Én dato som nærmer seg blir avgjørende.

Mine tanker om Ny START på TV2:

www.tv2.no/nyheter/adva...

28.01.2026 09:53 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Really looking forward to this discussion!

26.01.2026 13:32 👍 4 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Book Talk: "Strange Stability" - Department of Political Science Join ONP for an online seminar with Dr. Benjamin Wilson discussing his latest book,

❓What does strategic stability really mean?

☢️ On 10 February (15-16:15 CET) join ONP for an online seminar with Dr. Benjamin Wilson of Harvard University to discuss his latest book, "Strange Stability."

Register here 👉 www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...

26.01.2026 13:30 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 1

its just evil - ICE is simply evil, there really is nothing else to say, to do this to a child is unconscionable

22.01.2026 12:03 👍 37 🔁 10 💬 1 📌 0

Wrong Jamie 😊

21.01.2026 15:43 👍 0 🔁 0 💬 0 📌 0
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Book Talk: "Strange Stability" - Department of Political Science Join ONP for an online seminar with Dr. Benjamin Wilson discussing his latest book,

📆 Event alert!

☢️ On 10 February (15-16:15 CET) join ONP for an online seminar with Dr. Benjamin Wilson of Harvard University to discuss his latest book, "Strange Stability."

To register and learn more, see 👇
www.sv.uio.no/isv/english/...

08.01.2026 15:23 👍 3 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

Abolish ICE. Really.

07.01.2026 20:35 👍 6178 🔁 1218 💬 260 📌 166
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The looming missile crisis in the Arctic Defense cooperation agreements between the United States and Northern European countries pose a direct threat to Russia’s Northern strategic forces. If the United States deploys advanced short-range b...

🚨 JUST IN: If the United States deploys advanced short-range ballistic missile systems to Norway’s Finnmark or Finland’s Lapland regions, and Russia detects them, a crisis similar to the 1962 Cuban missile crisis will ensue, writes Vladimir Marakhonov in @thebulletin.org.

#nuclearweapons #nukesky

04.12.2025 10:31 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 2 📌 1
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begging political scientists to have a little fun

03.12.2025 11:14 👍 21 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 2
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From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong Social movement research indicates that protests can influence voting behaviour through several informational and psychological mechanisms. Yet, we know little about the individual variation in how...

📢 New article 🌟
👤 Amalie Nilsen @amalienilsen.bsky.social
👉 From the streets to the ballots: protests, polls and polarization in Hong Kong
📗Open Access in: Democratization
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1351...

21.11.2025 10:04 👍 8 🔁 2 💬 0 📌 0

In this recent blog post I show how publicly available technologies like satellite imagery and SAR can be used to "fact check" aggressive nuclear rhetoric.

05.11.2025 10:10 👍 25 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0

In this recent blog post I show how publicly available technologies like satellite imagery and SAR can be used to "fact check" aggressive nuclear rhetoric.

05.11.2025 10:10 👍 25 🔁 8 💬 0 📌 0
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☢️ Using emerging technology for escalation management Technology is not a cure-all. But it can help reduce the risk of nuclear weapons crises. Jamie Withorne shows how increasingly accessible information can harness transparency and 'fact check' the cred...

☢️ #NuclearPoliticsParadox No.26
💻 Technology isn't a cure-all. But it can help reduce the risk of #NuclearWeapons crises.
🔍 @jamiewithorne.bsky.social shows how increasingly accessible information can harness transparency and 'fact check' the credibility of nuclear threats.
👉 bit.ly/4qEPq29

05.11.2025 10:08 👍 5 🔁 3 💬 0 📌 1

feels like we gotta start differentiating between nuclear signaling and sheer nuclear ignorance

30.10.2025 09:08 👍 14 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0
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Trump Is Very Confused About Nuclear Weapons The president says he wants to resume nuclear testing but doesn’t seem to know why.

The president wants to resume nuclear testing. This is a really bad idea - and he can't even get his facts right about why he wants to do it:

www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

30.10.2025 03:39 👍 1837 🔁 648 💬 127 📌 59

What an awesome team to join!

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