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Beatrice Fihn

@beafihn.bsky.social
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International law, security and weapons at Lex International. Senior Fellow @UNIDIR. Former Executive Director of ICAN, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate 2017. 🇸🇪in🇨🇭www.beatricefihn.com

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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
This is a welcomed initiative at a crucial time but as so many UNGA joint appeals or launches of new groups, it lacks concrete steps for governments to take. Stubb and Støre mentions killer robots using AI for lethal attacks as a specific reason for this initiative. www.politico.eu/article/20-c...
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22 countries back call to keep AI ‘under human control’
Finnish President Alexander Stubb tells POLITICO he aims to create an international AI institution and hopes to get the U.S. and China on board.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
I spoke to Kait Borsay at @thetimes.com radio yesterday about AI risk and what threats to humanity that AI pose. I talked about the potential risk of superintelligence and the immediate dangers of allowing killer robots on battlefields. Listen at 1:05. www.thetimes.com/radio/show/2...
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Kait Borsay with The Evening Edition | Times Radio | The Times and The Sunday Times
Listen to Times Radio live for the latest breaking news, expert analysis and well-informed discussion covering the biggest stories of the day.
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Inkstick Media @inkstickmedia.com · 04/09/2026
"In the US, communities like mine rely on interstates as hubs of commerce, commuting, and connection to the outside world ... What many people don’t know, though, is that whenever they are near interstates like these, nuclear weapons are often driving right past them."
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Every Day, Nukes Are Riding Right Past People Like You
Every day, nuclear weapons are transported in trucks riding along interstates that connect communities across the United States.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Putting the final touches on our next episode of summit talks. This one will be about a topic on 🔥🔥 and with person who got put in charge of a country’s climate policy and just ran with it. Subscribe to our YouTube channel to see the next episode coming out this week: youtube.com/@lex_interna...
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 11/08/2026
Wrote about how we can regulate AI based on the work we’ve done on nuclear weapons.
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Amanda Katz @katzish.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
I hope the college students who protested the US-funded massacre of Palestinian civilians, while being vilified by their universities and politicians and even the president, understand that they are actually having an impact, just much slower than they hoped
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
The 100th country joined team #TPNW today. I’m so proud of the campaign and the work it does to get country after country to ban nuclear weapons, it’s more needed than ever. ICAN and TPNW 4-ever!!! 💕💕💕
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Gerry Doyle @mgerrydoyle.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
hey quick question, am I having a stroke
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
I like to imagine that Austrian diplomats felt the same way this week when they won the security council seat over Germany as Switzerland felt this magic night in 2021.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 28/05/2026
Hi @atomicbell.bsky.social. I saw a strange comment by you in global dispatches where you say that three states are in violation of the TPNW. Can you tell me which ones? And which provisions of the TPNW they are in violation of? It would be great if you could back such drastic claim up with evidence
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 22/05/2026
This could have been an email
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 07/05/2026
Bioweapons: what the world got right, and what comes next. In 1975, the world did something remarkable: it banned an entire category of weapons of mass destruction. No biological weapon has been used in war since. But the risks are growing, the technology is changing, and the work is far from over.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
i just realized that the npt starts on monday. I didn’t think it was possible to care less about a review conference than I did in 2022 but here we are, i care less. What’s your prediction for the RevCon? No outcome or outcome that says nothing?
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 08/04/2026
Let me be controversial for a minute but all Americans are responsible for this. Your country is the biggest threat to the peace & security of the rest of the world right now. Out of all nations in the world, the US cause the most harm & suffering to people outside its borders now
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
I’ve recieved many messages today, asking if I think he’ll use nuclear weapons. Someone said “what if today is the last day before nuclear war starts?” And all I can think of is that we don’t actually have to live like this. We don’t have to let anyone have the power to end the world
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 07/04/2026
How does it feel to spend years trying to bring 190 governments to get an agreement and then fail? In the second episode of #SummitTalks, I talk to Ecuadorian ambassador Luis Vayas Valdivieso about his role as chair of the plastic treaty negotiations.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
We’re announcing round 2 of our challenging nuclear deterrence grants. We’re looking for creative and innovative projects to be carried out this year and can provide up to 40’000 CHF in funding. You can see the call for proposals here: lexinternational.org/call-for-pro...
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Call for proposals - Lex International
Lex International Fund, hosted by Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, is pleased to announce a call for applications for projects in 2026 that aim to reduce
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
s international law failing? I’m launching a new project where I take experts on a hike in the mountains to discuss weapons & war, environment, health & other big global issues. Subscribe to our new channel and watch the first episode tomorrow youtu.be/xnhFjIvlZok?...
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There’s more good happening than you think. Welcome to Summit Talks
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
So, if French nuclear umbrella is supposed to replace US nuclear umbrella, does that mean we have to believe that France would be more likely to use weapons of mass destruction on civilian populations than United States?
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Ridiculous waste of money that could be used on real defense instead of symbolic posturing that just encourages more threats and instability.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Ahead of Macrons speech today where he will present his case for a European nuclear umbrella, I think it’s good to highlight that the French people think Switzerland, a non nuclear armed, non Nato state, is safer from war than France.
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Gregory @dreamwieber.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
I don't know, maybe it's because I'm a big Carl Sagan fan but I'm super dismayed out how many people these days seem to think that Nuclear Weapons are fine. And not, you know, a completely insane way for us all to live.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Nordic nukes? A French nuclear umbrella? If you scan the headlines, you might think that EVERYONE wants nuclear weapons these days. But that’s not the full story. Here’s a paper by Lex that highlights a counter trend, a stronger rejection of nuclear deterrence lexinternational.org/wp-content/u...
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Given this week’s news about a conflict between Anthropic & Pentagon over using Claude in all kinds of military operations, this highlights how important it is to get a new treaty on autonomous weapons because we cannot rely on companies doing the right thing. www.newscientist.com/article/2516...
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AIs can’t stop recommending nuclear strikes in war game simulations
Leading AIs from OpenAI, Anthropic and Google opted to use nuclear weapons in simulated war games in 95 per cent of cases
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Alicia Sanders-Zakre @azakre.bsky.social · 24/02/2026
In @nucleartimes.bsky.social, I write about the work to establish an international trust fund for survivors of nuclear detonations, which diplomats aim to do by December. Progress is also happening nationally, as the US & France recently expanded compensation: www.nucleartimes.com/inside-the-e...
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Inside the Effort to Create an International Fund for Nuclear Detonation Survivors
Establishing such a fund would be a landmark step forward in acknowledging and beginning to rectify the enormous harms caused by nuclear weapons detonations.
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Magnus Løvold @magnuslovold.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
At last week's #PlasticsTreaty meeting in Geneva, the world's largest country was outsmarted by one of the smallest. “Are we following Rule 45?” Dennis Clare of Micronesia 🇫🇲 asked, exposing the weakness in Russia’s 🇷🇺 procedural gambit. medium.com/points-of-or...
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Florian Eblenkamp @florianeblenkamp.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
New START ist Geschichte, während in Europa mal wieder über eigene nukleare Bewaffnung geraunt wird. Zeit, ein paar Sachen klarzustellen. Interview in der @taz.de taz.de/Ende-des-Ato...
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Ende des Atomabkommens New Start: „Nuklearwaffen für die EU wären konsequent dumm“
Der Abrüstungsvertrag zwischen den USA und Russland sei praktisch schon tot gewesen, sagt Florian Eblenkamp von der Kampagne zur Abschaffung von Atomwaffen. Trotzdem sei er sinnvoll gewesen.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 25/01/2026
How is this guy is even improving my life now? I just want to personally thank every New Yorker who voted for this guy because I’ve been raging about these stupid “resort fees” and mandatory food vouchers and shit for years. ❤️ u mamdani
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 21/01/2026
Is the biggest wave of nuclear proliferation in human history in the room with us?
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Ngl, I’m terrified of Donald trumps obsession with the Nobel peace prize. WHAT IF HE INVADES MY HOUSE???
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 19/01/2026
Sometimes I think about how it is still less than two years ago Sweden joined Nato and then I get embarrassed to be from a country with such incredibly bad geopolitical instinct.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
“Ameerikkamiuunianngilagut, qallunaajunianngilagut, Kalaaliuniarpugut” (We don’t want to be Americans, we dont want to be Danes, we want to be Greenlanders). Joint statement by ALL political parties in 🇬🇱 parliament calling for US to stop its disregard for its people. dk.siumut.gl/vi-star-samm...
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Vi står sammen som et folk – Siumut
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
In December, we polled Americans on issues around international law, and 77% of US people said that they would not support their government illegally invading another country — even if it was claimed to be in their security interest. Quite relevant these days! lexinternational.org/internationa...
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 12/12/2025
Yesterday we launched Not Dead Yet, our 2025 report on the state of international law. A huge thanks to Austria, Mexico and South Africa for joining our launch event and giving your different perspectives on the narratives and challenges of international law.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
Most of the work we do at Lex is quite discrete, like grant making, retreats & off the record conversations and a few different creative projects. But today we’re launching our first public report, “Not Dead Yet — International Law in an Age of Uncertainty”
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 24/11/2025
“People need to drink more soda” says CEO of soda company. www.politico.eu/article/airb...
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Europe needs tactical nukes to counter Putin, says Airbus chief
European aerospace heavyweight warns that the continent must have a stronger deterrent against Russia’s massive arsenal.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 18/11/2025
Have you noticed that since deciding to join NATO, the Swedish men’s football team has failed to qualify for every single international tournament? COINCIDENCE??
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Taylor Barnes @tkbarnes.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Another part of Project 2025, which Trump disavowed during the campaign, that he's now carrying out. Watchdogs saw that writing on the wall and organized to get Nevada, a swing state, on the record opposing new testing at its historical nuclear test site: inkstickmedia.com/cancer-conta...
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The Workers, the Waste, and the Warnings from Bomb Country
From South Carolina to California, locals in nuclear weapons towns raise concerns over renewed plutonium pit manufacturing.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
Good morning! Seems like Trump says he wants to start nuclear testing again. We don’t quite know what he means with that, but here’s what is really important right now.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 28/09/2025
Move the UN to Geneva immediately. It has the space, facilities etc.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
The comments are so silly. basically 100 versions of “Russia knows we have nukes too!”. It’s fascinating how people just know that Russias nuclear threats won’t work but are convinced that US threats would. If Russias threats are a bluff, the US’s threats are a bluff too, you can’t have it both ways
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
For any UN or diplomacy nerds, this is fascinating about how the UNEP secretariat undermined the chair and tried to encourage NGOs to get him replaced, maybe because the text was too strong for Saudi Arabia and other oil producing countries?? Cream it!
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Dr. Melanie Bergmann @melaniebergma18.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
💣 An excellent analysis of the #PlasticsTreaty 's Whistledown (aka @magnuslovold.bsky.social) of what happened behind the scenes at the end of #INC5.2. Once again, important questions are raised about the role of UNEP, which seems to support a low-ambition treaty #Plastics medium.com/points-of-or...
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Palace intrigues
The plastics treaty talks in Geneva ended without a deal. As negotiators weigh their options about the way forward, troubling questions are…
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Outrider Foundation @outrider.org · 02/09/2025
Nuclear weapons security is deeply trusting; as in we trust our enemies to “do the right thing”. @beafihn.bsky.social of Lex International & @unidir.org talks about news media, public perception, and deterrence.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
This weekend in Bosnia, 19 year old Mehmed was killed by a 30 year old landmine. He was tending to his family’s goats, which had wandered into a mined forest. Mehmed wasn’t a soldier. The war ended 30 years ago, 11 years before Mehmed was even born. n1info.ba/english/news...
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ICAN @nuclearban.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Marking 80 years since the invention & use of nuclear weapons and their devastating legacy from Hiroshima & Nagasaki to Alamogordo & Congo; we hosted Artists Against the Bomb in Geneva🎨🕊️ With artists, activists, diplomats & all @nuclearban partners, we say: BAN THE BOMB! 🏳️ #nuclearban
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
Call for proposals: Non-governmental organisations, think tanks, university-based centres, and other legal non-profit entities are welcome to apply for grants for projects that aim to address the security concerns raised by nuclear deterrence policies. lexinternational.org/call-for-pro...
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Call for proposals - Lex International
Lex International Fund, hosted by Swiss Philanthropy Foundation, is pleased to announce a call for applications for projects that aim to address the security
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
I saw a TikTok with an American complaining that Serie A wasn’t promoting its “product” to tv viewers like him enough, that their marketing & stadiums are not attractive for a US tv audience that might want to become fans and I’ve never been more provoked in my entire life.
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Dr. Vincent Intondi @vincentintondi.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
www.nucleartimes.com/keith-haring/
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Keith Haring’s ‘Public Art for a Public Purpose’ galvanized disarmament
Artist Keith Haring used his own money to print and distribute 20,000 haunting posters during the historic 1982 anti-nuclear weapons march in New York.
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Beatrice Fihn @beafihn.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Last week, Marseille joined ICAN Cities Appeal. The city supports the #TPNW and calls on France to join it. The French government is one of the most stubborn opponents of the TPNW, yet the 3 largest cities Paris, Marseille and Lyon (and 95 others) supports it. Allez!!
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