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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

🚨Our Fellowship Application Portal is now open for the 2027-2028 academic year. Learn more and apply: www.belfercenter.org/fellowships

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Matthew Bunn @matthew-bunn.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Proud to be launching a podcast, "Face-Off: Nuclear Anarchy?" with Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist Jane Perlez exploring nuclear dangers with a range of global experts -- and then discussing the issues with me at the end of each episode. 1st episode Oct. 6. Check out the trailer:

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Introducing Face-Off: Nuclear Anarchy?

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 22/09/2026

📆 Mark your calendars: Belfer Center Fellowships open for application on October 1, 10:00am ET, for the 2027-2028 academic year. More information is available on our website: www.belfercenter.org/fellowships

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International Security @intsecurity.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

The new Spring 2026 issue is online! Articles by @eunajo.bsky.social, @jessicacweiss.bsky.social, Rosato, @fiona-cunningham.bsky.social, Ven Bruusgaard, Joshi, @rohanmukherjee.bsky.social, @kerbydavis.bsky.social, Gholz Correspondence on paradigms, realism, Ukraine direct.mit.edu/isec/issue

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Volume 50 Issue 4 | International Security | MIT Press

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Juliette Kayyem @juliettekayyem.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

"These twin crises (airport lines and aviation safety) are separate but related: They are both the result of an approach to governance that neglects the work of governing." My essay in @theatlantic.com www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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There Were Warnings

Americans are learning that public safety is not a given.

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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

Iran and the Strait of Hormuz: Still so relevant today. @proftalmadge.bsky.social @ssp-mit.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social @intsecurity.bsky.social

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Amanda Pearson @pearson-edits.bsky.social · 25/02/2026

Winter 2026 issue preview @intsecurity.bsky.social! R. Krebs| why populists love dead soldiers @janinadill.bsky.social et al. | local consent for military interventions @lmaschmeyer.bsky.social | AI & cyberattacks Brenner | AI & strategic surprise @johnseverini.bsky.social & Biddle | naval warfare

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

On Feb. 5, New START, the last treaty limiting U.S. and Russian strategic nuclear arms, will expire—a dark milestone. President Trump has an opportunity to put off nuclear competition and explore whether new accords can help avoid it, argues Professor @matthew-bunn.bsky.social for @thehill.com.

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

🚨New book: Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail is a sobering edited volume on how efforts to reduce nuclear weapons dangers may sometimes wind up exacerbating them. In a field fixated on finding solutions, Atomic Backfires provocatively takes the opposite tack.

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Atomic Backfires: When Nuclear Policies Fail

A sobering edited volume on how efforts to reduce nuclear weapons dangers may sometimes wind up exacerbating them, edited by Stephen Herzog, Giles David Arceneaux, and Ariel F. W. Petrovics.

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 24/11/2025

⌛One week left to apply! If you’re looking to deepen your expertise, expand your professional community, and contribute to policy-relevant research, now is the time to submit your application for a Belfer Center Fellowship — the deadline is December 1. Learn more: www.belfercenter.org/fellowships

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Senem Aydın-Düzgit @senemaydndzgit.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Our middle powers project at the @belfercenter.bsky.social has now published its first reports, including mine on Turkish foreign policy 👇

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

“China is a status quo power concerned with regime stability,” three East Asia scholars write in a provocative new piece for @intsecurity.bsky.social, “and it remains more inwardly focused than externally oriented.” @polgreen.bsky.social writes for the @nytimes.com.

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

🚨 Now Published: Middle Power Case Studies Amidst great-power rivalry between the U.S. and China, a growing group of “Middle Power” countries are rising in prominence and potential, challenging the international order. Through the Belfer Center's Middle Powers project, we interrogate this trend.

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Middle Powers: An Intellectual Framework

Belfer Center Director Meghan L. O'Sullivan, Rana Mitter and Moeed Yusuf - together leading the Middle Powers Project - outline its scope and ambition.

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Academy of Social Sciences @acadsocsciences.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

In the final episode of season 9 of the We Society podcast🎙️Will Hutton is joined by Prof Rana Mitter, @belfercenter.bsky.social @harvardkennedy.bsky.social, to discuss modern China and its global role, including the future of US-China relations. Listen now 👂➡️ podfollow.com/the-we-socie...

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

🖋️Critical Mineral resource management, supply chain dynamics and international policy development are some of the most strategic geopolitical issues of our time. From powering clean-energy transitions to advanced tech, these are the raw materials that modern economies—and national security—rely on.

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International Security @intsecurity.bsky.social · 28/10/2025

1) ***Announcement*** The new Fall 2025 issue is online! Read articles by Marc Trachtenberg, @aaronbateman.bsky.social, @ajmount.bsky.social, Dong Jung Kim, and @mikegoldfien.bsky.social direct.mit.edu/isec/issue @mitpress.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social

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Volume 50 Issue 2 | International Security | MIT Press

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

📖 The energy weapon has returned - and it's changing the rules of global power. In a new Foreign Affairs article, Meghan O'Sullivan, Director of the Belfer Center, and co-author Jason Bordoff argue that the necessary policy responses could provide a powerful boost to the clean energy transition.

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Belfer Center Fellowships are open for application through December 1, 2025. @mbudjeryn.bsky.social, Senior Researcher at MIT and Associate with the @managingtheatom.bsky.social, reflects on her time at Harvard Kennedy School as "life changing."

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Matthew Bunn @matthew-bunn.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Congratulations to former Managing the Atom Stanton Fellow Sébastien Phillippe, winner of a MacArthur Fellowship (the "genius grant")! Amazing work, from disarmament verification to remarkable work assessing past consequences of nuclear testing and potential consequences of nuclear war.

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Sébastien Philippe

Exposing past harms and potential risks from building, testing, and storing launch-ready nuclear weapons.

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

🚨Belfer Center Fellowship applications for the 2026-27 academic year are now open! Supporting academic & professional tracks, our fellowships are open to doctoral candidates, recent Ph.D. recipients, and practitioners from the public and private sectors. More info: www.belfercenter.org/fellowships

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High North News @highnorthnews.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

"Just a year and a half ago, #Greenland's foreign policy strategy was basically one big invitation to the #US for cooperation. Then #Trump destroyed the trust and interest from Greenland," says Ulrik Pram Gad, Senior Researcher @diis.dk. #Arctic @fridtjofnanseninst.bsky.social

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Denmark, Greenland and Iceland's Reactions To Trump

Oslo (High North News): "Just a year and a half ago, Greenland's foreign policy strategy was basically one big invitation to the US for cooperation. Then Trump destroyed the trust and interest from Gr...

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François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

🚨 JUST IN: President Donald Trump has an opportunity to avoid the dangers of an unrestrained nuclear arms competition—something he has repeatedly warned about. Will he seize it? Latest by Matt Bunn (@matthew-bunn.bsky.social) in @thebulletin.org #nuclearweapons #nukesky #Trump #Putin #China

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Putin just gave Trump the opportunity to maintain nuclear restraint. Will he seize it?

Extending New START will also give time for Trump to work with Russia and China on future arms control accords.

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

🛰️What counts as a "novel space activity?" Why do these activities matter for industry and policy? And how does a new Executive Order, released by the White House in August, aim to close these regulatory gaps? Read a new Belfer Center explainer by space experts: www.belfercenter.org/research-ana...

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Explainer: Novel Space Activities in the Executive Order on Enabling Competition in the Commercial Space Industry

Research and insight to improve policy and governance at local, national, and global levels.

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

New: The Task Force on Nuclear Proliferation and U.S. National Security today published its final report urging the U.S. to strengthen its strategy to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons and safeguard national security. Convened by the @carnegieendowment.org, @nti.org and the Belfer Center.

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

💡New, by Rabia Akhtar, Associate of the Belfer Center's Managing the Atom Project - what does the Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan yesterday actually mean for the global nuclear security landscape?

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Beyond the Hype: Pakistan-Saudi Defense Pact Is Not a Saudi Nuclear Umbrella

Rabia Akhtar, Associate with Managing the Atom, writes about the Strategic Mutual Defense Agreement signed by Saudi Arabia and Pakistan in Riyadh, September 2025.

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 17/09/2025

The Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard Kennedy School is pleased to announce that Ambassador Ivo Daalder has joined the Center as a Senior Fellow.

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 18/08/2025

🚨 New: Open access for one week only: Social Cohesion and Community Displacement in Armed Conflict, an award-winning article published by the International Security Journal.

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Land and Climate Review @landclimate.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

As attacks on the National Climate Assessments continue, read analysis from Obama's former Science Advisor John Holdren @woodwellclimate.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social : “Trump has no right to terminate NCAs without consulting Congress... This information is essential.." bit.ly/47rrUy6

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Trump will leave climate science in smoking ruins – and the economy will suffer for it - Land and Climate Review

Donald Trump is dismantling all sources of independent opinion in the United States to increase the power of the presidency, says John Holdren, former Presidential Science Advisor to Barack Obama.

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Rabia Akhtar @rabsaa.bsky.social · 21/07/2025

The world does not need more deterrence posturing. It needs strategic humility. In this piece for @belfercenter.bsky.social, I reflect on the Nobel Laureate Declaration and its urgent call to recalibrate how we think about nuclear risk. www.belfercenter.org/research-ana...

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Remember Your Humanity: Why the Nobel Laureate Declaration Is a Call for Strategic Recalibration

Marking the 80th anniversary of the Trinity test, Nobel Peace Laureates and experts issued a powerful declaration urging urgent global action to reduce nuclear risks amid rising geopolitical instabili...

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The Debate - France 24 @f24debate.france24.com · 14/07/2025

🗨️"Pleasing #Trump isn’t #Putin's priority. Putin has no reason to stop." 👉 @belfercenter.bsky.social‘s @mbudjeryn.bsky.social ‬ ➡️Full show: f24.my/BJVm.x @en.france24.com #Trump #Ukraine

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Professor Matthew Bunn, Professor of the Practice of Energy, National Security, and Foreign Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and Co-Principal Investigator of the Project on Managing the Atom, comments on the Israel-Iran conflict.

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Matthew Bunn @matthew-bunn.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

My colleague Assaf Zoran's assessment a year ago of the high risks and limited benefits of an Israeli strike on Iran's nuclear facilities remains valid. thebulletin.org/2024/04/the-...

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The enormous risks and uncertain benefits of an Israeli strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities

As Israel weighs how to respond to Iran’s attack, targeting its nuclear facilities might be strategically disadvantageous.

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Jacqueline L. Hazelton @drjlhazelton.bsky.social · 17/05/2025

Read the piece here. Open access. It's worth your time. direct.mit.edu/isec/issue/4... @mitpress.bsky.social @belfercenter.bsky.social @intsecurity.bsky.social

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Matthew Bunn @matthew-bunn.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

My op-ed on the India-Pakistan clash is out, calling for both sides (with nudging from the US and other world powers) to use this moment as an opportunity to move toward a more stable relationship. www.bostonglobe.com/2025/05/14/o...

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How India and Pakistan might move forward — and away from nuclear dangers - The Boston Globe

While the two countries have agreed to a ceasefire, the tensions that led to this latest danger of a nuclear conflict still exist.

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Rabia Akhtar @rabsaa.bsky.social · 14/05/2025

My article for @belfercenter.bsky.social "Escalation Gone Meta" unpacks the 2025 India-Pakistan crisis as not just another flare-up, but marking a dangerous turn in nuclear signaling, multidomain escalation, and crisis unpredictability. Here’s why it matters www.belfercenter.org/research-ana...

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Escalation Gone Meta: Strategic Lessons from the 2025 India-Pakistan Crisis

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Erica Chenoweth, Frank Stanton Professor of the First Amendment, discusses Harvard today, historical and contemporary strategies for protesting, democratic backsliding, global comparisons and more in a new episode with @chrislhayes.bsky.social.

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Stephen Walt @stephenwalt.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

My advice to Europe on how to deal with Trump: “hope for the best, plan for the worst.” Latest FP column here: foreignpolicy.com/2025/05/07/h...

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How Europe Should Deal With Trump

It’s time to take great-power politics seriously.

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M.E. Sarotte @sarotte.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

Thanks @fbigge.bsky.social for this—and for the work you do @koerberhistory.bsky.social to promote dialogue across borders in these difficult times @europeatharvard.bsky.social @financialtimes.com @belfercenter.bsky.social @johnshopkinssais.bsky.social

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Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs @belfercenter.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

📺 Watch: What are the new geopolitical realities America is facing as its power in the world fluctuates? Ambassador Wendy R. Sherman, former Deputy Secretary of State and Joint Fellow with Belfer and the Center for Public Leadership, spoke at the Institute of Politics' Forum on Tuesday.

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New Geopolitical Realities: American Power in the World

YouTube video by Institute of Politics Harvard Kennedy School

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Alexandra Phelan 余雪莲 @alexandraphelan.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

With the brilliant @syramadad.bsky.social we discuss why the draft Pandemic Agreement is a leap forward for global health equity and security. WHO Member States should adopt the text at May's World Health Assembly. With thanks to @belfercenter.bsky.social www.belfercenter.org/research-ana...

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