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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

How and why do nuclear delivery vehicles proliferate? I am delighted that my book, 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐁𝐨𝐦𝐛: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐝 𝐨𝐟 𝐍𝐮𝐜𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐫𝐲 𝐒𝐲𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐥𝐨𝐛𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐨𝐧𝐩𝐫𝐨𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐎𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐫 answering this question will be published by @cornellupress.bsky.social in 2027.

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Stephen Schwartz @atomicanalyst.bsky.social · 03/06/2026

The most likely reason this AI answer is wrong is that it only considers the locations of the USAF bases where these operational ICBMs are deployed: F.E. Warren in Wyoming, Malmstrom in Montana, and Minot in North Dakota. But F.E. Warren’s missiles are spread across Wyoming, Colorado, and Nebraska.

A black and white map of the location of each flight of Minuteman III ICBMs (comprising 10 missiles each) based around F.E. Warren AFB in Cheyenne, Wyoming. Twenty flights (designated A through T) totaling 200 missiles are shown in southeastern Wyoming, northeastern Colorado, and southwestern Nebraska. Five of these flights (P, Q, R, S, and T, all in Wyoming) are no longer active, their missiles having been removed when 50 Peacekeeper ICBMs (which replaced an identical number of Minuteman IIIs beginning in 1986) were retired between 2003-05.

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

What does the end of the New START treaty mean for the nuclear non-proliferation regime and the NPT? I'm glad to have this new piece out at Observer Research Foundation Middle East. Especially this week with the NPT Review Conference underway. orfme.org/expert-speak...

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The End of Nuclear Arms Control: What Comes Next? - ORF Middle East

New START’s expiry accelerates nuclear modernisation and vertical proliferation, undermining NPT credibility and threatening the global non-proliferation regime.

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Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs - DU @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

Korbel Professor and nuclear expert @debak.bsky.social joins 9News to break down how the U.S.–Iran conflict is centered on Iran’s nuclear infrastructure—and what that means for escalation and risk.

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Nuclear expert discusses US-Iran war

Debak Das, assistant professor at the University of Denver, breaksdown the nuclear aspect of the war between the United States and Iran.

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Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs - DU @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

Need a new podcast? Check out Sheepland, with Korbel students and faculty behind the mic discussing some of the most pressing issues of our time. The first two episodes feature @debak.bsky.social discussing nuclear weapons and @epsteinprof.bsky.social on Russia's war against Ukraine.

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EP01 — Nuclear Weapons | Dr. Debak Das

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

I'm looking forward to speaking at the Colorado Foothills World Affairs Council tomorrow on this new reality of a world without arms control treaties and how that might affect the future of nuclear proliferation. If you're in the Denver area, do come by! #Nuclear #ArmsControl

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Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs - DU @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

What happens when the last remaining nuclear arms control treaty expires? On Feb 5, the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty will end & the first time since the Cold War that the US and Russia would have no legally binding limits on their nuclear arsenals. Learn more from Korbel's @debak.bsky.social:

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

For the first time in 54 years, there won't be an arms control treaty between the U.S. & Russia next week. It was pleasure to discuss the impeding expiration of the New START Treaty with India's World Magazine. @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social @siecenter.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=t5YB...

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Is the Nuclear Arms Race Back?

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nicoblar.bsky.social @nicoblar.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Happy to announce the 1st ever @isanet.bsky.social conference in South Asia in August 2026. Hosted in Colombo, Sri Lanka, we welcome proposals from scholars based in and/or studying South Asian politics & international relations, but also broader global themes ofc www.isanet.org/Conferences/...

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ISA-SAWP Colombo 2026: Call for Proposals

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Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs - DU @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

Research from Korbel’s @debak.bsky.social expands how we think about today’s more complex security challenges.

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 01/01/2026

Very pleased to see that my article "Explaining the Proliferation of Nuclear Delivery Vehicles" was the most read piece on Security Studies for 2025. Check out the article here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs - DU @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

In the list: Korbel's @epsteinprof.bsky.social & @debak.bsky.social explain that without credible U.S. security guarantees, nuclear proliferation is likely to increase rapidly across Europe and Asia. Link to article: foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/14/t...

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An Unreliable America Means More Countries Want the Bomb

Without credible U.S. security guarantees, nuclear proliferation is likely to increase rapidly across Europe and Asia.

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

In @defensenews.bsky.social about India's Rocket Forces. So far, there has been no public discussion about the conventional deep strike capability against Chinese strategic infrastructure,” Das said. “The problem with adopting such a doctrine is that China could do the same.” tinyurl.com/nzxzcv4y

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India fears its ballistic missiles are outmatched by China’s

The mismatch poses a dilemma in case of war: either endure Chinese missile strikes deep inside India without the ability to retaliate, or go nuclear.

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Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs - DU @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social · 21/10/2025

Congrats to Korbel's @debak.bsky.social, named a DU Public Impact Fellow! 🎉 The program helps faculty share their research with broader audiences and highlight the impact of their work across the university.

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Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs - DU @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social · 17/10/2025

From Korbel Prof @debak.bsky.social in @defensenews.bsky.social: “So far, there has been no public discussion about the conventional deep strike capability against Chinese strategic infrastructure,” Das said. “The problem with adopting such a doctrine is that China could do the same against India.”

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India fears its ballistic missiles are outmatched by China’s

The mismatch poses a dilemma in case of war: either endure Chinese missile strikes deep inside India without the ability to retaliate, or go nuclear.

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Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs - DU @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

Korbel Faculty @hilarymatfess.bsky.social, @debak.bsky.social, @naazneenbarma.bsky.social, and Jonathan Moyer are among those who recently received grants recognizing and supporting their impactful research. Congrats! 🎉

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Stanford CISAC @stanfordcisac.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

A new roundtable by CISAC affiliate @laurensukin.bsky.social and Rohan Mukherjee examines the evolving global nuclear order, with several papers by former CISAC postdocs that show the interconnected nature of nuclear challenges and the vital role of domestic politics.

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

🚨 Where is nuclear competition in South Asia and the Indo-Pacific today? What impact does US-China competition have on nuclear proliferation in Southern Asia? I answer these questions in my new Texas National Security Review piece: tnsr.org/wp-content/u...

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

It was a delight to discuss the Global Nuclear Order and the Proliferation of Nuclear Delivery Systems at the Athenaeum series at Claremont McKenna College earlier this week! @cmc.edu

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Texas National Security Review @tnsr.org · 30/09/2025

How is U.S.—China rivalry fueling a dangerous cascade of nuclear proliferation across Southern Asia? @debak.bsky.social explores the ripple effects of AUKUS and regional competition. 📖 Read here: tnsr.org/roundtable/n...

"Cascades of Competition: Southern Asia, the Indo-Pacific, and AUKUS" by Debak Das

Nuclear stability in Southern Asia is being shaped by different layers of competition in the Indo-Pacific. This article highlights two dynamics that are shaping nuclear competition in the region. The first, within Southern Asia, is states finding space to escalate at lower levels of conflict to address nuclear and military asymmetry. Pakistan is seeking to create space to escalate at lower levels of conflict against India, while India is doing the same against Pakistan on one side and China on the other. The second dynamic is a cascade of reactionary vertical proliferation that is occurring in the Indo-Pacific as a result of China and the United States’ strategic competition. While Washington and Beijing are responding to each other’s nuclear arsenals, India is responding to China’s arsenal, and Pakistan is responding to India’s nuclear modernization. The technology transfers and submarine proliferation in the Indo-Pacific precipitated by AUKUS are intensifying this dynamic.

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 22/09/2025

One year unilateral adherence to New START treaty being proposed by Moscow is a positive sign that the last remaining arms control mechanism between the US and Russia does not need to disappear after February 2026. #ArmsControl #NukeSky nbcnews.com/world/russia...

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Putin says Russia will stick to nuclear arms limits for 1 more year

The Russian president said that the termination of the 2010 New START would have negative consequences for global stability.

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Eun A Jo @eunajo.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

I’m happy to share this paper in @cpsjournal.bsky.social on democracy and national narratives, with insights from South Korea and Taiwan. It is part of a special issue on postcolonial narratives with @paulschuler.bsky.social, @deandulay.bsky.social, + others. journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

This paper explores how democratization can reconstitute understandings of nationhood by empowering a new class of “storytelling elites”---those with the institutional and rhetorical resources to challenge the state’s narrative. In this critical juncture, storytelling elites may challenge (1) the bottom-line premise or (2) the sideline elements of the prevailing national narrative. Their narrative strategies, in turn, shape how the terms of the debates are redefined and structured under democracy. I develop this argument through a comparison of “One Korea” and “One China” narratives in postwar South Korea and Taiwan. Using interpretive process tracing of archival and other qualitative data, I find that democracy helped entrench “One Korea” narratives in South Korea but displace “One China” narratives in Taiwan, as new storytelling elites challenged dominant narratives of “oneness” to varying degrees. This resulted in increasingly divergent support for unification as a national objective, with enduring implications for peace.

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

🧵 How did India acquire space technology that it then used for nuclear-capable ballistic missiles? - It got technology from France to build the Space Launch Vehicle-3 rocket that became the Agni ballistic missile - ISRO tech was used by DRDO #NukeSky Read here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Explaining the Proliferation of Nuclear Delivery Vehicles

How and why do nuclear delivery vehicles proliferate? This article identifies a permissive environment in the nonproliferation regime shaped by three drivers for proliferation: First, the multipurp...

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Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs - DU @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

Korbel Prof @debak.bsky.social: Given the recent crises over China’s new ICBM silos, Iran’s ballistic missile testing, and North Korea’s continued expansion of missile forces, policymakers need to understand how states proliferate nuclear delivery vehicles to be able to limit their spread.

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 05/09/2025

🚨 How & why do nuclear delivery vehicles proliferate? My article on the spread of delivery vehicles is out at Security Studies! #OpenAccess It explains: - Why the NPT allows nuclear delivery vehicles to spread - How did India acquire its #nuclear delivery technology tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

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Explaining the Proliferation of Nuclear Delivery Vehicles

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Alex Wellerstein @wellerstein.bsky.social · 09/08/2025

Well, everyone, I've found it: the academic paper with the worst pun title possible. The search can finally end. This cannot be beat.

Paper from "Policy: Issues and Actions," vol. 9, no. 3 (September 1996): Zondi Masiza and Chris Landsberg, "FISSION FOR COMPLIMENTS? South Africa and the 1995 extension of nuclear non-proliferation"

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 30/05/2025

🚨Denver folks! Join us next Monday for a conversation on "Nuclear Uncertainties & the Future of Arms Control" with Rose Gottemoeller at Josef Korbel School of International Studies at the University of Denver! Date: June 2, 2025 Time: 5:30pm Register: crimsonconnect.du.edu/KOR/rsvp_boo...

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

🚨 Colorado folks - Happening next week! Fireside conversation with @ssp-mit.bsky.social Prof. Vipin Narang at the @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social We will speak about the new nuclear age, nuclear proliferation & recent nuclear crises! #NukeSky Time: May 19, 5:30pm Register: tinyurl.com/4emsrahu

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Sié Chéou-Kang Center for International Security & Diplomacy @siecenter.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Join us next Monday for a fireside chat-style conversation between @debak.bsky.social and Dr. Vipin Narang about nuclear threats, deterrence, & proliferation! RSVP: cglink.me/2fC/r2269461 @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 10/05/2025

Pakistan calling a meeting of the Nuclear Command Authority - the top body that oversees its nuclear arsenal - is irresponsible and dangerous. Even though it might just be signaling - its one that raises stakes of the conflict. www.reuters.com/world/india/...

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Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs - DU @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Want to better understand the latest military escalation between India and Pakistan? Korbel Prof @debak.bsky.social breaks it down in an informative interview on KOA News Radio. Listen here: koacolorado.iheart.com/featured/ros...

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Assistant Professor at DU Debak Das on the the India Pakistan Situation | KOA 850 AM & 94.1 FM | Ross Kaminsky

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

I'm excited to be back at @stanfordcisac.bsky.social (CISAC) tomorrow to give a talk on my research on nuclear delivery vehicles and the global non-proliferation regime! Do come by if you are around!

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Syed Ali Zia Jaffery @alizia1992.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

What's the linkage between missile and nuclear proliferation? How does the transfer of missiles make inadvertent escalation likelier? Can deterrence save the day? @debak.bsky.social, @frhoffmann.bsky.social ,and Ejaz Haider answer these and other all-important questions. youtu.be/Yexus9m6AiA

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InFocus With Ejaz Haider Ep63: Proliferation in a Dangerous World

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Stanford CISAC @stanfordcisac.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Next week: "Delivering the Bomb: The Spread of Nuclear Delivery Systems and the Global Non-proliferation Order" with @debak.bsky.social RSVP here⤵️ cisac.fsi.stanford.edu/events/deliv...

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Delivering the Bomb: The Spread of Nuclear Delivery Systems and the Global

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Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs - DU @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Amid rising concerns over a new nuclear arms race, Korbel Professor Debak Das breaks down the dangers on the @wsj.com podcast.

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

🎙️It was great to be on this Wall Street Journal podcast talking about the French nuclear umbrella and the dangers ofn potential nuclear proliferation. @siecenter.bsky.social @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social @uofdenver.bsky.social Listen here: www.wsj.com/podcasts/wha...

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🚨 Denver, next week! "The Bomb: Nuclear Weapons Amidst Global Insecurity" at @josefkorbelschool.bsky.social We will showcase the film “the bomb” & talk with its creators Smriti Keshari & Eric Schlosser. Tuesday, April 8 at 5:30pm in Maglione Hall RSVP here: crimsonconnect.du.edu/KOR/rsvp_boo...

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

🚨 New piece for @thebulletin.org! In January, the United States watered down the Missile Technology Control Regime.This is bad for the nonproliferation regime. If the U.S. wants arms control negotiations with Russia & China it can't be spreading ballistic missiles. thebulletin.org/2025/03/bide...

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Charmaine N. Willis, Ph.D. @cnwillis.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Yep- obtaining their own nuclear deterrent had been under discussion in South Korea even prior to Trump 2, but probably going to garner even more discussion as US commitments to allies waivers. Probably going to see this dynamic in many places.

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Nicole Grajewski @nicolegrajewski.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

Interesting bit from the NYT story on Ukraine and the use of non-strategic nuclear weapons in October 2022 - US intel estimated a 50% probability of nuclear use if Russian lines in the south collapsed. www.nytimes.com/interactive/...

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Bridging The Gap @bridgingthegap.bsky.social · 29/03/2025

Congratulations to @debak.bsky.social on his latest publication in Foreign Policy, co-authored with Rachel A. Epstein! Their article explores the future of global nuclear proliferation. foreignpolicy.com/2025/03/14/t...

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An Unreliable America Means More Countries Want the Bomb

Without credible U.S. security guarantees, nuclear proliferation is likely to increase rapidly across Europe and Asia.

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François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Weeks before leaving office, President Biden opened a new door for missile proliferation by allowing the transfer of long-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile systems. Trump should close it, @debak.bsky.social writes in @thebulletin.org thebulletin.org/2025/03/bide... #nuclearrisk #nukesky

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Biden opened the door to missile proliferation. Trump should close it

Weeks before leaving office, President Biden opened a new door for missile proliferation by allowing the transfer of long-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile systems.

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 28/03/2025

"If President Donald Trump is serious about engaging in arms control talks with Russia and China, he should first shut down the door of missile proliferation opened by his predecessor," writes @debak.bsky.social. "Biden opened the door to missile proliferation. Trump should close it." ⬇️

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Biden opened the door to missile proliferation. Trump should close it

Weeks before leaving office, President Biden opened a new door for missile proliferation by allowing the transfer of long-range nuclear-capable ballistic missile systems.

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Debak Das @debak.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

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