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Leonardo Bandarra

@leocbandarra.bsky.social
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Senior Researcher at Uni Duisburg-Essen / @inef-duisburg.bsky.social @VeSPoTec | Director METO | PhD Uni Göttingen & GIGA | Alma Mater UnB #Nuclear #WMD 🇧🇷🇩🇪🌈🕊️

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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
Há alguns dias, conversei com a @bbcbrazil.bsky.social sobre os 30 anos do Tratado de Proibição Total de Testes Nucleares (CTBT), incluindo sistema de verificação e monitoramento. Aqui está o link: www.bbc.com/portuguese/a... @inef-duisburg.bsky.social l @vespotec.bsky.social tec.bsky.social
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Tratado pelo fim de testes nucleares: letra morta ou esperança de paz? - BBC News Brasil
Assinado há 30 anos, tratado internacional buscou acabar com armas nucleares — mas nove países-chave ainda não ratificaram o acordo.
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
@vespotec.bsky.social @inef-duisburg.bsky.social
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Check out here @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social and my latest analysis on the current state of the global nuclear order in light of the most recent NPT Review Conference. 👇
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 30/04/2026
Coming to the NPT RevCon next week? Then join our side event next Tuesday!
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 06/04/2026
Happy to see this finally out! Check out our latest article on children's artistic representations of nuclear war, together with amazing @patnabuco.bsky.social, Katie Salari and Will Dalzeil from NSI:
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
VeSPoTec-ers love to travel, so getting to visit the IAEA archive in Vienna felt like a nerdy dream come true ✈️📚✨ Check out our "VeSPo-Blog-turned-travel-blog" here! 🔗 vespotec.rwth-aachen.de/2026/02/20/w...
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What can be found in the depths of the IAEA Archives in Vienna? - VeSPoTec
A treasure of uncountable worth lays in Vienna (Austria): the archives of IAEA. It documents the history of IAEA and its activities in promoting the use of peaceful uses of nuclear technology and safe...
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 12/03/2026
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 11/02/2026
📣Call for Papers Any plans for September? Join our #DVPW conference panel in Würzburg! We invite theoretical/ empirical contributions on #knowledge production in #nuclear (dis)order formation and the role of knowledge in nuclear #policy. 🔗https://vespotec.rwth-aachen.de/news/#cfp-wuerzburg2026
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a black cat is using an apple laptop with the words deadline is coming written below it
ALT: a black cat is using an apple laptop with the words deadline is coming written below it
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 04/02/2026
Greetings from Vienna =)
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 22/01/2026
" #Tritium is not a sole barrier to irreversible #disarmament, but it is a very consequential" - MD Arifur Rahman 👉 Learn more about tritium's challenge to disarmament #irreversibility in our newest "New Perspectives on #Nuclear #Verification" blog post! 🔗 bit.ly/3LGW4Fq
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Tritium’s Challenge to Disarmament Irreversibility - VeSPoTec
By MD Arifur Rahman. Tritium is a radioactive material with a half-life span of just 12.3 years, which is usually used as a boosting element in nuclear weapons, allowing relatively smaller bombs to re...
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 15/12/2025
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 13/12/2025
Second post is out! Check here👇
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
A good Sunday read 🎉
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 07/12/2025
First post of @vespotec.bsky.social and @inef-duisburg.bsky.social 's new blog series is finally out! Check out here 👇
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
📢 Publication Alert I'm pleased to share that our latest (open-access) article, together with @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social is now available on NPR! In this piece, we examine why and how states establish nuclear-weapon-free or nuclear-deterrence-based security orders. doi.org/10.1080/1073...
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Faith and fear: a cognitive framework for why countries establish nuclear-weapon-free or nuclear-deterrence-based security orders
Why and how do states establish nuclear-weapon-free or nuclear-deterrence-based security orders? In this article we address this question by examining the dynamics that influence states’ decisions ...
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
I am happy to announce that our @vespotec.bsky.social and @inef-duisburg.bsky.social Blog series, New Perspectives on Nuclear Verification, is finally online! If you are a young scholar or an early-career practitioner, consider contributing, and stay tuned to our channels for the upcoming posts!
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 31/10/2025
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
@patnabuco.bsky.social, our colleagues from NSI and I are organizing an exhibition on children and nuclear anxiety next month in Sheffield, UK. Curious? More info below. 👇👇 @vespotec.bsky.social @inef-duisburg.bsky.social
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Para a bolha lusófana, amanhã estarei falando sobre verificação na minha alma máter, com base no meu artigo que publiquei sobre a RPBI há uns meses. Infos abaixo: 🔗 Transmissão ao vivo: youtube.com/live/JMcjEVb... 📄 Artigo: doi.org/10.1590/0034... @inef-duisburg.bsky.social @vespotec.bsky.social
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Stephen Herzog @herzogsm.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
I was a guest on the IISS podcast "The Arms Control Primer" w/ @bollfrass.bsky.social & former @iaeaorg.bsky.social DG Hans Blix. We covered some lessons of the Iraq case for nuclear nonproliferation & verification. Check out the new episode: www.iiss.org/podcasts/arm...
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Happy to be in Moroni, Comoros, invited by the NGO Salam and the Governor of Ngazidja for the Journey de la Paix and the launch of the Institute Salam! Check out soon, if you are interested in peace research in East Africa and the Middle East! @inef-duisburg.bsky.social @vespotec.bsky.social
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
One thing became clear: technical peace and conflict research benefits from an interdisciplinary approach 🕊️. Next year's conference is already on our radar – we hope to meet you and more there again (2/2) 🎉 @peasec.de @prif.org @ifshhamburg.bsky.social @cntrarmscontrol.org @fz-juelich.de
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
It's #ThrowbackThursday - the perfect time to look back at last week's SPS 2025 conference. 😌 An inspiring World Café on future research agendas on #nonproliferation, #armscontrol and #disarmament, followed by 2 days of insightful presentations from both the natural and social sciences. 🎓 (1/2)
Group photo with the participants of the SPS 2025 conference in Aachen. On the left side is a banner of FONAS (the Research Association for Science, Disarmament and International Security). On the right sight is a banner of the VeSPoTec research project.
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
🚨 Only 19 days to go! 🚨 Join us in Aachen, Germany for the SPS Conference on Technical Peace & Conflict Research 🕊️ 🌍 Interdisciplinary insights 🤖 Emerging technologies 🛡️ Arms control & verification 💡 And so much more Be part of the conversation and register now! 👇 More info below 👇
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VeSPoTec @vespotec.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
🔥 Register now: 4th Interdisciplinary Conference on Technical Peace Research – SPS ’25! 📅 September 10–12, 2025 📍Aachen, Germany 🔍 Focus: verification, risks posed by conventional arms and WMDs, role of emerging technologies, ... 👉 Register here: sps.peasec.de/sps25/
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SPS’25 – Science Peace Security: Interdisciplinary Conference Series on Technical Peace Research
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 06/08/2025
#CranesForOurFuture
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 28/07/2025
📢 Publication Alert I'm pleased to share that my latest (open-access) article is now available on RPBI. In this piece, I examine the evolution of discussions on nuclear verification in Brazil and Argentina from the 1960s to the 1990s. 🔍 Check out here: doi.org/10.1590/0034...
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“A verification cotton” between crystals: the Discussions about Regional Nuclear Verification Mechanisms in South America and the Creation of the Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control ...
Abstract The Brazilian-Argentine Agency for Accounting and Control of Nuclear Materials (ABACC)...
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Charlie Austin @chuckles-s.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
Pluto never gave up:)
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PRISME @prismeorg.bsky.social · 07/04/2025
🚨 Exciting news: a new SALAM workshop is coming! This spring, explore “Nuclear Politics in and with the MENA Region” with cutting-edge contributions from across the region and beyond. Dive into the evolving dynamics of nuclear diplomacy, deterrence, and energy in the Middle East
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INEF @inef-duisburg.bsky.social · 03/04/2025
We are happy to welcome @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social at the INEF! Carmen's research focuses on on global norm dynamics and (non-)state practices of contestation in the Global South. Further information👉 shorturl.at/U6P7U
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 21/03/2025
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Great to see my book in this year's @isanet.bsky.social conference! Check it out!
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Hey nuclear bubble - if you are also in NY for the #TPNW, come to our @WMDfreeME side event this afternoon:
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Martin Senn @msenn.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
@cambridgecria.bsky.social has just published an article of @leocbandarra.bsky.social that is part of our forthcoming SI on "The Complexity of Nuclear (Dis)Ordering". The SI's introductory article by @carmenwunderlich.bsky.social and yours truly is available here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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The complexity of nuclear (dis)ordering: a research agenda
This introduction to the Special Issue starts from the observation that, over time, the process of political ordering to harness nuclear energy has become more complex in terms of actors, rules, le...
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 17/02/2025
📢 Publication alert I am happy to share that, after a relatively long peer-review process, my article, "(Re-)ordering from the Periphery: Hierarchy Complexes and Agency in the Global Nuclear Order," has finally been published in the Cambridge Review of International Affairs!
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Global Society @globalsociety.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
We are accepting special issue proposals! We welcome proposals relating to any area of global and international studies as well as interdisciplinary scholarship. For more info, contact us or follow the link below 👇 1. globalsociety@kent.ac.uk 2. www.tandfonline.com/action/journ...
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Guidance for Special Issue proposals
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
I am happy to share that our latest @vespotec.bsky.social and @ vcdnp article with @atomicyozhik.bsky.social and @mgoettsche.bsky.social is finally out at JPAND !
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The IAEA and Irreversibility: Addressing Political, Institutional, and Technological Verification Challenges in Former Nuclear-Armed States
This article addresses challenges the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) may face when conducting nuclear verification activities in former nuclear-armed States after the completion of their...
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
(reposting from the other network) I am happy to announce that my Book " Constructing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: The Participation Puzzle" is finally out! It is available at: link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
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Constructing the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime: The Participation Puzzle
This book proposes focuses on a usually neglected group of states - countries that possess advanced nuclear capabilities but no weapons.
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Leonardo Bandarra @leocbandarra.bsky.social · 27/11/2024
👇🏽 great opportunity for those interested in nuclear disarmament research with amazing people in Frankfurt. Check Out
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