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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) @swp-berlin.org · 31/08/2026

China soll heimlich Atomwaffen getestet haben. In einer neuen Folge des SWP-Podcast erklären @philipprombach.bsky.social und @chriswirth.bsky.social, welche Auswirkungen dies auf das nukleare Gleichgewicht zwischen China, den USA & Russland hätte: 🎧🎙️ www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

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Philipp G. Rombach @philipprombach.bsky.social · 05/08/2026

Did China secretly test a nuclear weapon in 2020? In my article for @swp-berlin.org , I argue that Germany should take US accusations against China seriously and push for more transparency in Beijing about the Chinese modernization and underground testing program. www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

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China’s Secret Nuclear Tests

How Great Power Competition Threatens to Erode International Testing Norms

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Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik (SWP) @swp-berlin.org · 13/07/2026

Die USA werfen China geheime Atomwaffentests vor. Eine Wiederaufnahme unterirdischer US-Nukleartests als Reaktion wäre aber kontraproduktiv: Von der Erosion internationaler Testnormen würden vor allem Russland und China profitieren, so Philipp Rombach. www.swp-berlin.org/publikation/...

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Chinas geheime Nukleartests

Wie der Großmächtewettbewerb internationale Testnormen zu erodieren droht

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SWP International Security @swp-intsecurity.bsky.social · 05/03/2026

Unsere Forschungsgruppe freut sich über weitere Verstärkung: Seit März ist auch Philipp Rombach Teil unseres Teams. Seine Forschung beschäftigt sich mit nuklearer Abschreckung und er bringt wertvolle Expertise in Militärtechnologien mit. Herzlich willkommen, lieber @philipprombach.bsky.social ! 🎉

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François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Nothing new here. Merz said this already in 2025, and nobody in Germany is seriously suggesting to acquire nuclear weapons. And even if Merz would "want", Germany is not allowed to. thebulletin.org/2026/02/euro...

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Europe's desire for strategic autonomy is a 'fait accompli.' It just needs to decide what that means

Whatever form European strategic autonomy may take, it will be Europeans who must decide how much they want their deterrence posture to rely on nuclear weapons.

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Philipp G. Rombach @philipprombach.bsky.social · 18/02/2026

Excited to share this article I wrote as part of the PONI Nuclear Scholars Initiative: "Imagining Artificial Intelligence in Nuclear Command, Control, and Communication: Between Fiction, Historical Analogy, and Technical Reality."

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Philipp G. Rombach @philipprombach.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

Germany hasn't had a nuclear weapons program since 1945 and nobody in Berlin is asking for a German Bomb. So why do so many scholars and analyst suggest otherwise? My @thebulletin.org article argues why Berlin will not, and should not, develop its own nuclear arsenal thebulletin.org/2025/11/no-g...

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No, Germany is not getting the Bomb. Why should it?

Germany hasn't had an indigenous nuclear weapons program since 1945, and nobody in Berlin is asking for a German bomb. So why so many in the United States suggest otherwise?

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François Diaz-Maurin @francoisdm.bsky.social · 26/11/2025

In which Philipp Rombach (@philipprombach.bsky.social) responds to Moritz S. Graefrath (@moritz-graefrath.com) and Mark Raymond (@profmarkraymond.bsky.social)'s recent piece in @foreignaffairs.com

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Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @thebulletin.org · 26/11/2025

Germany hasn't had its own nuclear weapons program since 1945, and nobody in Berlin is asking for a German bomb. So why do so many in the United States suggest otherwise? Read more from @philipprombach.bsky.social. ⬇️

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No, Germany is not getting the Bomb. Why should it?

Germany hasn't had an indigenous nuclear weapons program since 1945, and nobody in Berlin is asking for a German bomb. So why so many in the United States suggest otherwise?

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CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues @poni.csis.org · 27/06/2025

🔦 Nuclear Scholars Spotlight! 🔦 Philipp Rombach is a Research Associate at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory where he researches space deterrence and inadvertent escalation. Philipp holds an MA in Law and Diplomacy from the Fletcher School at Tufts University focused on security studies.

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Philipp G. Rombach @philipprombach.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

Excited to share my latest piece for @breakingdefense.com on German defense policy. With funding for the Bundeswehr secured, it is essential to reform the country's slow and cumbersome procurement process to ensure that financial resources are spent effectively. breakingdefense.com/2025/04/zeit...

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Zeitenwende reloaded: Cash is good, but can Germany reform its procurement processes? - Breaking Defense

Philipp Rombach lays out steps the new German government should take in order to better support the Bundeswehr.

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