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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Part 1 of 2: New Strategic Simplicity Podcast. We discuss the differences between and relevance of "role" and "reliance" as related to nuclear policy debates, then discuss a new WotR article (separate post). Link below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 21/05/2026

Part 2 of 2: New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: We discuss a new War on the Rocks article titled "Restrain and Hedge: A New U.S. Nuclear Strategy for a Two-Peer World." Link below.

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 26/04/2026

New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Analyzing a new Stimson report, "Why Strategic Superiority (Still) Doesn’t Matter" link below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

New episode of the Strategic Simplicity Podcast: gaming out a future Iran deal, with NTI's Eric Brewer. Link below.

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: We analyze a major speech by French President Macron on nuclear doctrine, with the help of Astrid Chevreuil from CSIS (on assignment from French MEFA). Link below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 10/02/2026

New Strategic Simplicity Pod: Recapping New START expiration. Link below.

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James Cameron @jjjcameron.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

Take your mind off everything else by hearing about the imminent end of major-power nuclear arms control.

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Part III (the grand finale) of our series on New START. Frank Miller and Rebeccah Heinrichs join to discuss why they think the administration should let the treaty lapse on February 5. Link below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 24/01/2026

New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Part II of our three part series on the New START Treaty, with a view from former backbenchers and delegation members - Mike Albertson and Greg Dwyer. Check it out at the link below.

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

New Strategic Simplicity Podcast - Part I of a three-part series on New START. This first episode features an interview with Rose Gottemoeller, chief U.S. negotiator of the New START Treaty. Listen at the link below: open.substack.com/pub/strateg...

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 19/01/2026

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: back from the holiday to discuss Vipin's "Four Shibboleths of Nuclear Strategy" with a new MIT CNSP hire, Matthew Sharp. Link below.

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Caitlin Talmadge @proftalmadge.bsky.social · 24/12/2025

For more on these themes-- esp the relationship btw PRC nuclear expansion & conventional military modernization-- check out this recent 2-part podcast discussion I had w/ @fravel.bsky.social, @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social, Austin Long, and Vipin Narang. strategicsimplicity.substack.com/p/part-i-of-...

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Part I of a (more) definitive conversation about China

Taylor Fravel and Caitlin Talmadge join our humble pod to talk about China's military transformation and the implications for U.S. nuclear strategy.

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 23/12/2025

Holiday Edition of the Strategic Simplicity Podcast: I sit down with Charlie Glaser to discuss his new book on U.S.-China relations --> "Retrench, Defend, Compete: Securing America's Future Against a Rising China." Link below.

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

New Strategic Simplicity Podcast - Heather Williams joins to discuss the launch of the Project Atom 2025 report, "Escalation Management in Acute and Protracted Conflicts in the Indo-Pacific." link below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

New on Strategic Simplicity - Vipin Narang analyzes the "Four Shibboleths of Nuclear Strategy" - where he questions the validity of four totemic concepts that often arise in nuclear policy discussions. A rare treat to have the CNSP Godfather put pen to paper - come check it out.

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 06/12/2025

New on the Strategic Simplicity Podcast - Carnegie's Tong Zhao helps unpack the new PRC arms control white paper. Link below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 23/11/2025

New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: We finally get around to talking about testing (and open up the mailbag). Link below:

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Niko Jaakkola @nikoecon.bsky.social · 18/11/2025

Interesting podcast in which @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social & @wslafoy.bsky.social discuss (and tear apart) 'A House of Dynamite'. The fundamental problem is the unrealistic scenario -- who would fire one missile at the continental US? And why would this necessitate immediate retaliation?

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

New Strategic Simplicity podcast - Part Two of a series called "Debating Damage Limitation." Link below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 30/10/2025

New on the Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Charlie Glaser joins the pod to debate damage limitation. Link below.

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 29/10/2025

New Strategic Simplicity podcast - our reactions to "A House of Dynamite." Link below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

New Strategic Simplicity podcast. Taylor Fravel and Caitlin Talmadge join Austin, Vipin, and I for China Part II, where we discuss the rationales behind China's nuclear transformation (and veer into many other topics). Link below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 16/10/2025

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

New Strategic Simplicity podcast with Mike Albertson and John Warden on Putin's offer to stick to the New START limits for one year: we explore the policy issues likely under consideration in the U.S. government, and how the Trump administration should respond. Link(s) below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Two in one week - another Strategic Simplicity Podcast, this time with Toby Dalton, Francesca Giovannini, and Eric Brewer to discuss a new bipartsan task force report on preventing proliferation: "Preventing an Era of Nuclear Anarchy." Link below.

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

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Ankit Panda @nktpnd.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

I’m back with @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social and Vipin Narang to talk about the US-Korea alliance and various North Korea things (reflecting on some recent takeaways from a trip to Seoul earlier this month). Listen here: strategicsimplicity.substack.com/p/catching-u...

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Catching up on Korea

Ankit Panda rejoins the pod to talk about recent developments on the Korean Peninsula

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Catching up on Korea with Ankit Panda. Link below.

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Celeste Wallander joins to talk all things Russia and Europe. Listen at the link below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 23/09/2025

A Marie Kondo Moment for MTCR? Tom Karako with CSIS and Ola Craft from Lowenstein Sandler join the Strategic Simplicity Podcast to discuss Tom's new article on revising the U.S. approach to missile technology controls.

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Helsinki Security Forum @helsinkisecurityforum.fi · 20/09/2025

The last panel of #HSF2025 Saturday focused on nuclear posture. Moderator @kimdozier.bsky.social led a panel with @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social, Peter Watkins & Katarzyna Zysk to discuss on the theme “Preserving Peace and Preventing Aggression: NATO’s Nuclear Posture in the Future Threat Environment.”

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

We're joined by Taylor Fravel and Caitlin Talmadge to talk China...or at least have 1/3 to 1/2 of a very long conversation about China. Link below.

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

please send us questions or comments for an upcoming mailbag episode on the Strategic Simplicity Podcast

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

Lowell Schwartz, a former State Department nonproliferation official and Senate Foreign Relations Comm. staffer joins the podcast to discuss how Congress oversees and shapes arms control and nuclear policy. Link below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 14/08/2025

New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Austin, Vipin, and I catch up on current events, including tomorrow's Anchorage Summit and what it may mean for a New START follow-on agreement, among other things. Listen at the link below, of find us on Apple or Spotify.

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

New Strategic Simplicity Podcast: Frank Miller joins Vipin and I for a conversation about future arms control policy and deterrence requirements, his long government career and the START process from a USG perspective, and many other topics. Have a listen below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

I sit down with Alex Bell, President and CEO of the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, to talk about the nuclear policy field, her new position, and experience in government. Link below.

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

New on Strategic Simplicity - Austin Long analyzes and teases out policy lessons from Able Archer 83, a well-known but not necessarily well-understood Cold War phenomenon that shapes how close we think we were to seeing the Cold War go "hot." Link below:

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Security Studies Program MIT @ssp-mit.bsky.social · 18/07/2025

The Center for Nuclear Security Policy’s Vipin Narang and @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social speak with @foreignaffairs.com about “The Coming Nuclear Hurricane”. 🔖Bookmark now, 🎧listen later: www.foreignaffairs.com/podcasts/com...

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The Coming Nuclear Hurricane

A Conversation With Vipin Narang and Pranay Vaddi

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Foreign Affairs @foreignaffairs.com · 17/07/2025

Listen to the latest episode of “The Foreign Affairs Interview,” featuring Vipin Narang and @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social on the risks of the new nuclear age—and what the United States can do to navigate them: fam.ag/4lYUafA

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 16/07/2025

Austin Long joins us on the Strategic Simplicity podcast and as a new Senior Fellow at the MIT Center for Nuclear Security Policy. Link to the pod below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Ola Craft joins the Strategic Simplicity Podcast to discuss MTCR policy, export controls, and defense trade streamlining. Link below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

Ola Craft joins the Strategic Simplicity Podcast to discuss MTCR policy, export controls, and defense trade streamlining. Link below:

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Pranay Vaddi @pranayrvaddi.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

Vipin and I talk to Mallory Stewart and Mike Albertson about an arms control agreement after New START - the impediments to negotiations, what a future agreement may look like, how to factor in China's arsenal, what the USG should be doing to prepare, and more. Link below:

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