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Rhys Crilley

@rhyscrilley.bsky.social
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🌍 Lecturer in International Relations 📝 Writing about politics & culture ☢️ Author of Unparalleled Catastrophe

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Manchester University Press @manchesterup.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
Huge congratulations to our author @rhyscrilley.bsky.social, whose book Unparalleled catastrophe: Life and death in the Third Nuclear Age has been named 2025's Best Book in Science, Technology and Art by @isanet.bsky.social 🚀 📖Paperback coming JUNE 2025, available for pre-order now!
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 03/03/2025
What does the Third Nuclear Age mean for the Nuclear Ban Treaty? And what should states parties do to ensure the TPNW can be successful in our current moment? Find out in this working paper submitted to the UN, authored by @carolinapanico.bsky.social and I: docs-library.unoda.org/Treaty_on_th...
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 01/03/2025
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 30/01/2025
"Rhys Crilley provides a unique perspective in understanding the contemporary nuclear politics" Always nice to see a positive review of my book! moderndiplomacy.eu/2024/11/03/u...
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 12/12/2024
Hey #nukesky, there's still time to apply to the Atomic Anxiety in the New Nuclear Age Fellows Scheme! The application is super short, so if you know any early career researchers, policymakers, or practitioners who might be interested then please share widely! atomicanxiety.com/2024/11/14/2...
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2025 Fellows Scheme Applications Now Open!
Are you interested in researching and having impact in nuclear arms control and disarmament? Do you want to join a community of scholars and practitioners exploring innovative ideas in the field of…
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Carolina Pantoliano @carolinapantoliano.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Huge thanks to Becky Alexis-Martin, @nuclearban.bsky.social, and Bradford Uni for organizing this amazing symposium. @rhyscrilley.bsky.social and I had a wonderful time presenting our new project on Disarmament in the New Nuclear Age. Thanks all for great conversations and insightful presentations.
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Earlier this week, the UK Chief of Defense Staff said that 'a third nuclear age is upon us'. ❔What does this mean? ❓How should policymakers and the public respond?
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BJPIR @bjpir.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
📝 Don't miss this article published earlier this year in BJPIR. 'Should we be writing at a time like this? Reflections on abolition, political science, and international relations' by @rhyscrilley.bsky.social Find the full article here: buff.ly/41eu1SY @polstudiesassoc.bsky.social
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Great start to the International Nuclear Disarmament Symposium today at the University of Bradford. Fascinating papers on: ♀️ Gender in nuclear diplomacy 🎨 Art & disarmament education 🇰🇿 Activism in Kazakhstan
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Scottish Council on Global Affairs scga.scot @scga.scot · 26/11/2024
SCGA Report: Networking nuclear research in Scotland and the UK @rhyscrilley.bsky.social @megandee.bsky.social Stefano Intropido scga.scot/2024/10/23/s...
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SCGA Report: Networking nuclear research in the UK
An SCGA Report Paper that focuses on nuclear research networks, collating for the first time a detailed database of nuclear weapons policy expertise at UK universities
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Andrew W Neal @andrewwneal.bsky.social · 26/11/2024
Great opportunity for early career scholars in international security.
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Stephen Young @atomicwonk.bsky.social · 21/11/2024
Under Trump, the US may return to full-scale explosive testing of nuclear weapons. It would be a lose-lose-lose for the US, the budding nuclear arms race, and humanity itself. My colleague Jenn Knox explains exactly why here: blog.ucsusa.org/jknox/we-nee...
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We Need to Prevent a New Era of Nuclear Weapons Testing
The second Trump administration is likely to resume explosive nuclear weapons tests, but they are unnecessary and can have dire consequences that last for generations.
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Jeffrey Lewis @armscontrolwonk.bsky.social · 20/11/2024
Russia issued a new nuclear policy document. Here is an illustration of the changes between the 2020 and 2024 texts relating to the conditions under which Russia might use nuclear weapons. I think its old wine in a new bottle.
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Kjølv Egeland @kjolvegeland.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
New article out today with Campbell Craig and Jan Ruzicka on nonproliferation and unipolarity 🚨 www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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Carolina Pantoliano @carolinapantoliano.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
2025 Fellows Scheme Applications Now Open! If you are an early career researcher or practitioner working on nuclear arms control and disarmament, we would love to hear from you!
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 19/11/2024
Why did Kamala Harris lose to Donald Trump in the US Presidential election? Here's a thread of a few interesting things I've read in response to this question. Please share any other sources you think are worth reading!
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
Are you an early career scholar/practitioner interested in researching and having impact in nuclear arms control and disarmament? If so, apply now for the Atomic Anxiety in the New Nuclear Age 2025 Fellows Scheme. #NukeSky atomicanxiety.com/2024/11/14/2...
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2025 Fellows Scheme Applications Now Open!
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 18/11/2024
All your fave nuclear people in one place 👇
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 28/11/2023
Win a copy of my new book, Unparalleled Catastrophe: Life & Death in the Third Nuclear Age! All you have to do is: ❤️ Like this post 🔄 Repost it 👋 Follow me I'll pick a winner in the first week of December!
My book, Unparalleled Catastrophe, on a table
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 25/10/2023
As someone who admires the work of the Arms Control Association, I’m delighted to find out my book is their Book of Note for October. Read what they had to say about it here 👇 www.armscontrol.org/act/2023-10/...
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October 2023 Book of Note | Arms Control Association
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Spencer Ackerman @attackerman.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
New FOREVER WARS is about the gross spectacle of the Biden administration’s posture as a humanitarian actor in Gaza after granting Israel an impunity that extended to vetoing merely a *pause* in the bombing.
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Veto Joe
Whatever the Biden administration sought this week for humanitarian aid to Gaza, they blocked a U.N. resolution demanding the violence pause in order to provide it.
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Zoë Jay @zoecharlottejay.bsky.social · 19/10/2023
heck yeah this is hands down the coolest thing i have ever written, probably will ever write, pls read if you support me writing cool things, and/or if you’re interested in children in international relations and the politics of fun academic.oup.com/ips/article/...
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“Be Creative, Be Friends and Share Cultural Experiences”: Genre, Politics, and Fun at the Junior...
Abstract. This article examines children’s political agency in the context of the Junior Eurovision Song Contest. The Eurovision Song Contest is widely recogniz
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 11/10/2023
Until the end of October there is 30% off of my new book - Unparalleled Catastrophe: Life and Death in the Third Nuclear Age. Scan the QR code below or visit the @manchesterup.bsky.social website... Then use the code LAUNCH30 at checkout! 🌐 polisky 📚 authors
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
You can get 30% off when you order my book and use the code LAUNCH30 at manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/978152617044... 📚 authors 🌐 polisky
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Duck of Minerva @duckofminerva.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
So You’ve Seen Oppenheimer. www.duckofminerva.com/2023/09/so-y...
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So You’ve Seen Oppenheimer
Oppenheimer is the first blockbuster about nuclear weapons in a generation. Framing his film’s namesake with kinetic edits, fractured timelines, quantum imagery, and a pulsing score, director Chr...
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 04/10/2023
🚨 Next week! 🚨 Come along to hear about how and why we've entered a dangerous new nuclear age 🚀 ☢️ Polisky ☢️
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 02/10/2023
Fun readings for this week's teaching on mine and @maharafiatal.bsky.social's pop culture and politics course. This week we're looking at the politics of sport. Polisky if you've got any recommendations for further readings on sport and politics hit me up!
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 29/09/2023
I'm having an online book launch for my new book - Unparalleled Catastrophe: Life and Death in the Third Nuclear Age! 🗓️ October 11th ⏰ 15:30 (CET) 💻 On Zoom 📝 Sign up at the link below Hopefully see some of you polisky & #authors folk there!
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Évènements | Sciences Po | CiviCrm
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
Coming soon to a Oxford Handbook of Digital Diplomacy near you!
A screenshot of a book chapter titled digital nuclear diplomacy by Rhys Crilley.

Text reads: On 28 August 2022, six months into Russia’s brutal invasion of Ukraine, the Ukrainian Ministry of Defence tweeted their thanks to an unusual supporter. ‘We usually express gratitude to our international partners for the security assistance. But today we want to give a shout-out to a unique entity’ they said, announcing their thanks to the ‘North Atlantic Fellas Organization #NAFO’. The tweet then read ‘Thanks for your fierce fight against Kremlin’s propaganda & trolls. We salute you, fellas!’ This was accompanied by a photoshopped picture of a dog (a Shiba Inu) wearing a Ukrainian military uniform as missiles launched in the background. Whilst Putin was waging an absurdly horrific war on Ukraine, Ukraine was ridiculing his actions with absurdly humorous memes. As Putin was making threats to use nuclear weapons against anyone who opposed his invasion, the internet was responding with pictures..
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
Are we the baddies? meme
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Rhys Crilley @rhyscrilley.bsky.social · 26/09/2023
On the the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons I'm honoured to be on this reading list put together by @manchesterup.bsky.social ☮️🕊️✌️ manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/blog/2023/09...
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