Stanton Senior Fellow, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace; Author of ‘THE NEW NUCLEAR AGE’ (Polity) & ‘KIM JONG UN AND THE BOMB’ (Hurst/Oxford) Subscribe to my newsletter (Nukesletter): https://panda.substack.com/https://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3ml4blfvtpk2yNice piece by Jeongmin Kim at NKNews on the trajectory of our North Korea policy debates in DC over the last decade or so www.nknews.org/share/bd4bd2f8 https://www.nknews.org/share/bd4bd2f805 May 2026 13:18 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml4blfvtpk2yhttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3ml2aokq7gc2pBeautiful day in NYC.04 May 2026 17:57 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3ml2aokq7gc2phttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mkvgbf2qck2rTobias Fünke is more consistent in blue application than this.02 May 2026 19:53 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkvgbf2qck2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mktntsqjbs2q"The sons of a powerful family with close ties to Iran’s new supreme leader control the country’s largest cryptocurrency exchange" https://www.reuters.com/investigations/one-irans-most-powerful-families-founded-its-largest-crypto-exchange-its-used-by-2026-05-01/02 May 2026 03:04 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mktntsqjbs2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mkt73yai2c2fAbsolutely true of a certain generation of Asia policy "hands" (hate that term) in DC. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 22:40 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt73yai2c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mkt67ek7722fSo, who's in NYC for NPT RevCon next week?01 May 2026 22:24 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt67ek7722fhttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mkt4btgj6c2f2026 continues, I'm afraid https://www.wsj.com/world/europe/trump-orders-the-withdrawal-of-5-000-u-s-troops-from-germany-e6e7ca87?st=P7V9eq01 May 2026 21:49 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt4btgj6c2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mkt25musm22hThe administration's position appears to be that presidents can have unlimited 60-day wars, as a treat. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 21:11 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkt25musm22hhttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mkszrigabs2c5 p.m. on a Friday and my Meshuggah Catch Thirtythree remaster record just arrived. Today is a good day.01 May 2026 21:04 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkszrigabs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mksuudyb5c2eHostilities have "terminated" in the way that the nuclear program was "obliterated." [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 19:37 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksuudyb5c2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mksria4mqs2nThere is no Nuclear Posture Review; and there's been no strategic case made for this system or any public debate around the need for a new HDBT capability. This is a capability announcement via budget, essentially. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 18:36 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksria4mqs2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mksrc6hk4c2vRNEP is dead; long live RNEP. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 18:33 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksrc6hk4c2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mksrbnzwrk2vNDS-A is a new designation for a nuclear earth penetrator/HDBT, it seems: "[NDS-A] will provide the President with additional nuclear options to defeat [HDBT], ensuring that adversaries cannot place their most valued assets beyond the reach of America’s nuclear forces" https://www.twz.com/nuclear/new-nuclear-bunker-buster-bomb-plans-revealed01 May 2026 18:32 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksrbnzwrk2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mksn2idpzs2mDr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb and Grogu [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 17:17 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksn2idpzs2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mksmwpuc5e2tPentagon’s $25 Billion Price Tag for Iran War May Miss Key Costs https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-04-29/pentagon-s-25-billion-price-tag-for-iran-war-may-miss-key-costs?embedded-checkout=true01 May 2026 17:15 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksmwpuc5e2thttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mksmspwizs27Sanctions: the cause of, and the solution to, all of life's problems. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 17:12 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksmspwizs27https://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mkseu44zbs2fSLBMs, ICBMs, bombers. [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 May 2026 14:50 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mkseu44zbs2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/nktpnd.bsky.social/post/3mksbecjjm222"...we now also know that a nuclear accident anytime is a nuclear accident for all time—in the public imagination, if not in the environment" https://carnegieendowment.org/emissary/2026/04/chernobyl-anniversary-nuclear-power-lessons01 May 2026 13:48 +0000at://did:plc:pwwavqkiw66fmxzmvcev3fkl/app.bsky.feed.post/3mksbecjjm222