Lisa Koch
@llkoch.bsky.social
Book: Nuclear Decisions, available at Oxford University Press. Associate Professor of Government. IR, nonproliferation, foreign policy.
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Lisa Koch
@llkoch.bsky.social
· Sep 11
Nuclear Decisions was featured in Books of Note, in the July/Aug issue of Arms Control Today. As a longtime reader of this journal, I am absolutely delighted. @armscontrolnow.bsky.social
#polisky #nukesky
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Even if they somehow manage to build a missile shield that works reliably and is affordable—which is extremely unlikely on both counts based on more than 50 years of unfulfilled promises, but bear with me—we’d still be highly vulnerable if they push vital software updates during a crisis or attack.
4/ This honestly is perhaps the most insane thing we’ve heard since Jan 20. Musk, Thiel and Luckey want the US to pay for the creation of this network of surveillance and attack lasers and then the Pentagon will become a subscriber to the service. So the US won’t own our own missile defense.
April 20, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Even if they somehow manage to build a missile shield that works reliably and is affordable—which is extremely unlikely on both counts based on more than 50 years of unfulfilled promises, but bear with me—we’d still be highly vulnerable if they push vital software updates during a crisis or attack.
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Very happy to see my new paper out - on regulation of military AI, the war in Ukraine, and the particular role of NATO. Thanks to Ulrich Kuhn @ifshhamburg.bsky.social and @heatherwilly.bsky.social for having me as a part of their SI in Journal of Strategic Studies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
Navigating the AI frontier: Insights from the Ukraine conflict for NATO’s governance role in military AI
As artificial intelligence (AI) becomes increasingly integrated in the military domain, calls for its regulation are growing. In this paper, I argue that although civil society, academics and citiz...
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February 21, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Very happy to see my new paper out - on regulation of military AI, the war in Ukraine, and the particular role of NATO. Thanks to Ulrich Kuhn @ifshhamburg.bsky.social and @heatherwilly.bsky.social for having me as a part of their SI in Journal of Strategic Studies www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
I’m looking forward to reading this:
I am elated to say that my book, "Words of War: Negotiation as a Tool of Conflict," is now published and available to order!
In the book, I argue and demonstrate that negotiations are not only used to end wars but can also be wielded to fight them.
A summary thread is below.
In the book, I argue and demonstrate that negotiations are not only used to end wars but can also be wielded to fight them.
A summary thread is below.
February 20, 2025 at 2:50 PM
I’m looking forward to reading this:
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Thank you @llkoch.bsky.social for sharing your research with us on nuclear threats.
In our latest Wednesday Seminar, Lisa asks, “When leaders issue nuclear threats, how are those threats perceived?” She continues to talk about the spectrum of credibility on which these threats may fall and...
In our latest Wednesday Seminar, Lisa asks, “When leaders issue nuclear threats, how are those threats perceived?” She continues to talk about the spectrum of credibility on which these threats may fall and...
February 14, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Thank you @llkoch.bsky.social for sharing your research with us on nuclear threats.
In our latest Wednesday Seminar, Lisa asks, “When leaders issue nuclear threats, how are those threats perceived?” She continues to talk about the spectrum of credibility on which these threats may fall and...
In our latest Wednesday Seminar, Lisa asks, “When leaders issue nuclear threats, how are those threats perceived?” She continues to talk about the spectrum of credibility on which these threats may fall and...
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Launch day! My new book “Under the Nuclear Shadow” about China’s approach to strategic deterrence and information-age weapons is officially out with @princetonupress.bsky.social ! To read more about it and order it, see press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
Under the Nuclear Shadow
How and why China has pursued information-age weapons to gain leverage against its adversaries
press.princeton.edu
January 7, 2025 at 12:24 PM
Launch day! My new book “Under the Nuclear Shadow” about China’s approach to strategic deterrence and information-age weapons is officially out with @princetonupress.bsky.social ! To read more about it and order it, see press.princeton.edu/books/paperb...
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These are illustrations from a 1953 US Army field manual for soldiers designed to indoctrinate them that nuclear weapons were not that destructive or dangerous and that radiation exposure in particular was no big deal (and maybe even beneficial).
December 11, 2024 at 9:28 PM
These are illustrations from a 1953 US Army field manual for soldiers designed to indoctrinate them that nuclear weapons were not that destructive or dangerous and that radiation exposure in particular was no big deal (and maybe even beneficial).
On the anniversary of Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace speech, I highly recommend reading this excellent, recent special issue of the Journal of Cold War Studies.
muse.jhu.edu/issue/51175
(My H-Diplo review of the issue is at issforum.org/reviews/PDF/...)
muse.jhu.edu/issue/51175
(My H-Diplo review of the issue is at issforum.org/reviews/PDF/...)
Project MUSE - Journal of Cold War Studies-Volume 25, Number 3, Summer 2023
muse.jhu.edu
December 9, 2024 at 2:20 AM
On the anniversary of Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace speech, I highly recommend reading this excellent, recent special issue of the Journal of Cold War Studies.
muse.jhu.edu/issue/51175
(My H-Diplo review of the issue is at issforum.org/reviews/PDF/...)
muse.jhu.edu/issue/51175
(My H-Diplo review of the issue is at issforum.org/reviews/PDF/...)
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Starter Pack for Nuclear Weapons History and Politics. Most of these folks are within the broader #NukeSky world.
If I've missed you, please let me know if you would like to be added or suggest anyone else who should be on this!
👉 go.bsky.app/KDiibQK
If I've missed you, please let me know if you would like to be added or suggest anyone else who should be on this!
👉 go.bsky.app/KDiibQK
November 15, 2024 at 6:21 AM
Starter Pack for Nuclear Weapons History and Politics. Most of these folks are within the broader #NukeSky world.
If I've missed you, please let me know if you would like to be added or suggest anyone else who should be on this!
👉 go.bsky.app/KDiibQK
If I've missed you, please let me know if you would like to be added or suggest anyone else who should be on this!
👉 go.bsky.app/KDiibQK
Delighted to see this officially in print. Placing blame with the citizens of the enemy country plays an interesting role in support for a severe military response.
#polisky
#polisky
Second, <a href="https://bsky.app/profile/did:plc:rl5bujpy2oqkol2pwwtmumbg" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky-mention">@llkoch.bsky.social compares national support for the #DeathPenalty in the United States with support for #Nuclear strikes against enemy countries, finding that core beliefs about blame and punishment can influence support for the use of force.
Just a moment...
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November 11, 2024 at 11:33 PM
Delighted to see this officially in print. Placing blame with the citizens of the enemy country plays an interesting role in support for a severe military response.
#polisky
#polisky
Thinking about fictional movie character Gen. Jack D. Ripper for absolutely no reason today
Here’s what health experts are weighing as the public health practice of adding fluoride to America’s water supply comes under increased scrutiny.
RFK Jr. says fluoride is ‘an industrial waste’ linked to cancer, diseases and disorders. Here’s what the science says | CNN
Robert F. Kennedy Jr. waded into another scientific debate on Saturday by saying Donald Trump’s administration would advise that fluoride be removed from the country’s water supplies if the former pr...
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November 3, 2024 at 11:55 PM
Thinking about fictional movie character Gen. Jack D. Ripper for absolutely no reason today
Great thread on the multiple failures that could have led to disaster on the infamous Saturday that marked the height of the Cuban missile crisis:
October 27, 1962, was arguably the most dangerous day of the Cuban Missile Crisis, a day when human error, rushed preparations, aggressive tactics, and sky-high tensions could have set off World War III intentionally or by accident at least four separate times. Here is what happened (a long thread):
October 27, 2024 at 5:37 PM
Great thread on the multiple failures that could have led to disaster on the infamous Saturday that marked the height of the Cuban missile crisis:
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded, “for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again,” to the Hibakusha: the survivors of the two atomic bomb attacks of 1945.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
The Nobel Peace Prize 2024
The Nobel Peace Prize 2024 was awarded to Nihon Hidankyo "for its efforts to achieve a world free of nuclear weapons and for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be ...
www.nobelprize.org
October 11, 2024 at 3:47 PM
The 2024 Nobel Peace Prize has been awarded, “for demonstrating through witness testimony that nuclear weapons must never be used again,” to the Hibakusha: the survivors of the two atomic bomb attacks of 1945.
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
www.nobelprize.org/prizes/peace...
Nuclear Decisions was featured in Books of Note, in the July/Aug issue of Arms Control Today. As a longtime reader of this journal, I am absolutely delighted. @armscontrolnow.bsky.social
#polisky #nukesky
#polisky #nukesky
September 11, 2024 at 11:05 PM
Nuclear Decisions was featured in Books of Note, in the July/Aug issue of Arms Control Today. As a longtime reader of this journal, I am absolutely delighted. @armscontrolnow.bsky.social
#polisky #nukesky
#polisky #nukesky
What an honor to receive the Robert Jervis Best International Security Book Award alongside co-winner Sharan Grewal, and to be presented the award by Sumit Ganguly. My thanks to the APSA International Security section Jervis Award committee members for their service.
September 7, 2024 at 1:16 PM
What an honor to receive the Robert Jervis Best International Security Book Award alongside co-winner Sharan Grewal, and to be presented the award by Sumit Ganguly. My thanks to the APSA International Security section Jervis Award committee members for their service.
Evidence of APSA’s effect on Philadelphia this week:
Me, waiting in line, chatting with National Park Service ranger: I have wanted to visit Independence Hall for a really long time!!
Ranger: Are you a political scientist?
Me, waiting in line, chatting with National Park Service ranger: I have wanted to visit Independence Hall for a really long time!!
Ranger: Are you a political scientist?
September 6, 2024 at 9:08 PM
Evidence of APSA’s effect on Philadelphia this week:
Me, waiting in line, chatting with National Park Service ranger: I have wanted to visit Independence Hall for a really long time!!
Ranger: Are you a political scientist?
Me, waiting in line, chatting with National Park Service ranger: I have wanted to visit Independence Hall for a really long time!!
Ranger: Are you a political scientist?
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At this instant 79 years ago (8:15am August 6, local time), Little Boy—a 15-kiloton, uranium-fueled atomic bomb—destroyed Hiroshima, killing (per US military estimates) ~70,000 men, women, and children, including 12 American POWs. Independent estimates later maintained ~140,000 people were killed.
August 5, 2024 at 11:16 PM
At this instant 79 years ago (8:15am August 6, local time), Little Boy—a 15-kiloton, uranium-fueled atomic bomb—destroyed Hiroshima, killing (per US military estimates) ~70,000 men, women, and children, including 12 American POWs. Independent estimates later maintained ~140,000 people were killed.
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Thomas Neff, inventor and champion of the Megatons to Megawatts program, passed away at 80. His efforts resulted in the equivalent of 20,000 Soviet/Russian nuclear weapons worth of uranium being used instead to produce electricity in the US
#NukeSky
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/w...
#NukeSky
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/w...
Thomas Neff, Who Turned Soviet Warheads Into Electricity, Dies at 80
An M.I.T. physicist, he engineered an East-West deal that reduced nuclear threats and produced one of the greatest peace dividends of all time.
www.nytimes.com
July 22, 2024 at 10:15 PM
Thomas Neff, inventor and champion of the Megatons to Megawatts program, passed away at 80. His efforts resulted in the equivalent of 20,000 Soviet/Russian nuclear weapons worth of uranium being used instead to produce electricity in the US
#NukeSky
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/w...
#NukeSky
Gift link www.nytimes.com/2024/07/20/w...
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Today in 1945, at 5:29 Mountain war Time (NOT 5:29:45 & we’ll discuss why it matters), USA tested world’s 1st nuclear weapon near Soccoro, NM.
more content later.
Via FOIA I got released post-detonation, COLOR, film showing green lake of Trinitite:
flic.kr/p/2pYzipx
#NukeSky
#PhDLife
more content later.
Via FOIA I got released post-detonation, COLOR, film showing green lake of Trinitite:
flic.kr/p/2pYzipx
#NukeSky
#PhDLife
1. Trinity Ground Zero Post Det. Aerials
Explore NuclearAnthro's 2571 photos on Flickr!
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July 16, 2024 at 5:28 PM
Today in 1945, at 5:29 Mountain war Time (NOT 5:29:45 & we’ll discuss why it matters), USA tested world’s 1st nuclear weapon near Soccoro, NM.
more content later.
Via FOIA I got released post-detonation, COLOR, film showing green lake of Trinitite:
flic.kr/p/2pYzipx
#NukeSky
#PhDLife
more content later.
Via FOIA I got released post-detonation, COLOR, film showing green lake of Trinitite:
flic.kr/p/2pYzipx
#NukeSky
#PhDLife
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From a 1966 report on recovering urban areas after a nuclear attack — "structural damage due to blast from a centrally located 10 MT burst will be limited by city size, not weapon effects."
June 20, 2024 at 8:29 PM
From a 1966 report on recovering urban areas after a nuclear attack — "structural damage due to blast from a centrally located 10 MT burst will be limited by city size, not weapon effects."
I am honored and thrilled that Nuclear Decisions has been named the co-winner of the Robert Jervis Best International Security Book Award for 2023. It's deeply meaningful to me to receive an award named for the late Robert Jervis.
June 14, 2024 at 2:23 PM
I am honored and thrilled that Nuclear Decisions has been named the co-winner of the Robert Jervis Best International Security Book Award for 2023. It's deeply meaningful to me to receive an award named for the late Robert Jervis.
I had a great time talking with the fantastic Eleonora Mattiacci about my book, Nuclear Decisions, on the New Books Network World Affairs podcast!
#polisky
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Lisa Langdon Koch, "Nuclear Decisions: Changing the Course of Nuclear Weapons Programs" (Oxford UP, 2023) - New Books Network
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May 16, 2024 at 8:30 PM
I had a great time talking with the fantastic Eleonora Mattiacci about my book, Nuclear Decisions, on the New Books Network World Affairs podcast!
#polisky
newbooksnetwork.com/nuclear-deci...
#polisky
newbooksnetwork.com/nuclear-deci...
I'm so glad to be over here at last! #PoliSky
ICYMI: My first book, Nuclear Decisions, is out with Oxford University Press.
I argue that leaders make political decisions that shape the course of state nuclear weapons programs. They make these decisions not just because of security.
ICYMI: My first book, Nuclear Decisions, is out with Oxford University Press.
I argue that leaders make political decisions that shape the course of state nuclear weapons programs. They make these decisions not just because of security.
December 8, 2023 at 9:59 PM
I'm so glad to be over here at last! #PoliSky
ICYMI: My first book, Nuclear Decisions, is out with Oxford University Press.
I argue that leaders make political decisions that shape the course of state nuclear weapons programs. They make these decisions not just because of security.
ICYMI: My first book, Nuclear Decisions, is out with Oxford University Press.
I argue that leaders make political decisions that shape the course of state nuclear weapons programs. They make these decisions not just because of security.