Atomic Anxiety in the New Nuclear Age
How Can Arms Control and Disarmament Reduce the Risk of Nuclear War?
This is the central question at the heart of a £1.1 million research project funded by a UKRI Future Leaders fellowship and led by Dr Rhys Crilley at the University of Glasgow.
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2025 in Review: Deterrence, Disarmament, and the Power of What We Know
As we head into the festive season, Dr Carolina Pantoliano reflects on 2025 and offers a new years resolution for the nuclear politics community… It’s that time of year again. The moment when we all…
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The Art of The Atomic Deal? Economic Security for Nuclear Capabilities
A new trend is emerging in nuclear politics, writes Atomic Anxiety Fellow Thomas J. Shattuck, one where foreign investment in the US leads to nuclear cooperation. In our latest Fellows blog post, we dive into…
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2026 Fellows Scheme Applications Now Open!
Do you research or work on nuclear arms control and disarmament issues? Do you want to join a community of scholars and practitioners exploring innovative ideas in the field of nuclear politics? If so, we…
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Atomic Anxiety & the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone
Thirty years since the signing of the Southeast Asia Nuclear Weapon Free Zone, Hree P. Samudra reflects on what causes her atomic anxiety in the latest of our 2025 Atomic Anxiety Fellows cohort blogs… Atomic anxiety, for…
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Fellows 2025 Workshop
We are delighted to invite you to the Atomic Anxiety in the New Nuclear Age Fellows Workshop, taking place online via Microsoft Teams on 26 November 2025, from 10:00 AM to 3:15 PM (UK GMT). This workshop will bring together…
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Imagined Nukes, Real Feelings
In the latest of our 2025 Atomic Anxiety Fellows cohort blogs, Rebekah K Pullen writes about popular culture, atomic anxiety and how ‘the devices outgrew us’… Reflecting on the concept of anxiety in the nuclear space, I wonder…
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Listening for Silence: How the CTBT Works to Still Atomic Anxiety
In the latest blog post by our 2025 Atomic Anxiety Fellows cohort, Eleonora Neri reflects on atomic anxiety, nuclear testing and the work of the Comprensive Test Ban Treaty… I will never forget my time interning at the…
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New START, Who Dis? Living with Atomic Anxiety 2.0
In the second blog post by our 2025 Atomic Anxiety Fellows cohort, Ian Fleming Zhou is doomscrolling with a feeling of ambient atomic anxiety when the phone rings – New START, who dis?… It’s 89 seconds to midnight according…
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Is Atomic Anxiety Helpful?
In the first blog post by our 2025 Atomic Anxiety Fellows cohort, Zeenat Sabur asks if the concept of atomic anxiety is helpful or not, and examines the politics of our nuclear fears… Atomic anxiety…
Welcome
‘Atomic Anxiety in the New Nuclear Age: How Can Arms Control and Disarmament Reduce the Risk of Nuclear War?’ is a four year research project lead by Dr Rhys Crilley and funded by a UKRI Future Leaders Fellowship.
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