Matthew Evangelista

Jan 17, 2025 | belfercenter.org | Rabia Akhtar |Simon Saradzhyan |Mark Bell |Matthew Evangelista

Visiting Scholar in the Project on Managing the Atom at Harvard University and Associate Professor in the Department of Government & Politics at St. John's University, Dr. David Kearn urges President Trump to cancel the SLCM-N program. Kearn, David . “Memo to Trump: Cancel the sea-launched nuclear cruise missile.” January 17, 2025 Memo to Trump: Cancel the sea-launched nuclear cruise missile Want to read more? The full text of this publication is available in the link below.

Dec 5, 2024 | belfercenter.org | David Logan |Mark Bell |Matthew Evangelista |Caitlin Talmadge

UK Prime Minister Kier Starmer’s Labour Party has signaled its “unshakeable” and “absolute” commitment to nuclear deterrence after sweeping to power in the United Kingdom in July. After 14 years of Conservative Party-led government, voters handed Starmer’s party a landslide victory on par with Prime Minister Tony Blair in 1997. Bolstered by an overwhelming majority of members of Parliament, Labour now has the mandate to make ambitious policy change across government.

Mar 31, 2024 | lawfaremedia.org | Matthew Evangelista

Published by The Lawfare Institute in Cooperation With Editor’s Note: One of the most frightening possibilities of the Russia-Ukraine conflict is that it increases the risk of nuclear war. This risk, however, doesn’t necessarily end once the shooting stops. Cornell University professor Matthew Evangelista explores the implications of extending the nuclear umbrella to Ukraine and argues that the world would be better off without such a shield.

Oct 23, 2023 | thebulletin.org | Matthew Evangelista |François Diaz-Maurin

For a Hollywood blockbuster, Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer does an effective job of portraying the “father of the atomic bomb” as a complex, multifaceted human being, driven by a combination of arrogance and self-doubt and facing profound moral dilemmas.

May 15, 2023 | dialnet.unirioja.es | Matthew Evangelista

ResumenThe essay describes the anti-Stalinist tradition as a source of reformist thinking in the USSR and the policies of Nikita Khrushchev as precedents for Mikhail Gorbachev’s reforms. It identifies promoters of reform within the Communist Party, among dissidents, and among their foreign supporters.