NBCLX interviewed Sarah Bidgood MANPTS ‘16, director of the Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at the Middlebury Institute’s James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, to discuss the Russian nuclear threat.
Nuclear tensions are rising as a result of the war with Ukraine. In a video interview with NBCLX, Sarah Bidgood claims that the nuclear threat from Russia is low but growing. She also argues that if Russia were to use nuclear weapons, it would likely turn to a smaller, ‘tactical’ bomb.
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Eurasia Nonproliferation Program at CNS
Middlebury Institute professor Dr. Jeffrey Lewis was recently interviewed on NPR’s All Things Considered on his team’s use of Google Maps to track the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the quantity of data available on social media about the war.
Middlebury Institute researcher Joshua Pollack wrote an opinion piece about why America’s decision to refrain from imposing a no-fly zone in Ukraine is necessary to avoid catastrophic escalation.
Nonproliferation and Terrorism Studies professor Dr. Jeffrey Lewis and a team of students noticed the Russian invasion of Ukraine on Google Maps hours before it was officially announced, the Washington Post reports.
