Nick Ritchie

Our new article in @csosjournal asks: what happens when a major party challenges the UK’s national security “common sense”? The Corbyn years (2015–19) offer a revealing case study of orthodoxy, contestation & possibility. doi.org/10.1080/216248… w/@EliSchweig & Dr Thomas Martin

This case shows both the limits & possibilities of change when security orthodoxies are contested. It raises vital questions for democracy, party politics & the left in an era of global insecurity. @RethinkingSecu1 #Corbyn #UKLabour #SecurityStudies

Through a neo-Gramscian lens, we show how “strength, patriotism & militarism” operate as common sense in UK security debates. Corbyn’s alternatives were cast as weak & unpatriotic despite enjoying public support — showing how ideology polices what is seen as legitimate policy.

Our new article in @csosjournal asks: what happens when a major party challenges the UK’s national security “common sense”? The Corbyn years (2015–19) offer a revealing case study of orthodoxy, contestation & possibility. doi.org/10.1080/216248… w/@EliSchweig & Dr Thomas Martin

Latest bi-annual update of #TPNW related books, articles and reports covering Jan-June 2025 is now available here: shorturl.at/Q01C1 Full searchable database available here: tinyurl.com/TPNWdatabase @nuclearban #bantreaty #disarmament #TPNW

Latest bi-annual update of #TPNW related books, articles and reports covering July-Dec 2024 s now available: shorturl.at/Zzae8 Full searchable database available here: tinyurl.com/TPNWdatabase @nuclearban #bantreaty #disarmament

There are few people that know nuclear security in general and Russian nuclear security in particular as well as Dima, he would be an invaluable hire!

@PatriciaMary @ChathamHouse #Legend. If there was a nuclear disarmament hall of fame, you'd be in it.

Some personal and professional news: Today is my last day as Research Director, International Security @ChathamHouse. I am retiring to write and contribute to the world in a different way.

@seb6philippe @APSphysics @PrincetonSPIA Fantastic Sébastien!! Very well-deserved

I'm incredibly honored to receive the 2025 @APSphysics Joseph A. Burton Forum Award! The Award recognizes “outstanding contributions to the public understanding or resolution of issues involving the interface of physics and society.” @PrincetonSPIA aps.org/funding-recogn…

The Struggle for Abolition—my book on the history of multilateral nuclear disarmament initiatives from the 1960s till today—is live open access @CERI_SciencesPo @ScPoResearch @EU_NonProlif @ERC_Research taylorfrancis.com/books/oa-mono/…

📢New edition of the Nuclear Weapons Ban Monitor is out. 👇Read & download the report in the app. 🔎See our latest assessments of all states' policies and practices in relation to the prohibitions of the TPNW + analysis of progress in universalisation. online.flippingbook.com/view/573773746/

197 state profiles now updated and available on banmonitor.org. @ODA_Geneva @UNIDIR @ICRC_NYC @TJAQUEZH @alexanderkmentt @nuclearban @DisarmamentIRL @MFATNZ @AustriaUN

@pesach_lattin Disastrous pick

Already bored at #NPTPrepCom? To ease your pain, and due to popular demand, we are pleased to make available online the Wildfire Guide to the NPT RevCon. Updated with bonus material! #NPT2024 wildfire-v.org/WF_guide_NPT_2…

Former Home Secretary Suella Braverman again expresses her outrage at Labour scrapping the #RwandaScheme If you think it should be pointed out in every interview the scheme was fundamentally incompatible with the UK’s human rights obligations RT this widely

🧵[1/7] 📢Great to see our second special issue on irreversibility in nuclear politics come out in @J_NuclearDisarm The focus in this issue is on exploring dynamics of irreversibility/reversibility through case studies. Check it out here: tandfonline.com/toc/rpnd20/7/1…

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, Volume 7, Issue 1 is now available online with two special sections on "Irreversibility in Global Nuclear Politics Part II: Empirical Insights" and "Reducing the Risk of Nuclear Weapons Use in Northeast Asia." tandfonline.com/toc/rpnd20/7/1

Thanks Tories: theguardian.com/politics/ng-in…

This is getting ridiculous - how can Farage constantly get airtime with no one pointing out to him & viewers the Brexit he championed has by almost every economic & financial measure been disastrous for the UK? If that outrages you as much me RT this widely