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Naman Karl-Thomas HabtomArmed only with thoughts and questions on what the world should look like.
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A Brief Cold War History of Israeli Nukes
A 1978 New York Times article on what the US knew about Israeli nukes.
Given the recent US-Israeli war on Iran, ostensibly (though dubiously) on the grounds that Tehran was pursuing a nuclear weapon, it is worth briefly taking a moment to...
Europe wants to force Ukrainian refugees to return home to fight
EU leaders are hardening their policies, thinking that sending men back will resolve Kyiv’s recruitment crisis — but it will only prolong an unwinnable war.
At a European Union summit earlier this month, Sweden’s migration minister rev...
An Act of Performative Diplomacy
E3+Ukraine Summit in London in December 2025
On 7 June 2026, Britain’s Prime Minister Keir Starmer hosted his French and German counterparts along with Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as part of an E3+Ukraine summit to formulate a...
Resolving the Inherent Contradiction of European Security
Photo by Marek Studzinski on Unsplash
The ongoing tensions between NATO’s European members (as well as Ukraine as a “de facto member of the alliance,” in the words of then-Ukrainian defence minister in 2023) and the Russian Federation can...
Iran war shows perils of America's Mideast bases
Originally published in Responsible Statecraft on March 18, 2026.
U.S. military bases in the Middle East have served as a key launchpad for American attacks on Iran. But they’ve also served as a vulnerable target for retaliation. In...
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Non-Resident Fellow at the Quincy Institute. Completed a PhD in history at the University of Cambridge. Interested in all things war and peace. Armed only with thoughts and questions on what the world should look like.
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