Ankit Panda

I’m no longer engaging on this site, but will continue to periodically share announcements and cross-posts from BlueSky. To follow my work and to continue engaging on ideas and issues, you can follow me there: bsky.app/profile/nktpnd…

This is an appalling thing to say. There is no question that Pakistan is developing a large solid rocket motor suitable for that purpose, even if experts debate why. Pakistani experts, if they wish to be accorded the respect of their peers, will need to make better argument than…

"While the United States has a core interest in keeping Iran non-nuclear, it should not allow itself to become a pawn in what is a war to ensure regime change in Iran," write @nktpnd and @NicoleGrajewski of @CarnegieEndow. trib.al/9XkJN0Q

In @GlobeOpinion, @NicoleGrajewski and I argue that the US and @POTUS should not become a pawn in the Israel-Iran war bostonglobe.com/2025/06/18/opi…

Great talking to @nktpnd this week on the Drop Site podcast about the new age of nuclear weapons: dropsitenews.com/p/nuclear-arme…

Listen to Ankit Panda discuss his new book 'The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon' on the @NewStatesman podcast. newstatesman.com/podcasts/insig…

Interested in nuclear issues? If yes, ‘The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon’ by Ankit Panda, @nktpnd, via @politybooks, is an absolute must read. It is a most useful and thought-provoking book. politybooks.com/bookdetail?boo…

In today's @FT, I reflect on the implications of the joint Israeli-US attacks on Iran for a fragile and bruised nonproliferation regime on.ft.com/45Jehd3

A lot of technical assessments of Iran’s nuclear program feel rushed. There’s an overreliance on fuel cycle basics and projections built on major unknowns while overlooking domestic factors eg institutional disruption, procurement challenges, and acute paranoia.

Next up in our #SummerReads series, Mr. Thomas Countryman suggests The New Nuclear Age: At the Precipice of Armageddon by Ankit Panda! 📷

How effective were strikes against Iran? U.S. and Israeli officials stress how long it would take Iran to rebuild its previous nuclear program. But there's a MUCH more important issue: How long it would take Iran to get the bomb? For that, a small program would suffice. (1/n)

“The proliferation toothpaste does not go back in the tube” - @nktpnd on the @NewStatesman podcast on whether we are now closer to a nuclear-armed Iran, the lessons from Pyongyang & the coming nuclear arms race detailed in his book, The New Nuclear Age. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Valuable analysis by @nktpnd on Iran’s nuclear options going forward: panda.substack.com/p/irans-nuclea…

Quick thoughts on Iran’s nuclear options after the US air operations this past weekend: we are left with “problems that cannot be bombed away without intelligence of the sort that I think is unlikely to manifest at a high enough confidence level” panda.substack.com/p/irans-nuclea…

Reading (by @nktpnd):

NEW Substack: on the controversy about whether the US is contemplating nuclear use over Fordow (it's not and it won't). panda.substack.com/p/no-ones-goin…

.@nktpnd and I argue in The Boston Globe: The U.S. has an interest in preventing a nuclear Iran—but that’s not what this war is about anymore. It’s becoming a campaign for regime change, and the U.S. should resist being dragged into this war. 🧵

President Trump's posts on Truth Social during the ongoing crisis between Iran and Israel are generating terrible risks that do not further U.S. interests. My short post today on Substack: panda.substack.com/p/the-presiden…

The claim that Iran had 60 days to make a deal is disingenuous since the United States was hardly ready, and did not conduct, an intensive, detailed negotiation. (1/n)

The U.S. has much to lose and little to gain from involvement in an Israel-Iran war, writes @james_acton32. Read why in his latest commentary: carnegieendowment.org/posts/2025/06/…