Mariana Budjeryn
Researcher of nuclear, Ukraine, and nuclear Ukraine. Author of Inheriting the Bomb. Harvard Belfer Center, Wilson Center Global Europe Program, Brookings nonresident, NAS CISAC, ACONA.
- Reposted by Mariana Budjeryn“There’s no debate that Maduro was a bad guy, right? But does that justify the breach of international borders, the international recognized borders and the unsanctioned use of military force?” asks @mbudjeryn.bsky.social of the “Donroe Doctrine” via @france24.com. www.france24.com/en/tv-shows/...
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- Reposted by Mariana BudjerynMTA Associate & MIT Senior Researcher @mbudjeryn.bsky.social was featured on CNN to discuss the damage to the Chernobyl confinement structure -- video.snapstream.net/Play/6rgJDF7...
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- Reposted by Mariana BudjerynBelfer Center Fellowships are open for application through December 1, 2025. @mbudjeryn.bsky.social, Senior Researcher at MIT and Associate with the @managingtheatom.bsky.social, reflects on her time at Harvard Kennedy School as "life changing."
- Reposted by Mariana BudjerynOn Trump’s recent meeting with Putin, “The expectations here on the ground have been very low,” says Mariana Budjeryn, research associate at SSP’s Center for Nuclear Security Policy. @mbudjeryn.bsky.social joins other experts in discussing the Alaska Summit via @thebulletin.org: youtu.be/1m-Qih8V4Y4
- Reposted by Mariana BudjerynWhatever points have been agreed on between Trump and Putin, they have to sell it to not only Zelenskyy, but to European leaders and the Ukrainian people, says Mariana Budjeryn (@mbudjeryn.bsky.social), research associate at SSP’s Center for Nuclear Policy, via @france24.com youtu.be/9I25wib8qjg?...
- Reposted by Mariana BudjerynNew in the Journal of Cold War Studies (Winter 2025): A forum on @mbudjeryn.bsky.social book "Inheriting the Bomb", featuring insights from Steven Pifer, Polina Sinovets, Robin E. Möser, and a reply from Budjeryn: direct.mit.edu/jcws/article...
- Reposted by Mariana Budjeryn🗨️"Pleasing #Trump isn’t #Putin's priority. Putin has no reason to stop." 👉 @belfercenter.bsky.social‘s @mbudjeryn.bsky.social ➡️Full show: f24.my/BJVm.x @en.france24.com #Trump #Ukraine
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- Reposted by Mariana BudjerynWhy am I so unimpressed by these strikes? Israel and the US have failed to target significant elements of Iran's nuclear materials and production infrastructure. RISING LION and MIDNIGHT HAMMER are tactically brilliant, but may turn out to be strategic failures. 🧵 1/17
- Living through my very own solstice: the Ukrainian translation of Inheriting the Bomb was announced today and is available for pre-order. Out in print in August. Hoping it will contribute to a fact-based discussion of Ukraine’s nuclear history.
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- Reposted by Mariana BudjerynDay 1: @mbudjeryn.bsky.social, George Perkovich, Ali Vaez, Andrea Mitchell, @richardmnephew.bsky.social, the Hon. Christopher Ford, Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, Stephen J. Hadley, @ernestmoniz.bsky.social, @nancyayoussef.bsky.social, @ctbto.bsky.social, and @jamiekwong.bsky.social.
- H-Diplo roundtable of my book is finally out! Grateful to Anna-Mart van Wyck, Valeria Hesse, and Mark Kramer for their reviews, to Polina Sinovets and Iryna Maksymenko for the introduction, and to Elisabeth Roehrlich and Diane Labrosse for guiding the process through to completion.
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- Reposted by Mariana BudjerynI once received an electric shock during torture only for writing for Radio Liberty: I was told that it was "a CIA structure and an enemy of Russia", and for that reason alone I was already guilty. Now, the "enemy of Russia" is being destroyed by America itself, and my torture seems doubly in vain.
- Reposted by Mariana Budjeryn“I will repeat once again what seems incredible but is true: 500 million Europeans are begging 300 million Americans to protect us from 180 million Russians who have not been able to cope with 40 million Ukrainians for three years.” www.nytimes.com/2025/03/07/w...
- A vicious triangle: Ukraine wants peace. Trump wants a deal. And Putin wants Ukraine. Try squaring that.
- Please join @belfercenter.bsky.social and Project on Managing the Atom on Wednesday, March 12 at 10am to discuss vulnerability and resilience of Ukraine's electrical grid in wartime, with Volodymyr Kudrytskyi, former CEO of Ukraine's grid operator. In person and online. To register click below.
- Reposted by Mariana BudjerynWHERE WILL YOU BE ON MARCH 7TH!? Head to www.standupforscience2025.org/local-event-information/ or the link in our bio to find your closest event—or add one if you're hosting one! #standupforscience2025
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- So wait a minute: The U.S. won't contribute troops to enforce a ceasefire, but it will use unarmed American civilians working for U.S. companies as a tripwire against the Russians?
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- I have gotten a lot of pushback against my argument that Russia could be incentivized to use a nuclear weapon against Ukraine if it can see a possibility of a big win in Ukraine. It was formulated in more auspicious times. It begins to look less far fetched with each day and each hour.
- Please join this important event at MIT on lessons from Ukraine for grid and energy security in wartime, with the former CEO of Ukrenerho Volodymyr Kudrytskyi. Tuesday, March 11, 5pm. Register below: calendar.mit.edu/event/vulner...
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- A response to all those who tell Ukraine, look, Germany was divided for 45 years and then reunited. Did it?
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- On this day of remembrance of Ukraine’s Revolution of Dignity, re-upping my essay from a year go, to remind what Ukraine is fight for. @brookings.edu @belfercenter.bsky.social
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- What comes to mind these days are the words of Jan Masaryk, Czechoslovakia's foreign minister, uttered to Lord Halifax in the wake of Munich 1938: “If you have sacrificed my nation to preserve the peace of the world, I will be the first to applaud you. But if not, gentlemen, God help your souls."
- Ukrainian photographer Vladyslav Sodel documents the amazing work accomplished with USAID support in Ukraine over the years.
- If you are in Toronto tomorrow.
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- An important piece on how to build a more resilient and efficient energy system in Ukraine after the war.
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- More innocent lives lost to this war… Here’s a question: what does it take to shut down a country’s air space for civilian traffic in the age of long-range drones that could be mistaken for civilian aircraft that’s landing/taking off?
- An amazing story of Ukrainian ultrarunner Andrii Tkachuk who is currently defending his country on the front lines.
- This is a very important piece about the US defense industry and the lessons of the war in Ukraine for future defense production.
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- Reposted by Mariana BudjerynPublished with Dr. @mbudjeryn.bsky.social of Harvard's @belfercenter.bsky.social in 2017, in the HARVARD INTERNATIONAL REVIEW, this article seems to be relevant again: @nti.org @nordicukraine.bsky.social @konflikt-sicher.bsky.social @ukrainekompakt.bsky.social @nuclearban.bsky.social @dgap.org
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- How dared HTS topple Assad without giving Putin a face-saving way out?!
- Why wasn’t there more resistance from Assad and the Syrian army?
- Today is the Day of Ukraine's Armed Forces. On December 6, 1991, Ukr. parliament passed the text of Ukr. military oath and def. minister Kostiantyn Morozov became the first Soviet officer to take it right in the Rada session hall. The debt of gratitude for UAF service and sacrifice is immeasurable.
- Well, I have officially reached the pinnacle of my career.
- Why it is important to halt Russian gas transit through Ukraine to Europe. An important article by Oleksandr Kharchenko and Sergiy Makogon for @wilsoncentergep.bsky.social.
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- Reposted by Mariana BudjerynChallenges and opportunities for Ukraine's economic survival, for next year and beyond. IYMI, see the recording of the @wilsoncentergep.bsky.social #UkraineInEurope discussion with Natalie Jaresko and Artem Gergun.
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- It’s hard to disagree with a basic premise: it is not in America’s interest to provoke Putin. And so it DIDN’T.
- Holodomor 1932-1933. Remember…
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[This post could not be retrieved] - Reposted by Mariana BudjerynComing up on Dec. 10: Thirty years since the Budapest Memorandum, hosted by Ukrainian Institute London, with Andrew Wilson and Serhii Plokhii. www.tickettailor.com/events/ukrai...
- The plot thickens. Now Ukrainian intelligence (GUR) claims the mystery missile likely belonged to the Kedr series, armed with 6 cluster munitions. Flight time from Kapustin Yar to Dnipro 15 min. Speed at terminal stage 11 Machs. Earlier Putin claimed it was a hypersonic MRBM Oreshnik.
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- Today is the Day of Dignity and Freedom in Ukraine. 11 y. since the Revolution of Dignity started. For Ukrainians, dignity and freedom are not platitudes but tangible values worth fighting for. Re-upping my essay about the Revolution of Dignity to remind us what this war is about and how it started.
