Research Summary
My research focuses on concept strategic stability in contemporary nuclear politics, examining how emerging technologies, shifting geopolitical dynamics, and evolving alliance structures shape nuclear weapons strategy and escalation management. I study how states and alliances pursue strategic stability across national, regional, and multilateral contexts, with particular attention to NATO and the High North. By combining text analysis, archival research, satellite imagery, and process tracing, I aim to map the varied practices of strategic stability, identify common mechanisms for managing nuclear weapons risk, and assess how political relationships, technological change, and alliance dynamics influence stability in the post–Cold War era.
PUBLICATIONS
Peer-Reviewed Articles
Jamie Withorne, “Situational Awareness in the Third Nuclear Age,” Scandinavia Journal of Military Studies, 9, no. 1 (2026): 383-398. https://doi.org/10.31374/sjms.489.
BOOK CHAPTERS
Jamie Withorne, “Assessing the Relationship between Machine Learning and Open Source Research in International Security,” in Open Source Investigations in the Age of Google, vol. 4, Security Science and Technology (London: World Scientific, 2024), 302-317.
ROUNDTABLES AND REVIEWS
Jamie Withorne,“Strange stability: how cold war scientists set out to control the arms race and ended up serving the military-industrial complex. Benjamin Wilson,” International Affairs, 102, no. 4 (2026): 1430-1432. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiag096
Jamie Withorne, Roundtable Review of Alexander Montgomery, “The Nonproliferation Implications of the Spread of Emerging Technologies,” H-Diplo Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum, 18 July 2025.
Jamie Withorne, “An Early Effort to Make a Film about the Bomb: Book Review of ‘The Beginning or the End: How Hollywood—and America—Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb,’ by Greg Mitchell,” The Nonproliferation Review 29, no. 1–3 (2022): 147–50. doi.org/10.1080/10736700.2023.2171625.
SELECTED OP-EDS AND REPORTS
Jamie Withorne, “Verden er en feiltolkning unna atomkrig [The world is one misinterpretation away from nuclear war],” Nettavisen, April 2026
Jamie Withorne and Raven Witherspoon, “What this Norwegian ‘close call’ says about a world without New START,” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, April 2026.
Jamie Withorne, “Using emerging technology for escalation management,” European Consortium for Political Research, November 2025.
Jamie Withorne and Clara Sherwood, “How nongovernmental entities are tailoring their outreach to address nuclear escalation,” Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, April 2024.
Jamie Withorne,“The Nonproliferation Policy SPIN Cycle: How Not to Leave Data Out to Dry,” Center for Strategic and International Studies, On the Horizon, 4 (2022): 239-249.
Jamie Withorne, “Data Driven Disarmament,” The Korea Times, Asia Pacific Leadership Network Essay Contest Honorable Mention, November 2021.
Jamie Withorne,“North Korea’s Uranium Conversion: The History and Process, Three-part series,” Arms Control Wonk Blog, June 2021.
Jamie Withorne, “Machine Learning Applications in Nonproliferation: Assessing Algorithmic Tools for Strengthening Strategic Trade Controls,” Center for Nonproliferation Studies, July 2020.
Jamie Withorne, “Dismantle Bombs, Not Treaties,” Nuclear Threat Initiative, May 2020.
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