Dr Mattias Eken

Analyst in Defence & Security @RANDEurope. Interested in nuclear weapons, strategic culture, and resilience.

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

Pleased to be able to contribute to this @KyivIndependent article on #ukraine #drone strikes against Russian critical infrastructure and the state of Russia’s air defences.

[The Kyiv Independent @KyivIndependent]

In recent months, Ukraine has increased the number of strikes using homemade drones against Russian critical infrastructure. Faced with attacks using dozens of drones at once, the Russian air defense proved to be overstretched and not always effective. https://t.co/SJXV7Njrxe

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

Excited to share the launch of a @RANDEurope report that I've been working on regarding the impact of #military #AI on #strategic #competition ahead of the @REAIMsummit in Seoul next week.
https://t.co/kBFFwoZWS8 via @RANDCorporation

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

My brief analysis of UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s announcement regarding the ‘national endeavour’ to reinforce the UK #nucleardeterrent and the newly published Defence Nuclear Enterprise Command Paper.

[RAND Europe @RANDEurope]

#thread Today, UK Prime Minister Rishi Sunak announces a "national endeavour" to strengthen the UK's #NuclearDeterrent through a package of investment. A new #Defence #Nuclear Enterprise Command Paper was published this morning.

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

Pleased to contribute to this @BusineInsider piece on recent downing of Russian airplanes in Ukraine for @RANDEurope this week.

Russia Fear of Planes Attacked May Be Reason Getting Shot Down: Experts https://t.co/hpf2kJOW1P

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

Russia’s supposed use of the #Zircon hypersonic missile in #Ukraine last week is unlikely to have any immediate impact on the war. My thoughts in ⁦the ⁦@Newsweek⁩ piece below. https://t.co/Wn1A5063rF

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

@russianforces I agree. I’ve always thought that, doctrinally, the UK doesn’t know why it has the bomb. There seems to be little strategic planning or thought going into the UK nuclear arsenal. So getting rid of them might not actually change much.

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

Really enjoyed my time on @dwnews tonight talking about Israel selling #Arrow3 to Germany. The deal was approved by the US government earlier today.

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

My two cents on #Crimea and #nukes as reported in ⁦@KyivPost⁩ https://t.co/SaYPaqxLKu

[RAND Europe @RANDEurope]

What tactics might Russia deploy if Ukrainian forces threaten Russian control of #Crimea? Nuclear escalation is unlikely as it would bring 'enormous risks for Russia', says our researcher @MattiasEken

https://t.co/x9MLRJ5Nak

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

Thanks for having us! A pleasure as always. Looking forward to the rest of the conference tomorrow.

[Dr Sarah Mackay @SMGMackay]

Huge thanks to everyone who came along to the SASA postgrad/ECR workshop today- especially to our 10 excellent speakers, and to my fellow committee members for chairing panels!! #SASA2021 🇺🇸

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

@SMGThomson Me too! I miss the brew co. Hopefully we can all go to the pub after SASA 2022 instead 😉

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

Looking forward to taking part in this tomorrow! And I can confirm that the organisers are also lovely.

[Dr Sarah Mackay @SMGMackay]

This is the last day you can sign up for tomorrow's SASA Publishing Workshop- if you have questions, big or small, about any sort of publishing then please do come along! The sessions will be friendly and informal, and the speakers are all lovely 😊

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

@contestedground @SMGThomson No worries at all. I sometimes forget myself.

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

@contestedground @SMGThomson More than happy to help out Malcolm. My whole PhD thesis was on the Enola Gay exhibit. I’ve got thousands of archival photos, conducted interviews with the curators/museum director, and spoke to Marty Sherwin about it as well. Let me know and we can chat about it.

[SASA @ScotAmStudies]

The SASA committee is delighted to share the programme for our 2021 PG & ECR workshop 🇺🇸The theme is ‘publishing’- we’ll be talking about everything from op-eds to first monographs, so there’s something for everyone! All welcome, please register here: https://t.co/6kXcRc0dYV

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

Easily one of the best, and most welcoming, conferences for Americas studies in the UK. Can’t recommend it enough. Get those abstracts in!

[SASA @ScotAmStudies]

Abstracts for our online conference are due Monday! This year, we are asking for brief 10-minute papers. There is no particular theme to the conference - we accept anything relating to the study of the Americas, from any discipline. Email your abstracts to [email protected]

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

@contestedground Count me in Malcolm! Always happy to rant about one of my favourite books. I’ll see what I can come up with. Although with the conference being online I can’t bring any Irn-Bru this time...

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

Got an essay out on @BAASUSSO. Hope you all enjoy it. Thanks to @AV_Stokes for all her hard work on this series.

[U.S. Studies Online @BAASUSSO]

We're starting the week with a new essay in our #USSOSpecialSeries 'Memorials and Popular Memory': 'The Exhibit That Bombed: The Enola Gay Controversy and Contested Memory', by @MattiasEken

https://t.co/nO9R2OneWz

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

@BAASUSSO @DrTimPeacock Well done Tim! Excellent as always.

[Dr Mattias Eken @MattiasEken]

@SMGThomson Holy shit! Get better soon! I was gonna make a bad Reagan joke about outlawing cysts but I’ll refrain haha. Take care! Xx