Biden Nuclear Security Official Called for 'Queering Nuclear Weapons'
said it was "seriously concerned" after President Biden updated America's Nuclear Employment Guidance to focus on the threat from China, according to The New York Times.Nair co-authored a piece titled Queering nuclear weapons: How LGBTQ+ inclusion strengthens security and reshapes disarmament which was published in June 2023 by the influential Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, a magazine which focuses on the threats to humanity from emerging technologies.The U.S.
nuclear weapons stockpile has come under increased scrutiny against the backdrop of rising tensions with rival nuclear armed nations Russia, as well as China.
According to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Russia currently has 4,380 nuclear weapons against 3,708 for the U.S.
and 500 for China.Beijing is understood to be rapidly increasing its nuclear arsenal and the U.S. military estimates it could have over 1,000 nuclear weapons by 2030.When writing the article, Nair was a nuclear research expert at the Stimson Center, a Washington, D.C-based think tank.
