{"id":2328831,"date":"2024-08-21T21:53:50","date_gmt":"2024-08-22T01:53:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nuclear-official-wrote-that-queer-theory-helps-us-see-the-evil-of-our-nuke-arsenal\/"},"modified":"2024-08-21T21:58:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-22T01:58:10","slug":"biden-nuclear-official-wrote-that-queer-theory-helps-us-see-the-evil-of-our-nuke-arsenal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-nuclear-official-wrote-that-queer-theory-helps-us-see-the-evil-of-our-nuke-arsenal\/","title":{"rendered":"Biden Nuclear Official Wrote That &#8216;Queer Theory Helps Us&#8217; See the Evil of Our Nuke Arsenal"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">32<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbiden-nuclear-official-wrote-that-queer-theory-helps-us-see-the-evil-of-our-nuke-arsenal%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2328831&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A recent\u200b article highlights the controversial views of Sneha Nahir, a special assistant in the Biden-Harris Department of Energy\u2019s National \u2064Nuclear Security \u200bAdministration. Nahir argues that incorporating &#8220;queer theory&#8221; into discussions \u200dabout nuclear weapons can contribute\u200b to nuclear justice and disarmament. In a June 2023 article, she claimed that diversity, equity, and inclusion \u200c(DEI) initiatives could enhance \u2064nuclear security. Before her appointment at the DOE, \u200bNahir \u200bworked as a research analyst \u200bfor nuclear \u2064security programs and held positions with European organizations focused on arms control. This perspective raises debates about the intersection of social theories and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/house-committee-chairmen-demand-answers-from-defense-chief-austin-after-classified-documents-leak\/\" title=\"Following the escape of classified information, House Committee chairman demand responses from Defense Chief Austin.\">national security strategies<\/a>.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section>\n<p>A nuclear national security official inside the Biden-Harris Department of Energy once wrote that &ldquo;queering nuclear weapons&rdquo; and diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-convicted-terrorists-led-religious-services-in-federal-prisons\/\" title=\"Report: Convicted Terrorists Led Religious Services in Federal Prisons\">strengthen security<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Sneha Nahir, appointed as a special assistant to the DOE&rsquo;s National <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/nuclear-war-fears-soar-strategic-early-warning-radar-obliterated-strike\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuclear<\/a> Security Administration in February, wrote in a co-authored June 2023 article that &ldquo;queer theory informs the struggle for nuclear justice and disarmament&rdquo; and that &ldquo;queer theory helps us not only see the bad of a world with nuclear weapons, but also imagine the good of a world without them.&rdquo; In a separate April 2023 paper, she argued that diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives &ldquo;can serve as a tool to strengthen nuclear security.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Prior to starting her position at DOE, Nahir worked as a research analyst for the Stimson Center&rsquo;s nuclear security program, according to the DOE. 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Sneha Nahir, who became a special assistant to the DOE&#8217;s National Nuclear Security Administration in February, co-authored an article in June 2023 where she claimed that &#8220;queer theory contributes to the fight for nuclear justice and disarmament,&#8221; suggesting it allows us to recognize the dangers of a world with nuclear arms while envisioning a better future without them. In another paper from April 2023, she posited that diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives could be utilized as tools to bolster nuclear security. Before her role at the DOE, Nahir served as a research analyst for the Stimson Center\u2019s nuclear security program and had experience with European organizations such as the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization and the Organization for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2328832,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture_-_2024-08-21T145658.029.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[3620,38893,38891,38892,36625],"class_list":["post-2328831","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-biden","tag-military-ethics","tag-nuclear-policy","tag-queer-theory","tag-social-justice"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/Picture_-_2024-08-21T145658.029.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328831","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2328831"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2328831\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328832"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2328831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2328831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2328831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}