In an announcement that will likely have America’s adversaries rubbing their hands together with glee, a top official in the Biden-Harris administration’s Department of Energy (DOE) is calling for the government to begin “queering nuclear weapons.”
While it’s not immediately clear what is involved in “queering nuclear weapons,” the call seeks to further weaken the United States’ military might in order to align with the radical “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI) agenda.
The call was made by DOE official Sneha Nair, a special assistant at the National Nuclear Security Administration.
In February 2024, the Biden-Harris admin announced Nair had been appointed to the role.
Nair has previously called for disarmament policies – which reduce or eliminate nuclear weapons.
She argues that advancing “queer theory” is essential to that agenda and vital to America’s national security.
Nair believes in eradicating purported “white supremacy” in the nuclear field.
Additionally, the Biden-Harris official is calling for “queering nuclear weapons” as part of a DEI push.
She claims that DEI and “queer theory” are essential for deterring threats to nuclear energy facilities in the U.S.
“Finally, queer theory informs the struggle for nuclear justice and disarmament,” she wrote last year.
“Queer theory helps to shift the perception of nuclear weapons as instruments for security by telling the hidden stories of displacement, illness, and trauma caused by their production and testing.”
Nair argues that DEI, more broadly, “is essential for creating effective nuclear policy.”
Before Nair joined the administration, she worked for the Stimson Institute.
The organization has received hundreds of thousands from Soros’ Open Society Foundations and millions from “The Embassy of the State of Qatar” over the years, financial records on their funding sources reveal.
In an article from April 2023, Nair wrote that she believes the workforce of a nuclear security facility is at risk of becoming “insider threats,” unless they are forced to comply with DEI.
“By understanding DEI as a set of values critical to security, and therefore as an element of an effective nuclear security culture, stakeholders can explore how DEI can contribute to stronger security at nuclear facilities,” she said.
“Collectively, these principles (of DEI) can work to mitigate counterproductive work behavior and prevent disgruntled employees from becoming insider threats,” she claimed.
Nair explicitly says that strengthening DEI is a national security matter.
“DEI principles and advancement must be considered crucial assets for strengthening nuclear security implementation,” Nair added.
Nair’s DEI agenda envisions expanding America’s deep secrets to people with foreign connections.
She claims those individuals were discouraged from applying due to “race bias.”
“U.S. government reports show that qualified applicants with foreign ties have been discouraged from applying to sensitive national security positions and faced barriers to obtaining a security clearance,” she said.
“This is in part due to preconceived confirmation biases held by investigators about certain racial or ethnic groups.”
“Considerable progress has been made in advancing DEI in the nuclear field, but the largest obstacle remains in ensuring that nuclear security practitioners understand how DEI can serve as a tool to strengthen nuclear security,” she said in the article.
“Greater focus on the intersections between nuclear security and DEI is essential.”
Regarding race bias, Nair believes that white staff at nuclear facilities don’t have the ability to properly evaluate threats from people of the same racial group.
She argues that people from “the dominant culture” cannot identify radical white supremacists.
“Diversifying the perspectives included in nuclear security decision-making can expand the definition of who or what constitutes a ‘threat’ for nuclear security,” she said.
“The notion of ‘threat’ and ‘security’ are defined by the dominant culture, which inherently sidelines how marginalized groups … perceive ‘threats.’”
“Dominant culture” is a Marxism-rooted academic concept about power that refers to how the U.S. has traditionally been shaped by white people.
“An example of this is the threat posed by some white supremacist groups to nuclear facilities may go undetected if a white-majority workforce does not perceive these ideological leanings as indicators of a relevant nuclear security threat,” she claimed.
“[I]ntegrating DEI into nuclear security culture can help reimagine how each state’s nuclear security regime understands ‘threat’ to ensure a comprehensive assessment of the security risks facing a facility,” she concluded.
“Equity and inclusion… is essential for creating effective nuclear policy,” an article titled “Queering Nuclear Weapons” authored by Nair on “disarmament” from June 2023 said.
She then discussed how a radical academic concept, called “critical queer theory,” is crucial to addressing national security threats.
“Queer theory: changing the narrative…. Queer theory is a field of study, closely related to feminist theory, that examines sex- and gender-based norms,” she wrote.
“It shines a light on the harm done by nuclear weapons through uranium mining, nuclear tests, and the tax money spent on nuclear weapons… ”
“The queer lens prioritizes the rights and well-being of people over the abstract idea of national security, and it challenges the mainstream understanding of nuclear weapons—questioning whether they truly deter nuclear war, stabilize geopolitics, and reduce the likelihood of conventional war.
“Queer theory asks: Who created these ideas?
“How are they being upheld?
“Whose interests do they serve?
“And whose experiences are being excluded?”
She said, “Queer theory also identifies how the nuclear weapons discourse is gendered: Nuclear deterrence is associated with ‘rationality’ and ‘security,’ while disarmament and justice for nuclear weapon victims are coded as ‘emotion’ and a lack of understanding of the ‘real’ mechanics of security.”
Nair also said that nuclear policy through the lens of queer theory is about rejecting “the tenet that nuclear deterrence creates security and disarmament creates vulnerability.”
Meanwhile, neither China nor Russia has ever mentioned DEI or “queer theory” at any level of government or the military.
