Thomas Doyle (Texas State): Liberal Democracy and Nuclear Despotism: Two Ethical Foreign Policy Dilemmas. Alexandre Debs (Yale): The Effect of Alliances on Nuclear Proliferation. Mark S Bell (MIT): Beyond Emboldenment: The Effects of Nuclear Weapons on State Foreign Policy. Graham Allison on the step we still haven't taken to create a nuke-free world. The first chapter from Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era: Regional Powers and International Conflict by Vipin Narang. Does nuclear blackmail work? Todd S. Sechser and Matthew Fuhrmann on how average attempts at nuclear blackmail are no more successful than non-nuclear efforts. Bennett Ramberg highlights the vulnerability of nuclear assets in volatile countries. A history of false alarms and near catastrophes: An interview with Eric Schlosser, author of Command and Control: Nuclear Weapons, the Damascus Accident, and the Illusion of Safety. What do policymakers want from academic experts on nuclear proliferation? Peter Feaver investigates. Francis Gavin on what new academic research can teach us about nuclear weapons. The curious case of nuclear studies: Alexandre Debs on how the study of nuclear proliferation needs to change to be a better guide for policy recommendations. Matthew Connelly on the “documentary big bang” in nuclear weapons scholarship: How to turn lots of new data into meaningful insights about nuclear weapons. A boy and his toys: Yep, Putin just threatened to use his nukes — now it’s time for Washington to decide on a time-out for the Russian president. Putin has no intention of getting rid of his nukes — our president should stop trying. U.S. ramping up major renewal in nuclear arms. Why is the U.S. saving old nukes? To save Earth from giant asteroids, of course. Mark-Strauss on the ten most bizarre ideas for using nuclear weapons.
