Are nuclear weapons useful for coercive diplomacy? Since 1945, most strategic thinking
about nuclear weapons has focused on deterrence-using nuclear threats to prevent attacks …

How can states signal their alliance commitments? Although scholars have developed
sophisticated theoretical models of costly signaling in international relations, we know little …

As Iran continues its apparent pursuit of a nuclear weapons breakout capability and North
Korea resists efforts to roll back its proliferation, policy makers in Washington eager to …

This article critically reviews scholarship on the role of conflict and cooperation in
conditioning nuclear proliferation. We start by laying out the trajectory of scholarship on the …

Research on nuclear security has gone quantitative. Rapid growth in empirical approaches
to the consequences of nuclear weapons in recent years promises to settle some …

Scholars of international relations (IR) from the United States, like any country, view the
world with particular perspectives and beliefs that shape their perceptions, judgments, and …

What is the effect of nuclear latency on states' conflict behaviors? Defined as the ability to
produce fissile material without the actual possession of nuclear weapons, nuclear latency is …

A growing literature suggests that nuclear assistance from other countries is an important
determinant of whether states pursue nuclear weapons. Existing work does not consider …

Nuclear Reactions analyzes how nuclear weapons change the calculations states make in
their foreign policies, why they do so, and why nuclear weapons have such different effects …

The causes and consequences of nuclear proliferation have received a great deal of
academic attention. However, nuclear weapons are rarely discussed in isolation in policy …