A Collection of Papers from the 2010 Nuclear Scholars Initiative

The 2010 Nuclear Scholars Initiative featured an outstanding class of graduate students and young professionals from across the United States as well as two graduate students from Europe. The monthly workshops that the scholars participated in during the first six months of 2010 covered numerous areas of nuclear policy and strategy. The papers contained in this volume were authored by participants in the 2010 program and are a product of each scholar's independent research. These papers cover a diversity of issues, including developments in U.S. nuclear policy formulation, the role of nuclear weapons in defense planning, and matters of broader international concern such as the multilateralization of arms control, monitoring the flow of nuclear materials and dual-use technology, and understanding the causes and effects of nuclear proliferation. 

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Introduction by Mark Jansson

The Power of Prague: An Empirical Investigation into Attitudes Toward Nuclear Policies by Jason A. Cantone

Promise and Pragmatism in U.S. Nuclear Policy by Anine M. B. Hagemann

Should the Nuclear Posture Review be Conducted More Frequently? by Courtney N. Stewart

Maximizing Participation in Multi-lateral Nuclear Arms Control by Marcy Rutan Fowler 

Positive Externalities of Evolutionary Arms Control by Anya Loukianova 

Measuring Nuclear Export Controls in Nuclear-Powered Nations and Nuclear Aspirants by Peter Crail

Strategic Security: Toward an Integrated Nuclear, Space, and Cyber Policy Framework by Jason D. Wood

China’s Sea-Based Nuclear Deterrent in 2020: Four Alternative Futures for China’s SSBN Fleet by Thomas M. Skypek 

Nuclear Stockpiles and Arms Race Stability Between the U.S. and China by Tong Zhao 

Limited Nuclear War in the 21st Century by Polly M. Holdorf 

Learning to Live with a Nuclear North Korea by Nate Adler

Why Isn’t Turkey Balancing Iran?: Explaining Balance-of-Power and Alliance Behavior in Response to Nuclear Proliferation by Sameer Lalwani 

Toward a Unified Theory of Nuclear Proliferation & Rollback by Leah Kuchinsky