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I theorize there are 2 domestic sources of this surprising proliferation behavior in military regimes:1) The resource distribution...

I theorize there are 2 domestic sources of this surprising proliferation behavior in military regimes:
1) The resource distribution preferences of the military organization, and
2) The need to manage (repress) the domestic conflicts that threaten the regime’s political survival.

I use case evidence from Egypt, Brazil, and Pakistan to test these arguments. The details may surprise you. 2/2

My new article, “Military Regimes and Resistance to Nuclear Weapons Development,” is out in Security Studies. Why have so few military...

My new article, “Military Regimes and Resistance to Nuclear Weapons Development,” is out in Security Studies.

Why have so few military regimes seriously pursued nuclear weapons? Only Pakistan has succeeded, and a civilian leader started that program.

I argue that military regimes governing nonnuclear weapons states are likely to prefer to invest in conventional rather than nuclear forces - even in the presence of external security threats. 1/2

https://doi.org/10.1080/09636412.2023.2197621

There are 9 case studies to dig into:USSRFranceIsraelSwedenSouth KoreaIndiaPakistanSouth AfricaBrazilI have many people to thank and wrote...

There are 9 case studies to dig into:
USSR
France
Israel
Sweden
South Korea
India
Pakistan
South Africa
Brazil

I have many people to thank and wrote the acknowledgments with immense gratitude. Looking forward to the book’s release in a few months.

Domestic experts in key scientific and military organizations - if conditions are right - may influence leaders’ beliefs and preferences...

Domestic experts in key scientific and military organizations - if conditions are right - may influence leaders’ beliefs and preferences about the value of nuclear weapons.

The structure and politics of the international system also shape the leader’s info environment. I identify 3 diffeeent proliferation eras in which states have been constrained or freed to pursue #nuclearweapons

I argue that leaders make political decisions that shape the course of state nuclear weapons programs. They make these decisions not just...

I argue that leaders make political decisions that shape the course of state nuclear weapons programs. They make these decisions not just because of security.

Page proofs have arrived for my book: Nuclear Decisions, forthcoming this spring at Oxford University Press

Page proofs have arrived for my book: Nuclear Decisions, forthcoming this spring at Oxford University Press