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X-WR-CALNAME:How New is the New Nuclear Age?
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DESCRIPTION:About the event: Since the mid-2010s\, scholars and analysts ha
 ve declared the emergence of a dangerous ‘new’ or ‘third’ nuclear 
 age. Beyond academia\, the concept of the new nuclear age is proving influ
 ential with policymakers in a range of countries. The new nuclear age is u
 nderstood to be characterized by technological change\, nuclear multipolar
 ity\, eroding constraints on the behavior and competition of nuclear-armed
  states\, and the likely emergence of new nuclear powers. That said\, it r
 emains unclear how we should understand the new nuclear age in broader ter
 ms: how new is it and does it require new theoretical frameworks to unders
 tand? Bell subjects the concept of the new nuclear age to scrutiny. He con
 nects the discussion of the new nuclear age to ongoing but mostly separate
  debates about nuclear history and the ‘Theory of the Nuclear Revolution
 ’ (TNR). The increasing body of literature challenging TNR reveals a mor
 e competitive\, complex\, and dangerous nuclear past than our prior unders
 tandings\, but in doing so\, it draws attention to continuities between th
 e past and the emerging nuclear age. Bell then examines the empirical feat
 ures thought to define the new nuclear age and show that many have histori
 cal precedent and do not require novel theoretical frameworks to understan
 d. The new nuclear age may\, therefore\, be somewhat less new\, though per
 haps no less dangerous\, than it appears.\n\nAbout the speaker: Mark Bell 
 is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the University of Minnes
 ota. His book\, Nuclear Reactions: How Nuclear-Armed States Behave\, won t
 he ISA Foreign Policy Analysis Section's best book award. Other work has b
 een published in International Organization\, International Security\, Int
 ernational Studies Quarterly\, Journal of Conflict Resolution\, Journal of
  Strategic Studies\, and Texas National Security Review. Policy-oriented w
 ork has been published in Foreign Affairs\, War on the Rocks\, and The Was
 hington Quarterly. He holds a Ph.D from MIT\, a Master's in Public Policy 
 from Harvard Kennedy School\, and a B.A. from St Anne’s College\, Oxford
  University.
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LOCATION:Encina Hall\, William J. Perry Conference Room
SUMMARY:How New is the New Nuclear Age?
URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.stanford.edu/event/how-new-is-the-new-nuclear-
 age
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