2020-21 International Politics in the Nuclear Age Syllabus
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This course aims to provide you with an interdisciplinary understanding of international nuclear politics from the advent of the atomic bomb project in 1941 to the present day. The first part of the course will be devoted to an episodic study of the history of nuclear politics during the Cold War, with the aim of showing how the danger of atomic and nuclear war decisively shaped the conflict between the US and the USSR—and how it determined its ending. The second part introduces the problem of dual-use and the challenges of nuclear proliferation. It includes a Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty simulation exercise. The third part explores contemporary problems and modes of analysis: of the key features of nuclear power politics today and major theoretical attempts to understand them. The fourth part provides an overview of five attempts to solve the nuclear dilemma.
Content Attributes
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| Video Url | |
| Topic / Subject Matter | Arms Control, Deterrence, Disarmament, Nuclear Weapons, Proliferation |
| Skillset | Crisis Decision Making, Critical Thinking, Negotiation, Strategy |
| Lens / Approach / Method | Game Theory, Historical, Policy Relevant |
| Download Category | Educational, Negotiation, Nuclear, Political |
| Content Tag | Cold War, Deterrence, fissile materials, Iran, Nonproliferation, nuclear strategy, unipolarity |
| Activity Type | |
| Audiences | College |
| Minimum Number of Participants | N/A |
| Maximum Number of Participants | N/A |
| Group or Individual | Groups, Individuals |
| Recommended group size | |
| Number of Leaders | 1 |
| Total Prep Time | |
| Total activity time | 10 weeks, 2 1 hour lectures/week, 3 1 hour seminars/semester |
| Divisible | Yes |
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| Recommended Reading | Readings for each week available in the Module Handbook |
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