Nuclear Debates in Asia: The Role of Geopolitics and Domestic Processes

The authors of Nuclear Debates in Asia: The Role of Geopolitics and Domestic Processes, will speak at the Elliott School on what drives these discussions, where the center of gravity of debates lies in each country, and what this means for regional cooperation or competition and U.S. nuclear energy and nonproliferation policy in Asia.

This important book – the culmination of a two-year study by scholars at the Sigur Center’s Rising Powers Initiative – analyzes nuclear weapon and energy policies in Asia, a region at risk for high-stakes military competition, conflict, and terrorism. The contributors explore the trajectory of debates over nuclear energy, security, and nonproliferation in key countries: China, India, Japan, Pakistan, South Korea, Taiwan, Vietnam, and other states in ASEAN. Arguing against conventional wisdom, the contributors make a convincing case that domestic variables are far more powerful than external factors in shaping nuclear decision making.

Speakers
Mike M. Mochizuki, Associate Professor of Political Science and International Affairs, GW

Deepa M. Ollapally, Research Professor of International Affairs and Director of the Rising Powers Initiative, GW

Scott Snyder, Senior Fellow for Korea studies and Director of the program on U.S.-Korea policy, Council on Foreign Relations

Robert Sutter, Professor of Practice of International Affairs, GW