Marina Henke, Professor of International Relations at the Hertie School and Director of the Centre for International Security, an expert on nuclear security, military interventions and European defense policy, joins Dr. Katharina Emschermann, Deputy Director at the Centre for International Security, to talk about nuclear security. They discuss: • the Centre’s newest research project “Understanding Nuclear Assurance, Deterrence and Escalation in Europe”, funded by the Stanton Foundation, • Marina Henke’s research into the psychology of limited nuclear war, • nuclear weapons as signaling devices, • strategic in-stability, • arms control, and • the controversy over nuclear sharing in Germany.
Marina Henke, Professor of International Relations at the Hertie School and Director of the Centre for International Security, an expert on nuclear security, military interventions and European defense policy, joins Dr. Katharina Emschermann, Deputy Director at the Centre for International Security, to talk about nuclear security. They discuss:
Where to start? Marina Henke’s ‘Intro to Nuclear Security’ List
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Tannenwald: Nina (2018): The Vanishing Nuclear Taboo? How Disarmament Fell Apart, in: Foreign Affairs, 97:6, 16-24, https://watson.brown.edu/files/watson/imce/news/2018/The%20Vanishing%20Nuclear%20Taboo%20-%20Foreign%20Affairs%202018.pdf
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More from Marina Henke:
Henke, Marina (2019): Constructing Allied Cooperation: Diplomacy, Payments, and Power in Multilateral Military Coalitions, Cornell University Press, https://www.cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/9781501739712/constructing-allied-cooperation/#bookTabs=1