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SUMMARY:How New is the New Nuclear Age?
LOCATION:Encina Hall William J. Perry Conference Room\, 616 Jane Stanford 
 Way\, Stanford\, CA 94305
DESCRIPTION:About the event: Since the mid-2010s\, scholars and analysts h
 ave declared the emergence of a dangerous ‘new’ or ‘third’ nuclear age. B
 eyond academia\, the concept of the new nuclear age is proving influentia
 l with policymakers in a range of countries. The new nuclear age is under
 stood to be characterized by technological change\, nuclear multipolarity
 \, eroding constraints on the behavior and competition of nuclear-armed s
 tates\, and the likely emergence of new nuclear powers. That said\, it re
 mains 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 under
 stand? Bell subjects the concept of the new nuclear age to scrutiny. He c
 onnects the discussion of the new nuclear age to ongoing but mostly separ
 ate debates about nuclear history and the ‘Theory of the Nuclear Revoluti
 on’ (TNR). The increasing body of literature challenging TNR reveals a mo
 re competitive\, complex\, and dangerous nuclear past than our prior unde
 rstandings\, but in doing so\, it draws attention to continuities between
  the past and the emerging nuclear age. Bell then examines the empirical 
 features thought to define the new nuclear age and show that many have hi
 storical precedent and do not require novel theoretical frameworks to und
 erstand. The new nuclear age may\, therefore\, be somewhat less new\, tho
 ugh perhaps no less dangerous\, than it appears.\n\nAbout the speaker: Ma
 rk Bell is an Associate Professor of Political Science at the Unive\n\nht
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