Talk to come in Bristol: on Iran and the US and nuclear proliferation

Professor Campbell CRAIG Aberystwyth University

Iran, Nonproliferation, and the Politics of US Preponderance 


The talk will examine US interests in maintaining the nonproliferation regime, how this manifests itself in the current negotiations with Iran, and explore the causes of Republican opposition to these negotiations. 

I argue that the long tradition in US politics of exaggerating American insecurity for domestic purposes, combined with the new structural condition of unipolarity, creates an overriding incentive among right-wing politicians to undermine nonproliferation norms and the imminent nuclear deal with Iran.


May 18 2015 5-6:30 pm Social science complex, Priory Road 3F9 

Everyone is welcome!

Reception to follow from 6:30 to 7:30pm

Campbell Craig is Professor of International Politics at Aberystwyth University. He currently is Benjamin Meaker Visiting Professor at the University of Bristol.

For further information, please e-mail benoit.pelopidas@bristol.ac.uk

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Link: http://www.bristol.ac.uk/ias/diary/2015/craig1.html