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University of Leicester – The EU Non-Proliferation Consortium

University of Leicester

University of Leicester

The School of History, Politics and International Studies at the University of Leicester is home to a number of scholars and research students working in the field of nuclear politics, deterrence, non-proliferation and disarmament.  It is also home to the ERC-funded Third Nuclear Age research project, which examines the technological, geopolitical and normative changes in the current global nuclear order (https://thethirdnuclearage.com).

Contact information

School of History, Politics and Interantional Relations (HyPIR),

University of Leicester,

University Road,

Leicester, UK,

Website: https://le.ac.uk/hypir & https://thethirdnuclearage.com

Tel.: +44(0)116 252 2587

Contact: hypir@le.ac.uk

Social media handle for Linkedin and Twitter if applicable: @thirdnuclearage

Point of contact

Dr Andrew Futter (primary)

Professor in International Politics, PI on the Third Nuclear Age project

Ajf57@le.ac.uk

 

Dr Bleddyn Bowen (please CC on significant correspondence/events)

The team

Contacts Resume Speciality

Dr Andrew Futter.

Professor in International Politics, PI on the Third Nuclear Age project

Ajf57@le.ac.uk.

Professor of International Politics

  • Nuclear politics; deterrence, strategy, non-proliferation, disarmament.

Dr. Bleddyn Bowen

bb215@leicester.ac.uk

Associate Professor of International Politics
  • Astro-politics, strategic studies.
Dr. Joshua Baker Lecturer in International Relations
  • Trust and empathy in IR; US foreign policy and Iran.
     

Ms Ludovica Castelli

Doctoral Researcher on the Third Nuclear Age project

  • Nuclear politics of the Middle East

Publications:

Josh Baker, ‘The empathic foundations of security dilemma de-escalation’ Political Psychology, 40:6 (2019) pp.1251-1266.

Bleddyn Bowen & Cameron Hunter, ‘We’ll never have a model of an AI Major-General: Artificial Intelligence, Command Decisions, and Kitsch Visions of War’, Journal of Strategic Studies, 2023.

Bleddyn Bowen Original Sin: Power, Technology, and War in Outer Space (Hurst, 2022)

Ludovica Castelli & Olamide Samuel, “Justifying attacks on nuclear facilities”, Non-proliferation Review, (2024).

Andrew Futter, Hacking the bomb: Cyber threats and nuclear weapons, (Georgetown, 2019)

Andrew Futter & Benjamin Zala, “Strategic conventional weapons and the onset of a Third Nuclear Age”, European Journal of International Security, 6:3 (2021), pp.257-277.

Andrew Futter & Olamide Samuel, “Accommodating Nutopia: The nuclear ban treaty and the developmental interests of global south countries”Review of International Studies, (2023).