Dr. Michal Onderco will present his latest book 'Networked Nonproliferation', recently published by Stanford University Press. The book provides a new argument, explaining a pivotal moment in the history of nuclear nonproliferation, with relevance for understanding the US foreign policy today. The book draws on extensive archival research on three continents, oral history, and extensive work with contemporary accounts.
- Associate professor
- Date
- Friday 15 Oct 2021, 16:00 - 18:00
- Type
- Seminar
- Spoken Language
- English
- Location
Café Dudok, Hofweg 1A, 2511 AA Den Haag
- Ticket information
Free entrance
After the presentation Marjolijn van Deelen, EU Special Envoy for Non-Proliferation and Disarmament will give remarks on the book
Moderation by Sico van der Meer, Research Fellow at the Clingendael Institute
About the book Networked Nonproliferation
The Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) had many opponents when, in 1995, it came up for extension. The majority of parties opposed extension, and experts expected a limited extension as countries sought alternative means to manage nuclear weapons. But against all predictions, the treaty was extended indefinitely, and without a vote.
Networked Nonproliferation offers a social network theory explanation of how the NPT was extended, giving new insight into why international treaties succeed or fail. The United States was the NPT's main proponent, but even a global superpower cannot get its way through coercion or persuasion alone. Michal Onderco draws on unique in-depth interviews and newly declassified documents to analyze the networked power at play. Onderco not only gives the richest account yet of the conference, looking at key actors like South Africa, Egypt, and the European Union, but also challenges us to reconsider how we think about American power in international relations.
With Networked Nonproliferation, Onderco provides new insight into multilateral diplomacy in general and nuclear nonproliferation in particular, with consequences for understanding a changing global system as the US, the chief advocate of nonproliferation and a central node in the diplomatic networks around it, declines in material power.
- More information
Marjolein Kooistra, mediarelaties ESSB, 06 83676038, kooistra@essb.eur.nl
