Constraining Nuclear Latency: Institutional Veto Players and Conflict Behavior

• In Event: The Role of Leadership on International Security: Political Authority, Cognitive Schemas, and Institutional Constraints

Brief Overview

This project examines how domestic institutions shape the strategic consequences of nuclear latency, showing that veto players constrain leaders and reduce the likelihood that latent nuclear states initiate conflict.

Author

• Jungjae Hong, University of California, Santa Barbara