Francis Gavin
Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1998-1999
Experience
Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1998-1999
Current Affiliation: Founding Director of Studies, Robert S. Strauss Center for Int'l Security and Law; Tom Slick Professor of Int'l Affairs, LBJ School of Public Affairs, University of Texas, Austin, TX
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Winter 2009/10
"Same As It Ever Was: Nuclear Alarmism, Proliferation, and the Cold War"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 34
By Francis Gavin, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1998-1999
Nuclear alarmists argue that proliferation is the most dangerous threat facing the United States, but they largely ignore such past threats and overstate their claims. A better understanding of the history of nuclear proliferation and of how the international community escaped calamity during a far more dangerous time-the Cold War-would lead to more effective U.S. nuclear nonproliferation policies than those currently proposed by the alarmists.
Winter 2004/05
"Blasts from the Past: Proliferation Lessons from the 1960s"
Journal Article, International Security, issue 3, volume 29
By Francis Gavin, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1998-1999
In their efforts to make the goal of halting nuclear proliferation—particularly by so-called rogue regimes—a centerpiece of their new national security strategy, George W. Bush and his administration have rejected crucial lessons from the past.
Gold, Dollars, and Power: The Politics of International Monetary Relations, 1958-1971
Book
By Francis Gavin, Former Research Fellow, International Security Program, 1998-1999
