Caught in the nuclear trap(s)? The responsibility and findings of independent scholarship

Benoît Pelopidas (1)

1 CERI - Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS)

Benoit Pelopidas is the author of Repenser les choix nucléaires. La séduction de l'impossible, published last January by Presses de Sciences Po and currently being translated into English. Through systematic research conducted over more than a decade, at the crossroads of nuclear history and international relations, the author addresses essential notions such as proliferation, the security dilemma, vulnerability, and chance to name but a few. He answers our questions about his work, his approach, and his firm stance on the independence of research. This interview was conducted with Benoît Pélopidas on the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the Nuclear Knowledges programme.

Keywords: nuclear history; international relations; vulnerability; security; proliferation

Domains: Humanities and Social Sciences; Political science

Benoît Pelopidas. Caught in the nuclear trap(s)? The responsibility and findings of independent scholarship. 2022. ⟨hal-03729422⟩