International Relations 101

Do nuclear weapons provide coercive benefits? Can a state credibly threaten to nuke other states? Explore an international relations debate on nuclear strength.

Why do states powerful enough to possess nuclear weapons not develop them? Explore the bargaining methods weaker states employ to avoid nuclear proliferation.

Iran’s nuclear program. Those are some loaded words. Learn why talks with Iran aren’t going anywhere and about the choices the United States is forced to face.

How do covert nuclear programs lead to war? This international relations lesson compares the strategy of preventive war to soccer penalty kicks.

Was the Iraq war a rational mistake? Sometimes the threat of nuclear weapons causes accidental preventive war even when weapons of mass destruction don't exist.