Debak Das, assistant professor in peace and security at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs at the University of Denver, will speak to the proliferation of nuclear delivery systems, why the global nuclear order has not been able to prevent the spread of this technology, and what can be done to address the problem. He will draw from international history of the nuclear order to talk about the recent proliferation concerns in the Indo-Pacific, South Asia, and the Middle East, all states expanding their nuclear and missile arsenals.
Debak Das is an assistant professor in peace and security at the Josef Korbel School of Global and Public Affairs at the University of Denver. His research interests lie at the intersection of international security, nuclear proliferation, crises, and international history. His research and writing have been published in the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, Global Studies Quarterly, H-Diplo Robert Jervis International Security Studies Forum, International Studies Review, Lawfare, Political Science Quarterly, Research and Politics, Security Studies, Texas National Security Review, The Washington Post, and War on the Rocks.
Das earned his Ph.D. in Government from Cornell University in 2021. He was the MacArthur Nuclear Security Pre-Doctoral Fellow in 2019-2020, and a Stanton Nuclear Security Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC) at Stanford University in 2021-2022. Das also holds an M.Phil in Diplomacy and Disarmament, and an M.A. in Politics (with specialization in International Relations) from the Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi.
Das is also an affiliate at CISAC at Stanford University, the Centre de Recherche Internationales (CERI) at Sciences Po, Paris, and at the Council for Strategic and Defense Research, New Delhi.
