Nicholas L. Miller
Associate Professor of Government
Nicholas Miller's research focuses on nuclear proliferation, the international politics of civilian nuclear technology, and international security more broadly. His book, Stopping the Bomb: The Sources and Effectiveness of U.S. Nonproliferation Policy, was published by Cornell University Press in 2018. His other research has been published in the American Political Science Review, International Organization, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, the Journal of Conflict Resolution, the Journal of Political Economy and Security Studies, among other outlets.
Contact
Department(s)
Government
Center(s)
The John Sloan Dickey Center for International Understanding
Education
- Ph.D. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- B.A. Wesleyan University
Selected Publications
"The Future of Nuclear Proliferation after the War in Ukraine." Proliferation Papers, No. 67, IFRI, April 2024.
"The Rise of the Autocratic Nuclear Marketplace." With Tristan Volpe. Journal of Strategic Studies 46, Nos. 6-7 (2023): 1325-1363.
"No Kin in the Game? Moral Hazard and War in the U.S. Congress." With Eoin McGuirk and Nathaniel Hilger. Journal of Political Economy 131, No. 9 (2023): 2370-2401.
"Sanctions as a Deterrent to Nuclear Testing." With Matt Bowen and Richard Nephew. Nonproliferation Review 29, Nos. 1-3 (2022): 27-45.
"The Limits of Nuclear Learning in the New Nuclear Age." With Mark Bell. In The Fragile Balance of Terror, Vipin Narang and Scott Sagan, eds. (Ithaca, NY: Cornell University Press, 2023), 209-229.
"Learning to Predict Proliferation." International Organization 76, No. 2 (2022): 487-507.
"Rival Hierarchies and the Origins of Nuclear Technology Sharing." With Jeff Colgan, International Studies Quarterly 63, No. 2 (2019): 310-321.
"North Korea Defied the Theoretical Odds: What Can We Learn from its Successful Nuclearization?" With Vipin Narang, Texas National Security Review 1, No. 2 (2018): 58-75.
Stopping the Bomb: The Sources and Effectiveness of U.S. Nonproliferation Policy, Cornell University Press, 2018.
"Why Nuclear Energy Programs Rarely Lead to Proliferation." International Security 42, No. 2 (2017): 40-77
"Red Lines in Nuclear Nonproliferation." With Daniel Altman, Nonproliferation Review 24, No. 3-4 (2017): 315-342.
"Keeping the Bombs in the Basement: U.S. Nonproliferation Policy toward Israel, South Africa, and Pakistan." With Or Rabinowitz, International Security 40, No. 1 (2015): 41-86.
"Questioning the Effect of Nuclear Weapons on Conflict." With Mark Bell, Journal of Conflict Resolution 59, No. 1 (2015): 74-92.
"The Secret Success of Nonproliferation Sanctions." International Organization 68, No. 4 (2014): 913-944.
"Political Devolution and Resistance to Foreign Rule: A Natural Experiment." With Jeremy Ferwerda, American Political Science Review 108, No. 3 (2014): 642-660.
"Nuclear Dominoes: A Self-Defeating Prophecy?" Security Studies 23, No. 1 (2014): 33-73.