A nation must think before it acts.
Research Areas:
nuclear weapons, cybersecurity, the second nuclear age
Paul Bracken is an FPRI Senior Fellow, a member of its Board of Advisors, and Professor of Management and Political Science at Yale University. A member of the Council on Foreign Relations, he served on the Chief of Naval Operations Executive Panel for many years. His undergraduate degree is from Columbia University in engineering, and his Ph.D. is from Yale University in operations research — and he is an avid ham radio operator K3SOC. Bracken is a leading professor in Yale’s executive education programs. He is the author of many books, including The Second Nuclear Age, Strategy, Danger, and the New Power Politics (Henry Holt).
Articles
- The Tension Between Secrecy and Innovation - Analysis - May, 2021
- The Hunt for Mobile Missiles: Nuclear Weapons, AI, and the New Arms Race - Reports - September, 2020
- Our Complicated and Dangerous Multipolar Nuclear World - Orbis - January, 2020
- Andy Marshall’s Century - E-Notes - April, 2019
- The 2018 Nuclear Posture Review: Signaling Restraint with Stipulations - E-Notes - February, 2018
- The Cyber Threat to Nuclear Stability - Orbis - April, 2016
- Nuclear Stability and the Hunt for Mobile Missiles - E-Notes - April, 2016
- Missing the Big Picture, US Policy on North Korea Could Bring Disaster - YaleGlobal - March, 2016
- The Bomb Returns for a Second Act - E-Notes - November, 2012
- Intelligence and Risk Management - E-Notes - December, 2008
- Technological Innovation and National Security - E-Notes - June, 2008
- Financial Warfare - Orbis - October, 2007
- Financial Warfare - E-Notes - September, 2007
- Thinking (Again) About Arms Control - Orbis - January, 2004
- The Structure of the Second Nuclear Age - E-Notes - September, 2003
- The Structure of the Second Nuclear Age - Orbis - July, 2003
- How to Think About Korean Unification - Orbis - July, 1998
- Risks and Promises in the Two Koreas - Orbis - January, 1995
- Beyond NATO: Complementary Militaries - Orbis - April, 1993