Jacques Hymans

  • Associate Professor of International Relations, USC Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences
  • Faculty Affiliate, USC Center for International Studies, Korean Studies Institute, and East Asian Studies Center
Office: (213) 740-8837

Expertise Summary

Unavailable for media through Sept 3, 2019

Expert on nuclear proliferation, as well as nuclear diplomacy with Iran and North Korea

Expertise

  • nuclear proliferation and non-proliferation
  • nuclear diplomacy with Iran, Iraq, North Korea and other countries
  • Japanese nuclear policy and the Fukushima accident
  • national identity and soft power

Languages

  • French
  • Spanish
  • German
  • Japanese

Additional Information

  • Author: “Achieving Nuclear Ambitions (2012), The Psychology of Nuclear Proliferation” (2006)
  • Recipient: 2014 University of Louisville Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order for “Achieving Nuclear Ambitions: Scientists, Politicians, and Proliferation”
  • Recipient: 2013 Louis Brownlow Book Award for “Achieving Nuclear Ambitions: Scientists, Politicians, and Proliferation”
  • Recipient: Alexander L. George Award for Best First Book in Political Psychology; Edgar S. Furniss Award for Best Book in International Security Studies