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Past Member

Barry O'Neill

Leon Levy Foundation Member

Affiliation

Social Science

Field of Study

Political Science
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Barry O'Neill is researching the prestige involved in a state's acquisition of nuclear weapons and the recognized taboo against their possession or use. He will look at how prestige value, the taboo, and the clear boundary that separates nuclear weapons from other weapons depend on higher-order beliefs and attitudes of others, which are susceptible to the use of game theory.

Dates at IAS

Member
School of Social Science

Degrees

Michigan
Ph.D.
1976