Great Powers and the International Nuclear Weapons Order
Journal: Durham e-Theses (Durham University)
Year: 2025

This research takes the English School approach to the study of international relations and applies it to the international nuclear order. It finds evidence for the existence of classical primary institutions identified by Hedley Bull, but argues that some, especially War, Balance of Power and Great Power Management, need to be understood in different ways in the context of the nuclear order. The thesis argues that what makes the international nuclear order unique amongst other global orders is