Makes a case for a reorientation of the nuclear non-proliferation regime, posing an alternative conceptualization of nuclear order centred on the regional level. It draws on theoretical tools from the literatures on regionalism, security governance, and international institutions, developing a framework that analyses the conditions that would allow for more robust regional nuclear cooperation.

Investigates how states decide to employ cyber in military and intelligence operations against other states and how rational those decisions are. In his examination, Aaron Franklin Brantly contextualizes broader cyber decision-making processes into a systematic expected utility-rational choice approach to provide a mathematical understanding of the use of cyber weapons at the state level.