Thomas Fraise
Biographic Data
| ID | 1678777 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Thomas Fraise |
| GIVEN NAMES | Thomas |
| FAMILY NAME | Fraise |
| SIGNATURE | FRAISE T |
| AFFILIATIONS | Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4322-3442 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2021 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Magicians of Nuclear Strategy
In the 1950s, a new intellectual figure emerged in American strategic debates: the nuclear strategist. Drawn largely from the RAND Corporation, these thinkers—such as Bernard Brodie, Albert Wohlstetter, and Thomas Schelling—constructed a new field of knowledge: nuclear strategy. While their direct influence on U.S. war planning remains debated, this article argues that the nuclear strategists’ primary impact lay in their ability to create a struc…
Existential silos
Nuclearization and de-democratization
Do states change when they acquire nuclear weapons? This article looks at the consequences of nuclear acquisition on democratic states. It argues that nuclear acquisition is best understood as a process of political change through which state actors adapt existing institutions to the new, and unprecedented, challenges created by nuclear weapons. One form of this process of “nuclearization” is the development of nuclear secrecy regimes, which resu…
Armes nucléaires et environnement
International audience
Renaud Meltz, Alexis Vrignon (dir.), Des bombes en Polynésie. Les essais nucléaires français dans le Pacifique
Des bombes en Polynésie, livre collectif édité par Renaud Meltz et Alexis Vrignon, présente une contribution empirique importante à notre compréhension de l’histoire des sites d’essais nucléaires. Par son analyse des processus de décision ayant mené aux choix nucléaires français au début des années 1960, il permet notamment de mettre à distance une historiographie plutôt nationaliste des années 1990 qui consacrait le récit de l’État sur le dévelo…
Able Archer
Able Archer 83, a NATO nuclear exercise conducted in the fall of 1983, has been the subject of considerable debate in recent decades. While some analysts have argued that the superpowers came close to blows due to Soviet fears that the exercise was a ruse meant to disguise a NATO attack, revisionists have maintained that the danger associated with Able Archer 83 has been seriously overstated. In this article, the authors review the scholarship, t…
La question du secret nucléaire
International audience
Casting the atomic canon
Looming decisions on arms control and strategic weapon procurements in a range of nuclear-armed states are set to shape the international security environment for decades to come. In this context, it is crucial to understand the concepts, theories, and debates that condition nuclear policymaking. This review essay dissects the four editions of The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy , the authoritative intellectual history of its subject. Using this wi…
Casting the atomic canon
Looming decisions on arms control and strategic weapon procurements in a range of nuclear-armed states are set to shape the international security environment for decades to come. In this context, it is crucial to understand the concepts, theories, and debates that condition nuclear policymaking. This review essay dissects the four editions of The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy , the authoritative intellectual history of its subject. Using this wi…
Existential silos
Nuclearization and de-democratization
Do states change when they acquire nuclear weapons? This article looks at the consequences of nuclear acquisition on democratic states. It argues that nuclear acquisition is best understood as a process of political change through which state actors adapt existing institutions to the new, and unprecedented, challenges created by nuclear weapons. One form of this process of “nuclearization” is the development of nuclear secrecy regimes, which resu…
La question du secret nucléaire
International audience
Casting the atomic canon
Looming decisions on arms control and strategic weapon procurements in a range of nuclear-armed states are set to shape the international security environment for decades to come. In this context, it is crucial to understand the concepts, theories, and debates that condition nuclear policymaking. This review essay dissects the four editions of The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy , the authoritative intellectual history of its subject. Using this wi…
La question du secret nucléaire
International audience
Renaud Meltz, Alexis Vrignon (dir.), Des bombes en Polynésie. Les essais nucléaires français dans le Pacifique
Des bombes en Polynésie, livre collectif édité par Renaud Meltz et Alexis Vrignon, présente une contribution empirique importante à notre compréhension de l’histoire des sites d’essais nucléaires. Par son analyse des processus de décision ayant mené aux choix nucléaires français au début des années 1960, il permet notamment de mettre à distance une historiographie plutôt nationaliste des années 1990 qui consacrait le récit de l’État sur le dévelo…
Able Archer
Able Archer 83, a NATO nuclear exercise conducted in the fall of 1983, has been the subject of considerable debate in recent decades. While some analysts have argued that the superpowers came close to blows due to Soviet fears that the exercise was a ruse meant to disguise a NATO attack, revisionists have maintained that the danger associated with Able Archer 83 has been seriously overstated. In this article, the authors review the scholarship, t…
Armes nucléaires et environnement
International audience
Existential silos
Nuclearization and de-democratization
Do states change when they acquire nuclear weapons? This article looks at the consequences of nuclear acquisition on democratic states. It argues that nuclear acquisition is best understood as a process of political change through which state actors adapt existing institutions to the new, and unprecedented, challenges created by nuclear weapons. One form of this process of “nuclearization” is the development of nuclear secrecy regimes, which resu…
The Magicians of Nuclear Strategy
In the 1950s, a new intellectual figure emerged in American strategic debates: the nuclear strategist. Drawn largely from the RAND Corporation, these thinkers—such as Bernard Brodie, Albert Wohlstetter, and Thomas Schelling—constructed a new field of knowledge: nuclear strategy. While their direct influence on U.S. war planning remains debated, this article argues that the nuclear strategists’ primary impact lay in their ability to create a struc…
Nuclear Issues and Defense (6 works) · Political science (5 works) · Law (4 works) · Art (3 works) · International Relations and Foreign Policy (3 works) · Nuclear weapon (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Computer Science (2 works) · Global Security and Public Health (2 works) · History (2 works)