Chris Hobbs
Biographic Data
| ID | 5807396 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Chris Hobbs |
| GIVEN NAMES | Chris |
| FAMILY NAME | Hobbs |
| SIGNATURE | HOBBS C |
| AFFILIATIONS | King's College London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1269-1641 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
From Communities of Interest to Communities Of Practice
In recent years, nuclear security has gained prominence on the international security agenda. Driven by post 9/11 anxieties and the politicization of fears regarding nuclear terrorism, concerns in this area have spawned a wealth of initiatives, which seek to counter this threat. Principal among these have been efforts to promote nuclear security education and infuse teaching and learning in this sphere with a more holistic understanding of the su…
Nuclear terrorism and virtual risk
Assessing the risk of nuclear terrorism is a challenging task due to the diversity of actors involved, variety of pathways to success, range of defensive measures employed, and the lack of detailed historical record upon which to base analysis. Numerical models developed to date vary wildly in both approach and ultimate assessment: estimates of the likelihood a nuclear terrorist attack differ by up to nine orders of magnitude. This article critiq…
The Middle Byzantine Historians, by Warren Treadgold
In the second instalment of a projected trilogy on Byzantine historiography, Warren Treadgold examines the historians writing between the eighth and thirteenth centuries. Rather than presenting a general argument on Byzantine historiography, he studies each historian in turn, frequently presenting original arguments on individual writers—hence his own description of his work as a ‘comprehensive study’ rather than a monograph (p. x). Treadgold’s e…
Multilateral cooperation and the prevention of nuclear terrorism
The second Nuclear Security Summit on 26–27 March 2012 in Seoul provides an important opportunity to gauge international consensus on the threat posed by nuclear terrorism, and to evaluate progress in the development of multilateral cooperative efforts to prevent it. However, the ‘nuclear security’ agenda has long been complicated by the complexity of the issues it covers and diverging perceptions of the risks and threats in this area. Further co…
Multilateral cooperation and the prevention of nuclear terrorism
The second Nuclear Security Summit on 26–27 March 2012 in Seoul provides an important opportunity to gauge international consensus on the threat posed by nuclear terrorism, and to evaluate progress in the development of multilateral cooperative efforts to prevent it. However, the ‘nuclear security’ agenda has long been complicated by the complexity of the issues it covers and diverging perceptions of the risks and threats in this area. Further co…
Multilateral cooperation and the prevention of nuclear terrorism
The second Nuclear Security Summit on 26–27 March 2012 in Seoul provides an important opportunity to gauge international consensus on the threat posed by nuclear terrorism, and to evaluate progress in the development of multilateral cooperative efforts to prevent it. However, the ‘nuclear security’ agenda has long been complicated by the complexity of the issues it covers and diverging perceptions of the risks and threats in this area. Further co…
The Middle Byzantine Historians, by Warren Treadgold
In the second instalment of a projected trilogy on Byzantine historiography, Warren Treadgold examines the historians writing between the eighth and thirteenth centuries. Rather than presenting a general argument on Byzantine historiography, he studies each historian in turn, frequently presenting original arguments on individual writers—hence his own description of his work as a ‘comprehensive study’ rather than a monograph (p. x). Treadgold’s e…
Nuclear terrorism and virtual risk
Assessing the risk of nuclear terrorism is a challenging task due to the diversity of actors involved, variety of pathways to success, range of defensive measures employed, and the lack of detailed historical record upon which to base analysis. Numerical models developed to date vary wildly in both approach and ultimate assessment: estimates of the likelihood a nuclear terrorist attack differ by up to nine orders of magnitude. This article critiq…
From Communities of Interest to Communities Of Practice
In recent years, nuclear security has gained prominence on the international security agenda. Driven by post 9/11 anxieties and the politicization of fears regarding nuclear terrorism, concerns in this area have spawned a wealth of initiatives, which seek to counter this threat. Principal among these have been efforts to promote nuclear security education and infuse teaching and learning in this sphere with a more holistic understanding of the su…
Law (3 works) · Nuclear Issues and Defense (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Engineering (2 works) · Philosophy (2 works) · Sociology (2 works) · Terrorism (2 works) · Actuarial science (1 work) · Archaeology (1 work) · Argument (complex analysis) (1 work)