Seminar by PhD candidate Kanica Rakhra from the Centre for International Politics, Organization and Disarmament (CIPOD) at Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), New Delhi.

In her presentation, the role prestige plays in a state’s decision making will be discussed, specifically how it influences the nuclear programs of India and Iran. Prestige, as a concept, has been an underlying factor in state decision making and nuclear programs, specifically, have been associated with the notion of prestige. This seminar seeks to understand how the notion of prestige is viewed and interpreted by states and its relation with the security of a state.

Venue: Conference room 367 at the Political Science department, Paradisgatan 5 H (House: Eden), Lund University, Sweden

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