http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/authors/4358/conor-hughes Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:22:12 -0400 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:22:12 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1599/denuclearization-a-models-based-approach By Conor Hughes - With nuclear proliferation a major threat to international security, this study examines the factors that led three countries to denuclearize by applying Scott Sagan's three models: security, domestic politics, and norms. Rather than only observing security issues, which is the most common practice, this study also analyzes the importance of the other two models in denuclearization. The domestic politics model takes account of changes in leadership and state policies when denuclearization occurred. The norms model considers the prestige nuclear weapons bring and their role for the country, as... Tue, 31 Dec 2013 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1599/denuclearization-a-models-based-approach