1. Scott Sagan is known for his research on nuclear weapons policy and nuclear disarmament, including discussions of system accidents, and has published widely on these subjects.
14 Facts About Scott Sagan
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In 2017 Sagan received the International Studies Association's Susan Strange Award.
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Scott Sagan was the recipient of the National Academy of Sciences William and Katherine Estes Award in 2015 and the International Studies Association's Distinguished Scholar Award in 2013.
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Scott Sagan currently serves as the American Academy of Arts and Sciences' Chair of the Committee on International Security Studies and on the Academy's Council.
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Scott Sagan spent the junior year of his undergraduate degree at the University of Aberdeen in Scotland.
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Scott Sagan has served as a consultant to the office of the Secretary of Defense and at the Sandia National Laboratories and the Los Alamos National Laboratory.
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Scott Sagan is known for his research on the organizations managing nuclear weapons and published on the subject in The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons.
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Scott Sagan is one of the leading pessimist scholars about nuclear proliferation, and his co-authored book with Kenneth Waltz, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, is widely read and cited in the literature on nuclear weapons.
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Scott Sagan is the author of Moving Targets: Nuclear Strategy and National Security ; and The Limits of Safety: Organizations, Accidents, and Nuclear Weapons.
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Scott Sagan is the co-editor of Planning the Unthinkable with Peter R Lavoy and James L Wirtz; the editor of Inside Nuclear South Asia ; co-editor of a two-volume special issue of Daedalus, On the Global Nuclear Future, with Steven E Miller.
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Scott Sagan was selected in 2018 by the Carnegie Corporation as an Andrew Carnegie Fellow.
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In 2017, Scott Sagan received the International Studies Association's Susan Strange Award.
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Scott Sagan was the recipient of the National Academy of Sciences William and Katherine Estes Award in 2015, for his pioneering work addressing the risks of nuclear weapons and the causes of nuclear proliferation.
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Scott Sagan teaches a popular course with Allen Weiner called "The Face of Battle," in which students walk key battlefields from American history, performing individual historical roles in staff rides and meeting with national security professionals.