The use of international agreements, legislation, regulations, and policy to stop the spread of nuclear weapons and to deter acts of nuclear terrorism. Review of the U.S. interagency process and how international organizations, intelligence, sanctions, diplomacy, foreign assistance, and the threat or use of force work to stop nuclear proliferation. This class will consider major international agreements such as the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, and Nuclear Weapon Free Zones, among others. The roles of the United Nations, International Atomic Energy Agency, and Conference on Disarmament will be reviewed, as well as nuclear arms control and how deterrence figures into the nonproliferation regime. (Take-home examination)