The National Strategic Research Institute at the University of Nebraska was awarded a contract from U.S. Strategic Command (STRATCOM) in 2015 to investigate horizontal and vertical nuclear proliferation. This research is being led by Rupal Mehta and Tyler White of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln Department of Political Science. The two academics also hosted a workshop in Washington DC to examine extended deterrence and assurance, with specific attention to East Asia and NATO. The workshop involved policymakers, academics and represenatives from the U.S. and U.K. governments.
Bio
Tyler White is a professor of practice and the faculty director of the University Honors Program at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln (UNL). He also serves as the director of the National Security Program at UNL. White is the faculty lead for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence Center for Academic Excellence at UNL. After earning his doctorate in political science from UNL in 2010, he has focused his research interests on national security topics including intelligence studies, United States nuclear policy, United States foreign policy and deterrence. White has served as UNL’s director of academic programs at the Great Plains National Security Education Consortium, an Intelligence Community Center for Academic Excellence, since 2011. He developed UNL’s National Security Studies minor and has worked with UNL’s Intelligence Community Scholars Program. His research interests are in international security, specifically nuclear policy, and in human security.