Scott D. Sagan

The Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellow for Nuclear Ethics and Security, Carnegie Council; Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science, Stanford University

Scott D. Sagan is The Harry Frank Guggenheim Fellow for Nuclear Ethics and Security at Carnegie Council, in partnership with The Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation.

Sagan is also the Caroline S.G. Munro Professor of Political Science, Bass University Fellow in Undergraduate Education, and Senior Fellow at the Center for International Security and Cooperation (CISAC). As a nonresident fellow at Carnegie Council, his work is focused on the ethical choices arising in an increasingly nuclearized world.

Featured Work

AUG 9, 2023 Podcast

Nuclear Ethics for this Moment

This panel explores ethical questions surrounding nuclear weapons and builds upon a symposium published in the most recent issue of "Ethics & International Affairs."

U.S. Army soldiers in Iraq, March 2008. CREDIT: <a href="https://www.flickr.com/photos/soldiersmediacenter/2340862578">The U.S. Army</a> <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/">(CC)</a>

JAN 27, 2020 Podcast

Just War, Unjust Soldiers, & American Public Opinion, with Scott D. Sagan

Do soldiers fighting for a "just cause" have more rights than soldiers fighting on the other side? In this interview following up on an "Ethics & ...

"Baker" explosion, part of U.S. military's Operation Crossroads. Bikini Atoll, Micronesia, July 1946. CREDIT: <a href="https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Operation_Crossroads_Baker_Edit.jpg">U.S. Deptartment of Defense</a>

AUG 4, 2017 Podcast

Scott D. Sagan on the Nuclear Necessity Principle

Major changes must be made if U.S. nuclear war plans are to conform to the principles of just war doctrine and the law of ...