Speaker
Eliza Gheorghe
(Bilkent University)
Description
Nuclear security research treats states as the primary managers of nuclear and radiological risk, with non-state actors as key challengers. This overlooks de facto states - separatist polities that exercise territorial authority without broad recognition. We argue that de facto states create zones of authority without recognised responsibility, weakening regulatory control while remaining partially excluded from global nuclear-security governance. Consequently, they undermine nuclear security through regulatory rupture, expanded illicit opportunities, coercive threats and use of force, and governance exclusion. We test these claims using cross-national event data and a case study of Russian-backed separatist regions in Ukraine.
| If you are submitting an Open Panel proposal, have you included all four abstracts in attachment? | No, I am submitting a Closed Panel abstract |
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| Would you like to be considered for travel funding through the NetSec COST Action? | Yes |
| Are you a member of the NetSec Management Committee? | Yes |
| What discipline or branch of humanities or social sciences do you identify yourself with? | International Relations |
| Which of the following best describes your stage of the career? | Assistant Professor |
| In which country is your home institution? | Turkiye |
| What is your gender? | Female |
Authors
Eliza Gheorghe
(Bilkent University)
Ms
Isil Idrisoglu
(University of Pittsburgh)
Mrs
Yanina Shved-Dogrul
(Bogazici Universitesi)