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Tom Sauer

Tom Sauer is an associate professor in international politics at the Universiteit Antwerpen in Belgium. Sauer is a former fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University. He received the 2019 Rotary International Alumni Global Service Award.


Articles by Tom Sauer

A central computer system monitors the heart rates of each patient in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) aboard the USNS Comfort, one of two hospital ships operated by Military Sealift Command. (US Navy photo)

How many intensive care beds will a nuclear weapon explosion require?

By Tom Sauer, Ramesh Thakur | Biosecurity, Nuclear Weapons

Is it time to ditch the NPT?

By Joelien Pretorius, Tom Sauer | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

How will NATO’s non-nuclear members handle the UN’s ban on nuclear weapons?

By Tom Sauer | Nuclear Weapons

Removing sanctions against Iran—creatively

By Navid Hassibi, Tom Sauer | Analysis, Nuclear Energy, Nuclear Weapons, Technology and Security

Ukraine shows uselessness of NATO nukes in Europe

By Tom Sauer | Analysis, Nuclear Weapons

Easing sanctions on Iran might someday be necessary–but it won’t be easy

By Navid Hassibi, Tom Sauer | Uncategorized

U.S. tactical nuclear weapons: A European perspective

By Tom Sauer | Uncategorized

Time to reconsider U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe

By Bob van der Zwaan, Tom Sauer | Nuclear Weapons, Opinion

Missile Defense: Wrong in Too Many Ways

By Tom Sauer | Uncategorized