Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer
Academic interests
Nuclear strategy
Security Studies
Nuclear non-proliferation and acquisition strategies
IAEA
International relations of the Middle East
Affiliations
Affiliate, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University
Teaching
STV1200: Innføringsemne i internasjonal politikk 1 [Introduction to International Relations]
STV4252: Politics and Strategy in the Nuclear Age
Background
MacArthur Visiting Faculty Fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University, 2013-15
Stanton Junior Faculty Fellow, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Freeman Spogli Institute, Stanford University, 2012-13
Assistant Professor, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, 2010-15
Postdoctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2009-10
Predoctoral Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs, 2008-09
Researcher, Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies, 2004-2010
Awards
BISA Michael Nicholson Thesis Prize 2010
Appointments
Board member, Norwegian Institute of International Affairs
Member of editorial board, Internasjonal Politikk
Publications
Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer. "Pakistan, Uranium and the International Atomic Energy Agency, 1970–1980." The International History Review (2018): 1-15.
Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer. "Why North Korea succeeded at getting nuclear weapons — when Iraq and Libya failed," Monkey Cage blog, 2 January 2018.
Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Unclear Physics: Why Iraq and Libya Failed to Build Nuclear Weapons, Cornell University Press, 2016.
Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, "Annleisland søker utenrikspolitikk. Anmeldelse av Torbjørn L. Knutsen, Halvard Leira & Iver B. Neumann: Norsk utenrikspolitisk idéhistorie, 1890-1940," Tidsskrift for Samfunnsforskning, 4-2016 Årgang 57, s. 468-471.
Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, "Meir konflikt i vente," Morgenbladet, 11 November 2016 (https://morgenbladet.no/aktuelt/2016/11/meir-konflikt-i-vente)
Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer, "Why some dictators are more likely to get nuclear weapons. 5 lessons from Iraq and Libya," Monkey Cage, Analysis, 10 October 2016 (https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2016/10/10/why-some-dictators-are-more-likely-to-get-nuclear-weapons-5-lessons-from-iraq-and-libya/)
Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer, "Why Saddam and Gaddafi Failed to get The Bomb," War on the Rocks, 17 November 2016. (http://warontherocks.com/2016/11/why-saddam-and-gaddafi-failed-to-get-the-bomb/)
Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Not helping: The International Atomic Energy Agency and Technical Cooperation, Essay in H-Diplo ISSF POLICY Roundtable 1-3 (2016) on the International Atomic Energy Agency Statute at Sixty. Published on 19 November 2016. Shortlink: tiny.cc/PR-1-3
Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer, Article Review 66 on “The Cold War, the developing world, and the creation of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), 1953–1957.” Cold War History 16:2, 12 January 2017. Shortlink: https://issforum.org/articlereviews/66-IAEA
- Braut-Hegghammer, Målfrid & Rieker, Pernille (2015). Libya: The promise and pitfalls of diplomacy, In Pernille Rieker & Finn Henrik Thune (ed.), Dialogue and Conflict resolution - The potential and limits of dialogue as a tool for conflict resolution. Ashgate. ISBN 978-1-4724-3883-6. 7. s 125 - 142
- Braut-Hegghammer, Målfrid (2011). Revisiting Osirak: Preventive Attacks and Nuclear Proliferation Risks. International Security. ISSN 0162-2889. 36(1), s 101- 132
- Braut-Hegghammer, Målfrid (2008). Libya's Nuclear Turnaround: Perspectives from Tripoli. The Middle East Journal. ISSN 0026-3141. 62(1), s 55- 72
- Braut-Hegghammer, Målfrid (2006). Rebel Without a Cause? Explaining Iraq's Response to Resolution 1441. The Nonproliferation Review. ISSN 1073-6700. 13(1), s 17- 34
- Riste, Olav & Braut-Hegghammer, Målfrid (2005). Were WMDs the Real Issue? The International Community versus Iraq 1991-2003. Forsvarsstudier. ISSN 0333-3981. (4)
- Hiim, Henrik Stålhane & Braut-Hegghammer, Målfrid (2012). Er diplomatiet dødfødt?. Dagens næringsliv. ISSN 0803-9372.
- Hegghammer, Thomas & Braut-Hegghammer, Målfrid (2011). Sikkerhet og stabilitet i Midtøsten etter Jasminrevolusjonen.