{"312471":{"#nid":"312471","#data":{"type":"event","title":"IAST Doctoral Dissertation Defense: Tong Zhao","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ETong Zhao\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EPhD Candidate in International Affairs, Science and Technology\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ESam Nunn School of International Affairs\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:tong@gatech.edu\u0022\u003Etong@gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p3\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ETitle: Trust-Building in the U.S.-Chinese Nuclear Relationship: Impact of Operational-Level Engagement\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ECommittee:\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EDr. Adam Stulberg, Associate Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology (main adviser);\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EDr. Lawrence Rubin, Assistant Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EDr. Jarrod Hayes, Assistant Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EDr. Michael Salomone, Professor, Sam Nunn School of International Affairs, Georgia Institute of Technology;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EDr. Nolan Hertel, Professor, Nuclear Engineering Program, School of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology.\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003E\u0026nbsp;\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003EAbstract of dissertation:\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp class=\u0022p2\u0022\u003EThe United States and China have been conducting extensive operational-level engagement on nuclear arms control and nonproliferation issues for more than three decades. Many policy-makers and analysts are wondering whether such engagement has contributed to more trust in the two countries\u2019 nuclear relationship. The core question that this research seeks to address is: does operational-level engagement between the United States and China increase China\u2019s trust towards the United States in their nuclear relationship? And if so, why is this the case and how does this take place? This research distinguishes strategic trust from moralistic trust and examines the impact of operational-level engagement on helping states recognize common interests and\/or common moral principles. It fills the gap in existing international relations research that does not answer the question of whether and how trust arises between states that do not imagine or understand there to be common interests or shared moral principles at the inception of engagement. The research uses three cases in the U.S.-Chinese nuclear engagement to show that interaction at the operational-level brings about convergence of perception about common interests at the top-level through building of epistemic community and enhancing bottom-up communication. However, such engagement encourages \u003Cem\u003Erealpolitik\u003C\/em\u003E thinking in Chinese nuclear community and therefore undermines moralistic trust between the two countries.\u003C\/p\u003E","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp class=\u0022p1\u0022\u003ETitle: Trust-Building in the U.S.-Chinese Nuclear Relationship: Impact of Operational-Level Engagement\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"PhD Candidate Tong Zhao will be defending his dissertation in preparations for graduation."}],"uid":"27751","created_gmt":"2014-08-05 09:10:51","changed_gmt":"2017-04-13 21:22:13","author":"Vince Pedicino","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","field_event_time":{"event_time_start":"2014-08-18T15:00:00-04:00","event_time_end":"2014-08-18T16:00:00-04:00","event_time_end_last":"2014-08-18T16:00:00-04:00","gmt_time_start":"2014-08-18 19:00:00","gmt_time_end":"2014-08-18 20:00:00","gmt_time_end_last":"2014-08-18 20:00:00","rrule":null,"timezone":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"groups":[{"id":"1281","name":"Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts"},{"id":"1285","name":"Sam Nunn School of International Affairs"},{"id":"1286","name":"Center for International Strategy, Technology, and Policy (CISTP)"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"29951","name":"Dissertation Defense"},{"id":"4407","name":"Graduate Student"},{"id":"98921","name":"IAST"},{"id":"851","name":"INTA"},{"id":"10536","name":"Nunn School"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[],"event_categories":[{"id":"1795","name":"Seminar\/Lecture\/Colloquium"}],"invited_audience":[{"id":"78751","name":"Undergraduate students"},{"id":"78761","name":"Faculty\/Staff"},{"id":"78771","name":"Public"},{"id":"174045","name":"Graduate students"}],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EDr. Michael Best\u003C\/p\u003E\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022mailto:mikeb@cc.gatech.edu\u0022\u003Emikeb@cc.gatech.edu\u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E","format":"limited_html"}],"email":[],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}