Karthika Sasikumar

Sasikumar is an assistant professor of political science at San Jose State University. Previously, she was a program associate at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and an associate in the International Security Program at Harvard University's Kennedy School of Government. Her current research focuses on the adoption and adaptation of deterrence theory in South Asia, the implications of nuclear power's spread, and the impact of nuclear technologies on a country's civil-military relations.

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Articles by Karthika Sasikumar

Opinion
1 December 2009
Nuclear Energy

Despite economic downturn, nuclear energy commerce is still worrisome

Karthika Sasikumar

At the beginning of 2008, the nuclear power industry's euphoria over the much-hyped "nuclear renaissance" was in full swing. But as that year drew to a close, the hopes for a revival seemed delayed, if not derailed, due to faltering world economies. Little has changed this year to alter that prospect. As the global financial crisis has continued, demand for energy has plummeted along with the world's stock markets. Such news may help calm international security experts, who fear that a proliferation of nuclear energy know-how could lead to nuclear weapons proliferation.