Jacques E.C. Hymans is an associate professor of international relations at the University of Southern California. His research has focused on the politics of nuclear weapons, nuclear and renewable energies, and national identities around the world. Hymans’ most recent book, Achieving Nuclear Ambitions: Scientists, Politicians, and Proliferation (Cambridge University Press, 2012) was awarded the $100,000 Grawemeyer Award for Ideas Improving World Order, the American Political Science Association Don K. Price Award for best book on science, technology and environmental politics, and the National Academy for Public Administration Louis Brownlow Award for best book on public administration. His first book, The Psychology of Nuclear Proliferation: Identity, Emotions, and Foreign Policy (Cambridge University Press, 2006) was awarded the International Society of Political Psychology Alexander L. George Book Award for best book on political psychology and the Mershon Center for International Security Studies Edgar S. Furniss Book Award for best first book on national and international security. Hymans has also published articles in many publications including Foreign Affairs, International Security, and European Journal of International Relations. He has received major research grants and fellowships from the Mellon Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, the Social Science Research Council, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science, and other research funding organizations. He is an editorial board member of Journal of Global Security Studies, Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, Korean Journal of International Studies, and The Nonproliferation Review, and formerly International Studies Quarterly. He received his A.B., A.M., and Ph.D degrees from Harvard University.