Rhys Lewis-Jones

Overview

I am a doctoral researcher at the School of Law and Politics with my project being supervised by Dr. Haro Karkour and Prof. Peter Sutch. 

My thesis develops the theoretical framework of 'existential security' in a security studies and nuclear politics context. This involves applying Rita Floyd's 'just securitisation theory' and its re-development of 'morally mandatory securitisation' to the case of NATO-Russia tensions, with implications for disarmament prospects but also offers insights on scenarios of nuclear use and nuclear war.

My Journal of International Political Theory article can be accessed below:

Lewis-Jones, R. (2025). Addressing Humanity’s failure to establish Existential Security. Journal of International Political Theory, 0(0). https://doi.org/10.1177/17550882251342390