Rhys Lewis-Jones

Overview

Rhys is a doctoral researcher at the School of Law and Politics, supervised by Dr. Haro Karkour and Prof. Peter Sutch. Thys is also a graduate tutor at the department and holds an associate fellowship of the Higher Education Academy (AFHEA).

Rhys' 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.

Rhys' 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