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The emergence and spread of nuclear weapons were a defining characteristic of the 20th century and present trends indicate will also shape the 21st. This course is a political history of the development and impacts of multi-use nuclear science and technology in Asia, home to a majority of the world’s population and a contested geopolitical hotbed. Key themes of global nuclear politics relate to multi-use technoscience (civilian, military, and other applications), scientific (inter)nationalism, notions of peace/defense/security, and the shifting hierarchies of international relations. Course participants will explore these themes through seminar discussion, two writing assignments, and a wargame exercise.