Presidents, Religions, and Nuclear Decisions

Brian K. Muzas is an Assistant Professor at Seton Hall University’s School of Diplomacy and International Relations, USA, where he directs the Center for United Nations and Global Governance Studies. He teaches courses in international relations theory, research methods, international security, and nuclear issues in world politics. A Roman Catholic priest of the Archdiocese of Newark, NJ, he was designated an international peace and security expert for the Holy See’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations in 2022, assisting during the Tenth Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons. Father Muzas holds a PhD in Public Policy from the Lyndon B. Johnson School at The University of Texas at Austin, USA; an MDiv in Pastoral Ministry and an MA in Systematic Theology from Seton Hall University, USA; an MS in Aeronautics from the California Institute of Technology, USA; and a BSE in Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering from Princeton University, USA. His research has been supported by a Harrington Fellowship at UT Austin and a Stanton Nuclear Security Fellowship at the Council on Foreign Relations.