Nuno P. Monteiro (1971 – May 5, 2021) was a Portuguese-American

political scientist Political science is the science, scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of politics, political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated c ...

. He was Associate Professor of Political Science at Yale University. He is known for his research within the fields of International Relations and Security Studies, in particular on the topics of

unipolarity Polarity in international relations is any of the various ways in which power is distributed within the international system. It describes the nature of the international system at any given period of time. One generally distinguishes three types o ...

and

nuclear weapons A nuclear weapon is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission (fission bomb) or a combination of fission and fusion reactions (thermonuclear bomb), producing a nuclear explosion. Both bomb ...

. He was the author of the books ''Theory of Unipolar Politics'' and ''Nuclear Politics: The Strategic Causes of Proliferation'' (co-authored with Alexandre Debs). He has a B.A. from the

University of Minho The University of Minho (''Universidade do Minho'') is a public university in Portugal, divided into the following campuses: * Largo do Paço (rectorate), in Braga * Campus of Gualtar, in Braga * Convento dos Congregados, in Braga * Campus of Az ...

, Portugal, and a PhD in Political Science from the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

. He died on May 5, 2021.

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