Paul C. Avey is an Associate Professor of Political Science at Virginia Tech. His research and teaching interests include nuclear politics, alliances, U.S. foreign policy, and academic-policy engagement. Avey is the author of Tempting Fate: Why Nonnuclear States Confront Nuclear Opponents (Cornell University Press, 2019). He is also the author or co-author of articles in Foreign Policy Analysis, International Security, International Studies Quarterly, Journal of Global Security Studies, Political Science Quarterly, Security Studies, and Texas National Security Review. Avey was a 2018–2019 Council on Foreign Relations International Affairs Fellow based at the United States Department of Defense.