Rate My Professor Maria Rost Rublee

Professor Rost Rublee's research specializations include nuclear nonproliferation norms, nuclear restraint, international security, maritime security, gender and diversity in security studies, and policy narratives. Her book Nonproliferation Norms: Why States Choose Nuclear Restraint, published in 2009 by the University of Georgia Press, received the Alexander George Book Award. She has produced over 40 peer-reviewed articles and book chapters, including "The promise of AUKUS: implications of its minilateral institutional form" (2024), "Race and Racial Exclusion in Security Studies: A Survey of Scholars" (2023), "Promoting Diversity and Inclusion in Professional Associations: Experiences from Security Studies" (2023), and "Do You Feel Welcome? Gendered Experiences in International Security Studies" (2020). Rost Rublee has obtained nearly $2 million in competitive grants, nearly $700,000 as sole or lead investigator, from the U.S. Institute of Peace, Australian Department of Defence, Canadian Department of Defence, and Japan Foundation. She is President of Women in International Security-Australia, an Executive Committee member of Women in Nuclear-Australia, and creator of the International Studies Association's Global Taskforce on Diversity in Security Studies. Named to the Center for Strategic and International Studies' U.S. National Security & Foreign Affairs Leadership List (top 50 globally), she contributes to public lectures, media commentary, and policy discussions on nuclear politics, AUKUS, and national security diversity.