Nuclear Proliferation And International Order

Nuclear Proliferation and International Order

Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2010-09-13
ISBN : 1136922873
Pages : 304 pages
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Download or read book Nuclear Proliferation and International Order written by Olav Njølstad and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the state of the nuclear non-proliferation regime and the issues it faces in the early 21st century. Despite the fact that most countries in the world have signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) there is growing concern that the NPT is in serious trouble and may not be able to stop the further spread of nuclear weapons. If so, international stability will be undermined, with potentially disastrous consequences, and the vision of a nuclear weapon-free world will become utterly unrealistic. More specifically, the NPT is exposed to four main challenges, explored in this book: challenges from outside, as three countries that have not signed the Treaty – Israel, India and Pakistan – are known to possess nuclear weapons; challenges from within, as some countries that have signed on to the Treaty as non-nuclear weapons states have nevertheless developed or are suspected to be trying to develop nuclear weapons (North Korea and Iran being cases in point); challenges from below in the shape of terrorists and other non-state actors who may want to acquire radioactive materials or even nuclear weapons; and, finally, challenges from above due to the perceived failure of the five legal nuclear weapons states to keep their part of the ‘double bargain’ made by the parties of the NPT and take serious steps towards nuclear disarmament. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, international security, war and conflict studies and IR in general.

A Perpetual Menace

by William Walker

Publisher :
Release Date : 2012
ISBN : 9780415421065
Pages : 239 pages
Rating Book: 4.2/5 (421 users)

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Download or read book A Perpetual Menace written by William Walker and published by . This book was released on 2012 with total page 239 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Written by a leading scholar of international nuclear relations, this book examines `the problem of order' arising from the existence of nuclear weapons. This problem originated in the nineteenth century, when industrialization and the emergence of new sciences and technologies ushered in the era of total war. It became acute in the twentieth century's second half, with the invention of nuclear weapons and the pre-eminent role ascribed to them during the Cold War. It became more complex after the Cold War's end, as power structures shifted, new insecurities emerged, prior ordering strategies were called into question, mistakes were made, and governments became fearful of catastrophic, including nuclear, terrorism. William Walker explores how this grave problem is conceived by influential players, how they have sought solutions in face of many predicaments, and why those solutions have been deemed effective and ineffective, legitimate and illegitimate, in various times and contexts. This book will be of great interest to students of international relations, nuclear proliferation, arms control and disarmament, and security studies.

Nuclear Rivalry and International Order

by Jørn Gjelstad

Publisher : SAGE Publications Limited
Release Date : 1996-04-05
ISBN :
Pages : 212 pages
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Download or read book Nuclear Rivalry and International Order written by Jørn Gjelstad and published by SAGE Publications Limited. This book was released on 1996-04-05 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Cold War may have ended, and with it the superpower rivalry, but the world still contains many nuclear-armed states. This wide-ranging analysis of the continuing role of nuclear weapons in inter-state rivalry shows how they remain a central issue for the future of world peace. Determining the role of such weapons is crucial to the prospects for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation. The book starts by examining the relevance of nuclear weapons to the `long peace' between the superpowers during the Cold War. Were they a necessary condition for peace? Were they irrelevant or only marginally relevant to that peace? Can such questions be answered at all? Can the record of the past point to a future for nuclear weapons?

Power Versus Prudence

by T. V. Paul

Publisher : McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP
Release Date : 2000
ISBN : 9780773520875
Pages : 227 pages
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Download or read book Power Versus Prudence written by T. V. Paul and published by McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP. This book was released on 2000 with total page 227 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the end of the Cold War, nuclear non-proliferation has emerged as a central issue in international security relations. While most existing works on nuclear proliferation deal with the question of nuclear acquisition, T.V. Paul explains why some states – over 185 at present – have decided to forswear nuclear weapons even when they have the technological capability or potential capability to develop them, and why some states already in possession of nuclear arms choose to dismantle them. In Power versus Prudence Paul develops a prudential-realist model, arguing that a nation's national nuclear choices depend on specific regional security contexts: the non-great power states most likely to forgo nuclear weapons are those in zones of low and moderate conflict, while nations likely to acquire such capability tend to be in zones of high conflict and engaged in protracted conflicts and enduring rivalries. He demonstrates that the choice to forbear acquiring nuclear weapons is also a function of the extent of security interdependence that states experience with other states, both allies and adversaries. He applies the comparative case study method to pairs of states with similar characteristics – Germany/Japan, Canada/Australia, Sweden/Switzerland, Argentina/Brazil – in addition to analysing the nuclear choices of South Africa, Ukraine, South Korea, India, Pakistan, and Israel. Paul concludes by questioning some of the prevailing supply side approaches to non-proliferation, offering an explication of the security variable and its linking of nuclear proliferation with protracted conflicts and enduring rivalries. Power versus Prudence will be of interest to students of international relations, policy-makers, policy analysts, and the informed public concerned with the questions of nuclear weapons, non-proliferation, and disarmament. T.V. Paul is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science, McGill University. He has published several books and numerous articles on international security and the politics of nuclear weapons, including Asymmetric Conflicts: War Initiation by Weaker Powers, The Absolute Weapon Revisited: Nuclear Arms and the Emerging International Order, and International Order and the Future of World Politics.

Weapons Proliferation and World Order

by Brad Roberts

Publisher : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Release Date : 1996-02-07
ISBN : 9789041102058
Pages : 398 pages
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Download or read book Weapons Proliferation and World Order written by Brad Roberts and published by Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. This book was released on 1996-02-07 with total page 398 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With the end of the Cold War, the subject of weapons proliferation has acquired new interest and prominence. So too have questions about the nature of the world order that will succeed the structure of the last fifty years. This study explores the connections among these topics. It describes the prevailing conceptual model of nuclear proliferation, evaluates proliferation's changing technical features, considers economic and political factors bearing on its future rate and character, and speculates about proliferation's implications on the post-cold-war world order. It also considers the role of international public policy in meeting proliferation's challenges. Arguing that updated approaches are needed, the analysis emphasizes cooperative over coercive approaches to order. It concludes with an assessment of progress to date in meeting these new challenges, arguing that the new agenda is only slowly coming into focus.

The Absolute Weapon Revisited

by T. V. Paul

Publisher : University of Michigan Press
Release Date : 2000
ISBN : 9780472087006
Pages : 312 pages
Rating Book: 4.8/5 (87 users)

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Download or read book The Absolute Weapon Revisited written by T. V. Paul and published by University of Michigan Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Discusses the contemporary role of nuclear weapons in international relations

Nuclear Coexistence

by William C. Martel

Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Release Date : 1998-02
ISBN : 0788146637
Pages : 178 pages
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Download or read book Nuclear Coexistence written by William C. Martel and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on 1998-02 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This study seeks to address the emerging incongruence between the proliferation of nuclear weapons and the U.S. policy for managing this process. American society and its political leadership must accept the need to adapt its policy to the rapidly-changing circumstances in nuclear proliferation. Contents: proliferation in the emerging international order; nuclear proliferation incentives and disincentives; emerging nuclear states: thinking through issues and options (Ukraine, Pakistan, North Korea, Iran, and non-state actors); rethinking U.S. proliferation policy for the future; recommendations.

Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Order

by William Walker

Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2019-10-24
ISBN : 1136057323
Pages : 120 pages
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Download or read book Weapons of Mass Destruction and International Order written by William Walker and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-10-24 with total page 120 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: First Published in 2005. How should the 'problem of order' associated with weapons of mass destrcution be understood and addressed today? Have the problem and its solution been misconceived and misrepresented, as manifested by the problematic aftermath of Iraq War? Has 9/11 rendered redundant past international ordering strategies, or these still discarded at our own peril? These are questions explored in this Adelphi Paper.

Nuclear Non-proliferation and Global Order

by Harald Müller

Publisher : A Sipri Publications
Release Date : 1994
ISBN : 9780198291558
Pages : 258 pages
Rating Book: 4.9/5 (291 users)

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Download or read book Nuclear Non-proliferation and Global Order written by Harald Müller and published by A Sipri Publications. This book was released on 1994 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The consequences of the 1991 Persian Gulf War for the non-proliferation regime are considered, as are the responses of the international community to the proliferation-relevant aspects of this dramatic international event.

Negotiating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

by Roland Popp

Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Release Date : 2016-10-04
ISBN : 1315536560
Pages : 250 pages
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Download or read book Negotiating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty written by Roland Popp and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2016-10-04 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume offers a critical historical assessment of the negotiation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and of the origins of the nonproliferation regime. The NPT has been signed by 190 states and was indefinitely extended in 1995, rendering it the most successful arms control treaty in history. Nevertheless, little is known about the motivations and strategic calculi of the various middle and small powers in regard to their ultimate decision to join the treaty despite its discriminatory nature. While the NPT continues to be central to current nonproliferation efforts, its underlying mechanisms remain under-researched. Based on newly declassified archival sources and using previously inaccessible evidence, the contributions in this volume examine the underlying rationales of the specific positions taken by various states during the NPT negotiations. Starting from a critical appraisal of our current knowledge of the genesis of the nonproliferation regime, contributors from diverse national and disciplinary backgrounds focus on both European and non-European states in order to enrich our understanding of how the global nuclear order came into being. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, Cold War history, security studies and IR.

Global Nuclear Order

by Sara Z. Kutchesfahani

Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2018-11-07
ISBN : 1351999621
Pages : 194 pages
Rating Book: 4.5/5 (351 users)

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Download or read book Global Nuclear Order written by Sara Z. Kutchesfahani and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2018-11-07 with total page 194 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the importance of global nuclear order, emphasising the importance of perspective in our understanding of it, and its significance in international politics. Addressing a gap in existing literature, this book provides an introduction to nuclear weapon states and their relationship with the global nuclear order/disorder paradigm. It explores four main themes and aims to: 1. conceptualise the dichotomous paradigm of global nuclear order/disorder; 2. outline the different phases of global nuclear order/disorder from 1945 to present; 3. address the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the wider international nuclear non-proliferation regime; 4. provide an overview of every nuclear weapon state’s national nuclear doctrines throughout the years. The book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, global governance, security studies, Cold War studies, foreign policy and IR, more generally.

Nuclear Proliferation and International Order

by Olav Njølstad

Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2010-09-13
ISBN : 1136922881
Pages : 304 pages
Rating Book: 4.3/5 (136 users)

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Download or read book Nuclear Proliferation and International Order written by Olav Njølstad and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2010-09-13 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book examines the state of the nuclear non-proliferation regime and the issues it faces in the early 21st century. Despite the fact that most countries in the world have signed the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) there is growing concern that the NPT is in serious trouble and may not be able to stop the further spread of nuclear weapons. If so, international stability will be undermined, with potentially disastrous consequences, and the vision of a nuclear weapon-free world will become utterly unrealistic. More specifically, the NPT is exposed to four main challenges, explored in this book: challenges from outside, as three countries that have not signed the Treaty – Israel, India and Pakistan – are known to possess nuclear weapons; challenges from within, as some countries that have signed on to the Treaty as non-nuclear weapons states have nevertheless developed or are suspected to be trying to develop nuclear weapons (North Korea and Iran being cases in point); challenges from below in the shape of terrorists and other non-state actors who may want to acquire radioactive materials or even nuclear weapons; and, finally, challenges from above due to the perceived failure of the five legal nuclear weapons states to keep their part of the ‘double bargain’ made by the parties of the NPT and take serious steps towards nuclear disarmament. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, international security, war and conflict studies and IR in general.

Brazil on the Global Stage

by Oliver Stuenkel

Publisher : Springer
Release Date : 2015-04-15
ISBN : 1137491655
Pages : 228 pages
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Download or read book Brazil on the Global Stage written by Oliver Stuenkel and published by Springer. This book was released on 2015-04-15 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the past generation, Brazil has risen to become the seventh largest economy and fourth largest democracy in the world. Yet its rise challenges the conventional wisdom that capitalist democracies will necessarily converge to become faithful adherents of a US-led global liberal order. Indeed, Brazil demonstrates that middle powers, even those of a deeply democratic bent, may differ in their views of what democracy means on the global stage and how international relations should be conducted among sovereign nations. This volume explores Brazil's postures on specific aspects of foreign relations, including trade, foreign and environmental policy, humanitarian intervention, nuclear proliferation and South-South relations, among other topics. The authors argue from a variety of perspectives that, even as Brazil seeks greater integration and recognition, it also brings challenges to the status quo that are emblematic of the tensions accompanying the rise to prominence of a number of middle powers in an increasingly multipolar world system.

South Asian Security and International Nuclear Order

by Mario Esteban Carranza

Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2016-04-01
ISBN : 1317052269
Pages : 214 pages
Rating Book: 4.1/5 (317 users)

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Download or read book South Asian Security and International Nuclear Order written by Mario Esteban Carranza and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Mario Carranza studies in depth the linkages between Indo-Pakistani nuclear relations and the International Nuclear Order. He critically analyzes the de facto recognition by the United States of India and Pakistan as nuclear weapon states and looks at the impact of that recognition on the International Nuclear Order and its linchpin, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The book provides a critical analysis of the New International Nuclear Order sponsored by the United States after the September 11 terrorist attacks and the place of India and Pakistan in that order. The author considers the survival of India and Pakistan in relation to a strategy of nuclear deterrence and debates the possibility of establishing a robust nuclear arms control regime in South Asia as part of a broader effort to revive global nuclear arms control and disarmament negotiations.

Nuclear Weapons and Cooperative Security in the 21st Century

by Stephen J. Cimbala

Publisher : Routledge
Release Date : 2009-09-10
ISBN : 113520280X
Pages : 208 pages
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Download or read book Nuclear Weapons and Cooperative Security in the 21st Century written by Stephen J. Cimbala and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2009-09-10 with total page 208 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book looks at the prospects for international cooperation over nuclear weapons proliferation in the 21st century. Nuclear weapons served as stabilizing forces during the Cold War, or the First Nuclear Age, on account of their capability for destruction, the fear that this created among politicians and publics, and the domination of the nuclear world order by two superpowers: the United States and the Soviet Union. The end of the Cold War, the dissolution of the Soviet Union, and the potential for nuclear weapons acquisition among revisionist states, or even non-state actors including terrorists, creates the possibility of a 'wolves eat dogs' phenomenon in the present century. In the 21st century, three forces threaten to undo or weaken the long nuclear peace and fast-forward states into a new and more dangerous situation: the existence of large US and Russian nuclear weapons arsenals; the potential for new technologies, including missile defenses and long-range, precision conventional weapons, and a collapse or atrophy of the nuclear nonproliferation regime, and the opening of the door for nuclear weapons to spread among more than the currently acknowledged nuclear states. This book explains how these three 'weakening' forces interact with one another and with US and Russian policy-making in order to create an environment of large possibilities for cooperative security - but also of considerable danger. Instead, the choices made by military planners and policy-makers will create an early twenty-first century story privileging nuclear stability or chaos. The US and Russia can, and should, make incremental progress in arms control and nonproliferation. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation and arms control, strategic studies, international security and IR in general. Stephen J. Cimbala is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of numerous works in the fields of international security, defense studies, nuclear arms control and other topics. He has consulted for various US government agencies and defense contractors.

The Coming Crisis

by Institute for Defense Analyses

Publisher : MIT Press
Release Date : 2000
ISBN : 9780262710053
Pages : 319 pages
Rating Book: 4.1/5 (71 users)

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Download or read book The Coming Crisis written by Institute for Defense Analyses and published by MIT Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How will continued proliferation of nuclear weapons change the global political order? This collection of essays comes to conclusions at odds with the conventional wisdom. Stephen Rosen and Barry Posen explore how nuclear proliferation may affect US incentives to confront regional aggression. Stephen Walt argues that regional allies will likely prove willing to stand with a strong and ready United States against nuclear-backed aggression. George Quester and Brad Roberts examine long-term strategic objectives in responding to nuclear attack by a regional aggressor. Richard Betts highlights the potential for disastrous mistakes in moving toward and living in a world heavily populated with nuclear-armed states. Scott Sagan explains how the nuclear nonproliferation policies best suited to some states can spur proliferation by others. Caroline Ziemke shows how the analysis of a state's strategic personality can provide insights into why it might want nuclear weapons and how its policies may develop once it gets them. And, Victor Utgoff concludes that the United States seems more likely to intervene against regional aggression when the aggressor has nuclear weapons than when it does not.

India and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime

by A. Vinod Kumar

Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2014-04-28
ISBN : 1107056624
Pages : 247 pages
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Download or read book India and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Regime written by A. Vinod Kumar and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2014-04-28 with total page 247 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book provides a holistic examination of India's relationship with the non-proliferation regime and its dominant structures.