Nuclear Politics

The Strategic Causes of Proliferation

Nonfiction, Social & Cultural Studies, Political Science, International, Foreign Legal Systems, International Relations
Cover of the book Nuclear Politics by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro, Cambridge University Press
View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart
Author: Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro ISBN: 9781108105699
Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication: December 15, 2016
Imprint: Cambridge University Press Language: English
Author: Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
ISBN: 9781108105699
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publication: December 15, 2016
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Language: English

When do states acquire nuclear weapons? Overturning a decade of scholarship focusing on other factors, Debs and Monteiro show in Nuclear Politics that proliferation is driven by security concerns. Proliferation occurs only when a state has both the willingness and opportunity to build the bomb. A state has the willingness to nuclearize when it faces a serious security threat without the support of a reliable ally. It has the opportunity when its conventional forces or allied protection are sufficient to deter preventive attacks. This explains why so few countries have developed nuclear weapons. Unthreatened or protected states do not want them; weak and unprotected ones cannot get them. This powerful theory combined with extensive historical research on the nuclear trajectory of sixteen countries will make Nuclear Politics a standard reference in international security studies, informing scholarly and policy debates on nuclear proliferation - and US non-proliferation efforts - for decades to come.

View on Amazon View on AbeBooks View on Kobo View on B.Depository View on eBay View on Walmart

When do states acquire nuclear weapons? Overturning a decade of scholarship focusing on other factors, Debs and Monteiro show in Nuclear Politics that proliferation is driven by security concerns. Proliferation occurs only when a state has both the willingness and opportunity to build the bomb. A state has the willingness to nuclearize when it faces a serious security threat without the support of a reliable ally. It has the opportunity when its conventional forces or allied protection are sufficient to deter preventive attacks. This explains why so few countries have developed nuclear weapons. Unthreatened or protected states do not want them; weak and unprotected ones cannot get them. This powerful theory combined with extensive historical research on the nuclear trajectory of sixteen countries will make Nuclear Politics a standard reference in international security studies, informing scholarly and policy debates on nuclear proliferation - and US non-proliferation efforts - for decades to come.

More books from Cambridge University Press

Cover of the book Cooperative Breeding in Vertebrates by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
Cover of the book Implicit Racial Bias across the Law by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
Cover of the book Cavitation and Bubble Dynamics by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
Cover of the book Making the Soviet Intelligentsia by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
Cover of the book Self-Organized Criticality by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
Cover of the book Global Justice and Due Process by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
Cover of the book Trade and Civilisation in the Indian Ocean by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
Cover of the book The Theory of Cultural and Social Selection by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
Cover of the book Printers without Borders by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
Cover of the book Evolution of Plant-Pollinator Relationships by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
Cover of the book Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
Cover of the book Control of Crop Diseases by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
Cover of the book Urban Climate Politics by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
Cover of the book U.S.-Habsburg Relations from 1815 to the Paris Peace Conference by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
Cover of the book Homer in Stone by Alexandre Debs, Nuno P. Monteiro
We use our own "cookies" and third party cookies to improve services and to see statistical information. By using this website, you agree to our Privacy Policy