To Join or Not to Join the Nuclear Club: How Nations Think about Nuclear Weapons: Two Middle East Case Studies - Libya and Pakistan

Nonfiction, History, Military, Nuclear Warfare
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Author: Progressive Management ISBN: 9781311162236
Publisher: Progressive Management Publication: June 1, 2014
Imprint: Smashwords Edition Language: English
Author: Progressive Management
ISBN: 9781311162236
Publisher: Progressive Management
Publication: June 1, 2014
Imprint: Smashwords Edition
Language: English

The current debate revolving around Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs highlights the need to foster a more complete understanding of the multidimensionality of states' decision-making process on whether to acquire and retain nuclear weapons. Case studies from the greater Middle East region offer the opportunity to examine the factors such states take into consideration when determining which path to follow. Such factors include threat perceptions, the interpretation of lessons learned from the experience of other countries, the calculus of perceived costs and benefits for national security, the envisioned modes of employment of nuclear weapons (political and military), and the legal/ethical considerations—all from the perspective of regional actors. Furthermore, a country's specific political decisionmaking process and its institutions are also key factors in understanding how actual and potential regional nuclear powers make decisions on the nuclear issue. As such, an understanding of the motivations and of the perceived utility of nuclear weapons from the perspective of recent and potential nuclear powers can help senior leaders craft more effective U.S. and multilateral nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and deterrence strategies. The two papers included in this Monograph offer insights into the differing paths taken by two countries in the greater Middle East region—Libya and Pakistan—with the former relinquishing its nuclear program and the latter acquiring a military nuclear capability.

The two papers in this monograph were presented at a conference entitled "To Join or Not to Join the Nuclear Club: How Nations Think about Nuclear Weapons." These two case studies are by Dr. Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer of the Norwegian Defence University College, "Relinquished Nuclear Powers: A Case Study of Libya," and by Dr. George Perkovich of the Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "Pakistan's Motivations for Possessing Nuclear Weapons and Challenges to the 'Unitary Rational Actor' Model for Managing Deterrence." These two papers were selected for their insights on differing paths taken by two countries in the greater Middle East region—Libya and Pakistan—with one having decided to relinquish its nuclear program and the other deciding to acquire a military nuclear capability.

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The current debate revolving around Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs highlights the need to foster a more complete understanding of the multidimensionality of states' decision-making process on whether to acquire and retain nuclear weapons. Case studies from the greater Middle East region offer the opportunity to examine the factors such states take into consideration when determining which path to follow. Such factors include threat perceptions, the interpretation of lessons learned from the experience of other countries, the calculus of perceived costs and benefits for national security, the envisioned modes of employment of nuclear weapons (political and military), and the legal/ethical considerations—all from the perspective of regional actors. Furthermore, a country's specific political decisionmaking process and its institutions are also key factors in understanding how actual and potential regional nuclear powers make decisions on the nuclear issue. As such, an understanding of the motivations and of the perceived utility of nuclear weapons from the perspective of recent and potential nuclear powers can help senior leaders craft more effective U.S. and multilateral nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and deterrence strategies. The two papers included in this Monograph offer insights into the differing paths taken by two countries in the greater Middle East region—Libya and Pakistan—with the former relinquishing its nuclear program and the latter acquiring a military nuclear capability.

The two papers in this monograph were presented at a conference entitled "To Join or Not to Join the Nuclear Club: How Nations Think about Nuclear Weapons." These two case studies are by Dr. Malfrid Braut-Hegghammer of the Norwegian Defence University College, "Relinquished Nuclear Powers: A Case Study of Libya," and by Dr. George Perkovich of the Nuclear Policy Program, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, "Pakistan's Motivations for Possessing Nuclear Weapons and Challenges to the 'Unitary Rational Actor' Model for Managing Deterrence." These two papers were selected for their insights on differing paths taken by two countries in the greater Middle East region—Libya and Pakistan—with one having decided to relinquish its nuclear program and the other deciding to acquire a military nuclear capability.

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