Security Assurances and Nuclear Nonproliferation.
Title:
Security Assurances and Nuclear Nonproliferation.
Author:
Knopf, Jeffrey.
ISBN:
9780804784917
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (224 pages)
Contents:
Copyright -- Title Page -- Contents -- Tables and Figure -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- 1. Introduction -- Part I: Theory and History -- 2. Security Assurances: Initial Hypotheses -- 3. The Psychology of Assurance: An Emotional Tale -- 4. The Role of Security Assurances in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime -- Part II: Case Studies -- 5. Libya, Nuclear Rollback, and the Role of Negative and Positive Security Assurances -- 6. Security Assurances and Iran: Assessment and Re-conceptualization -- 7. Maintaining Japan's Non-Nuclear Identity: The Role of U.S. Security Assurances -- 8. Infusing Commitment with Credibility: The Role of Security Assurances in Cementing the U.S.-ROK Alliance -- 9. Assessing the Role of Security Assurances in Dealing with North Korea -- 10. The United States and Swedish Plans to Build the Bomb, 1945 -- 11. The "Model" of Ukrainian Denuclearization -- Part III: Conclusions -- 12. Conclusions -- Index.
Abstract:
While policy makers and scholars have long devoted considerable attention to strategies like deterrence, which threaten others with unacceptable consequences, such threat-based strategies are not always the best option. In some cases, a state may be better off seeking to give others a greater sense of security, rather than by holding their security at risk. The most prominent use of these security assurances has been in conjunction with efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons. Ongoing concerns about the nuclear activities of countries like Iran and North Korea, and the possible reactions of other states in their regions, have catapulted this topic into high profile. This book represents the first study to explore the overall utility of assurance strategies, to evaluate their effectiveness as a tool for preventing nuclear proliferation, and to identify conditions under which they are more or less likely to be effective.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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