The spread of nuclear weapons more may be better pdf

The National Library Reading Rooms are now open at reduced hours. Find out more to plan your visit. Waltz, Kenneth N. The spread of nuclear weapons : more may be better. London : International Institute for Strategic Studies.

Request this item to view in the Library's reading rooms using your library card. To learn more about how to request items watch this short online video. You can view this on the NLA website. Login Register. Current search limits: Clear format limits. Advanced search Search history. Browse titles authors subjects uniform titles series callnumbers dewey numbers starting from optional. Nuclear weapons have been studied extensively in the literature, but seldom with a focus on their effects vis a vis non-state actors and levels of non-state violence.

This paper proposes a systematic … Expand. Nuclear Stability in South Asia. International Security. An examination of the onset, evolution, and termination of the and crises between India and Pakistan suggests that nuclear deterrence is robust in South Asia.

Even though the crisis … Expand. For many years, a key question in nonproliferation literature was whether the acquisition of nuclear weapons by India and Pakistan would stabilize the South Asian security system Sagan and Waltz … Expand. Nuclear Proliferation and Iran: Thoughts about the Bomb. Power, violence, and nuclear weapons.

This article contributes to an ongoing debate about the role of the thermonuclear revolution in realist thought and the viability of nuclear disarmament. Drawing on the work of Hannah Arendt, it … Expand. International relations scholars have attempted to develop a theory of nuclear weapons proliferation using three primary frameworks: systemic, domestic, and normative. Analyses under these frameworks … Expand.

View 2 excerpts, cites background. Questioning the Effect of Nuclear Weapons on Conflict. We examine the effect of nuclear weapons on interstate conflict. Using more appropriate methodologies than have previously been used, we find that dyads in which both states possess nuclear weapons … Expand. When are nuclear weapons worth having? This paper introduces a cost—benefit analysis for future nuclear weapon possession using natural numbers in a simple discrete time model.

In essence, I focus on the expected values probability … Expand. A n apparent contradiction lies at the center of our understandings about nuclear weapons and deterrence. On the one hand, it is widely believed that nuclear weapons were an important factor in … Expand. Conventional Wisdom? The possession of nuclear weapons confers many benefits on a state. The path to proliferation, however, is often violent.

When a state initiates a nuclear weapons program, it signals its intent to … Expand. Non-Nuclear Peace. How can we reduce, or eliminate, the possibility of nuclear war in a world of international anarchy?