Over the horizon proliferation threats / edited by James J. Wirtz and Peter R. Lavoy.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Wirtz, James J., 1958- editor.

Lavoy, Peter R. (Peter René), 1961- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Nuclear weapons--Government policy.

Nuclear weapons.

Physical Description:

x, 315 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Stanford, California : Stanford Security Studies, an imprint of Stanford University Press, [2012]

Summary:

In Every Decade of the Nuclear Era, one or have developed nuclear weapons despite the international community's opposition to proliferation. In the coming years, the breakdown of security arrangements, especially in the Middle East and Northeast Asia, could drive additional countries to seek their own nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons-leading to greater instability, more insecure states, and further proliferation. Are there steps concerned countries can take to anticipate, prevent, or dissuade the next generation of proliferators; and are there countries that might reassess their decision to forgo a nuclear arsenal?

Responding to these questions, this volume brings together top international security experts to examine the issues affecting a number of key countries' nuclear weapons policies over the next decade, and to assess the future utility of bilateral and multilateral security assurances, treaty-based nonproliferation regimes, and other policy instruments. Book jacket.

Contents:

Introduction / James J. Wirtz and Peter R. Lavoy

Japan's nuclear option / Katsuhisa Furukawa

Will Taiwan go nuclear? / Arthur S. Ding

Nuclear proliferation and the Middle East's security dilemma : the case of Saudi Arabia / James A. Russell

Motivations and capabilities to acquire nuclear, biological, or chemical weapons and missiles : South Africa / Noel Stott

Nuclear energy and the prospects for nuclear proliferation in Southeast Asia / Tanya Ogilvie-White and Michael S. Malley

Burma and nuclear proliferation / Andrew Selth

Hindsight and foresight in South American nonproliferation trends in Argentina, Brazil, and Venezuela / Etel Solingen

Ukraine : the case of a "nuclear inheritor" / Isabelle Facon

The NPT regime and the challenge of shaping proliferation behavior / Christopher A. Ford

Leveraging proliferation shocks / Lewis A. Dunn

Intelligence, interdiction, and dissuasion : lessons from the campaign against Libyan proliferation / Wyn Q. Bowen

Security assurances and the future of proliferation / Bruno Tertrais

Options and new dynamics : chemical and biological weapons proliferation in 2020 / Michael Moodie

Conclusion / Jeffrey W. Knopf.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780804774000

0804774005

9780804774017

0804774013

OCLC:

748941812