Power versus prudence : why nations forgo nuclear weapons / T.V. Paul.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Paul, T. V.

Contributor:

Teleglobe Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies.

Université du Québec à Montréal. Centre d'études des politiques étrangères et de sécurité.

Series:

Foreign policy, security, and strategic studies.

Foreign policy, security, and strategic studies

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Nuclear weapons--Government policy.

Nuclear weapons.

Nuclear nonproliferation.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

viii, 227 p. ; 24 cm.

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Why nations forgo nuclear weapons

Place of Publication:

Montreal : McGill-Queen's University Press, c2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In Power versus Prudence Paul develops a prudential-realist model, arguing that a nation's national nuclear choices depend on specific regional security contexts: the non-great power states most likely to forgo nuclear weapons are those in zones of low and moderate conflict, while nations likely to acquire such capability tend to be in zones of high conflict and engaged in protracted conflicts and enduring rivalries. He demonstrates that the choice to forbear acquiring nuclear weapons is also a function of the extent of security interdependence that states experience with other states, both allies and adversaries. He applies the comparative case study method to pairs of states with similar characteristics - Germany/Japan, Canada/Australia, Sweden/Switzerland, Argentina/Brazil - in addition to analysing the nuclear choices of South Africa, Ukraine, South Korea, India, Pakistan, and Israel. Paul concludes by questioning some of the prevailing supply side approaches to non-proliferation, offering an explication of the security variable by linking nuclear proliferation with protracted conflicts and enduring rivalries. Power versus Prudence will be of interest to students of international relations, policy-makers, policy analysts, and the informed public concerned with the questions of nuclear weapons, non-proliferation, and disarmament.

Contents:

Front Matter

Contents

Acknowledgments

Theory

Introduction: Theory and Nuclear Weapons Choices

Explaining Nuclear Forbearance

Case Studies

Aligned Major Economic Powers: Germany and Japan

Aligned Middle Powers: Canada and Australia

Neutral States: Sweden and Switzerland

Non-Allied States: Argentina and Brazil

Nuclear Choices of South Africa, Ukraine, and South Korea

New Nuclear States: India, Pakistan, and Israel

Conclusions

Notes

Bibliography

Index

Notes:

Published for the Centre for Security and Foreign Policy Studies and The Teleglobe+Raoul-Dandurand Chair of Strategic and Diplomatic Studies.

Includes bibliographical references: p. [195]-217 and index.

ISBN:

1-282-85883-1

9786612858833

0-7735-6864-6

OCLC:

180704138