Nuclear proliferation and the psychology of political leadership : beliefs, motivations and perceptions /
This book offers a novel approach to understanding the puzzle of nuclear proliferation by examining how leaders' beliefs and perceptions about the international system influence states'' decisions to acquire nuclear weapons.Today, there is a persisting dilemma over the spread of nucle...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
Routledge,
2015.
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| Series: | Routledge global security studies.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | This book offers a novel approach to understanding the puzzle of nuclear proliferation by examining how leaders' beliefs and perceptions about the international system influence states'' decisions to acquire nuclear weapons.Today, there is a persisting dilemma over the spread of nuclear weapons for both practitioners and scholars of international affairs. Uncertainty remains whether determined proliferators can be stopped, as shown by the cases of North Korea and Iran. These instances of proliferation raise questions about regional stability, the use of pre-emptive military action, and the potential for reactive-proliferation by neighbouring countries. Despite the serious implications surrounding the spread of these weapons, proliferation scholarship has thus far failed to solve what has been described as the "proliferation puzzle"- why do some countries choose nuclear weapons while others do not? |
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| Item Description: | Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 235 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9781136011849 1136011846 9780203704233 |