03690nam 2200649 a 450 991078326140332120200520144314.01-280-81299-097866108129980-8157-9659-5(CKB)1000000000031477(EBL)273542(OCoLC)57033163(OCoLC)437173478(OCoLC)1017611017(SSID)ssj0000212722(PQKBManifestationID)11220833(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000212722(PQKBWorkID)10138879(PQKB)10611308(MdBmJHUP)muse60878(Au-PeEL)EBL273542(CaPaEBR)ebr10077267(CaONFJC)MIL81299(OCoLC)437173478(MiAaPQ)EBC273542(EXLCZ)99100000000003147720040510d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe nuclear tipping point[electronic resource] why states reconsider their nuclear choices /Kurt M. Campbell, Robert J. Einhorn, and Mitchell B. Reiss, editorsWashington, D.C. Brookings Institution Pressc20041 online resource (381 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8157-1331-2 0-8157-1330-4 Includes bibliographical references and index.The nuclear tipping point : prospects for a world of many nuclear weapons states /Mitchell B. Reiss --Reconsidering a nuclear future : why countries might cross over to the other side /Kurt M. Campbell --Will the abstainers reconsider? : focusing on individual cases /Robert J. Einhorn --Egypt : frustrated but still on a non-nuclear course /Robert J. Einhorn --Syria : can the myth be maintained without nukes? /Ellen Laipson --Saudi Arabia : the calculations of uncertainty /Thomas W. Lippman --Turkey : nuclear choices amongst dangerous neighbors /Leon Fuerth --Germany : the model case, a historical imperative /Jenifer Mackby and Walter B. Slocombe --Japan : thinking the unthinkable /Kurt M. Campbell and Tsuyoshi Sunohara --South Korea : the tyranny of geography and the vexations of history /Jonathan D. Pollack and Mitchell B. Reiss --Taiwan's Hsin Chu program : deterrence, abandonment, and honor /Derek J. Mitchell --Avoiding the tipping point : concluding observations /Kurt M. Campbell and Robert J. Einhorn.More than half a century after the advent of the nuclear age, is the world approaching a tipping point that will unleash an epidemic of nuclear proliferation? Today many of the building blocks of a nuclear arsenal-scientific and engineering expertise, precision machine tools, software, design information-are more readily available than ever before. The nuclear pretensions of so-called rogue states and terrorist organizations are much discussed. But how firm is the resolve of those countries that historically have chosen to forswear nuclear weapons? A combination of changes in the internationalNuclear nonproliferationNational securitySecurity, InternationalNuclear nonproliferation.National security.Security, International.327.1/747Campbell Kurt M.1957-1113203Einhorn Robert J1577098Reiss Mitchell1577099MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910783261403321The nuclear tipping point3855409UNINA