03335nam 22005175 450 99641893830331620210421021438.01-5017-5417-310.1515/9781501754173(CKB)5450000000037762(DE-B1597)567141(DE-B1597)9781501754173(OCoLC)1248759676(EXLCZ)99545000000003776220210421h20212021 fg engur|||||||||||txtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierNuclear Reactions How Nuclear-Armed States Behave /Mark S. BellIthaca, NY : Cornell University Press, [2021]©20211 online resource (234 p.) 10 b&w line drawings, 1 map, 1 chartCornell Studies in Security AffairsFrontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction How Do New Nuclear States Behave? -- Chapter 1 Nuclear Opportunism How States Use Nuclear Weapons in International Politics -- Chapter 2 Independence and Status The British Nuclear Experience -- Chapter 3 Apartheid and Aggression South Africa, Angola, and the Bomb -- Chapter 4 The Foundations of a New World Order The United States and the Start of the Nuclear Era -- Chapter 5 Past and Future Proliferators -- Conclusion Nuclear Revolution or Nuclear Revolutions? -- Notes -- IndexMark Bell argues that nuclear weapons are useful for more than just deterrence. Instead, they are leveraged to pursue a wide range of goals in international politics, and the nations that acquire them significantly change their foreign policies as a result. Bell closely examines how these effects vary and what those variations have meant, in the United States, the United Kingdom, and South Africa. Countries aren't generically "emboldened"-they change their foreign policies in different ways based on what their priorities are. This has huge policy implications: what would Iran do if it were to get nuclear weapons? Would Japanese policy toward the United States change if it were to acquire nuclear weapons? And what does the looming threat of nuclear weapons mean for the future of foreign policy? Far from being a relic of the Cold War, Bell argues, nuclear weapons are just as important in international politics today as they ever were.Balance of powerInternational relationsNuclear weaponsPolitical aspectsWorld politicsPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International)bisacshNuclear weapons and foreign policy, nuclear opportunism, nuclear emboldenment, what are nuclear weapons useful for, benefits of nuclear weapons,.Balance of power.International relations.Nuclear weaponsPolitical aspects.World politics.POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International).327.1/12Bell Mark S., authttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1214113DE-B1597DE-B1597BOOK996418938303316Nuclear Reactions2803878UNISA