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Nuclear strategy in the modern era : regional powers and international conflict / / Vipin Narang



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Autore: Narang Vipin Visualizza persona
Titolo: Nuclear strategy in the modern era : regional powers and international conflict / / Vipin Narang Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Princeton, New Jersey : , : Princeton University Press, , 2014
©2014
Edizione: Course Book
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (357 p.)
Disciplina: 355.02/17
Soggetto topico: Nuclear weapons - Government policy
Nuclear warfare - Government policy
Deterrence (Strategy)
Security, International
Soggetto non controllato: Avner Cohen
China
Cold War
France
India
Israel
Israeli officials
Pakistan
Posture Optimization Theory
South Africa
Soviet Union
Western assistance
alliance options
assured retaliation
asymmetric escalation
asymmetric nuclear posture
catalytic nuclear posture
civilian control
civilЭilitary relations
closet nuclear state
conflict deterrence
conflict dynamics
conflict escalation
conventional conflicts
conventional threats
crisis behavior
crisis dynamics
crisis settings
deterrence outcomes
deterrent power
domestic political considerations
future nuclear powers
general deterrent effects
international conflict
international relations
international security
international stability
large-n analysis
limited deterrence
minimum deterrence
non-nuclear opponents
nuclear age
nuclear competition
nuclear deterrent
nuclear dynamics
nuclear opponents
nuclear postures
nuclear program
nuclear states
nuclear strategies
nuclear strategy
nuclear threat
nuclear weapons
open nuclear power
optimization theory
partyЭilitary relations
postwar France
proliferation literature
regional nuclear powers
regional power
regional powers
security environment
Classificazione: POL011000POL001000
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Nota di contenuto: Front matter -- Contents -- List of Figures and Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter One. Introduction -- Chapter Two. The Sources of Regional Power Nuclear Postures: Posture Optimization Theory -- Chapter Three. Pakistan -- Chapter Four. India -- Chapter Five. China -- Chapter Six. France -- Chapter Seven. Israel -- Chapter Eight. South Africa -- Chapter Nine. Deterring Unequally I: A Large-n Analysis -- Chapter Ten. Deterring Unequally II: Regional Power Nuclear Postures and Crisis Behavior -- Chapter Eleven: Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index
Sommario/riassunto: The world is in a second nuclear age in which regional powers play an increasingly prominent role. These states have small nuclear arsenals, often face multiple active conflicts, and sometimes have weak institutions. How do these nuclear states-and potential future ones-manage their nuclear forces and influence international conflict? Examining the reasoning and deterrence consequences of regional power nuclear strategies, this book demonstrates that these strategies matter greatly to international stability and it provides new insights into conflict dynamics across important areas of the world such as the Middle East, East Asia, and South Asia. Vipin Narang identifies the diversity of regional power nuclear strategies and describes in detail the posture each regional power has adopted over time. Developing a theory for the sources of regional power nuclear strategies, he offers the first systematic explanation of why states choose the postures they do and under what conditions they might shift strategies. Narang then analyzes the effects of these choices on a state's ability to deter conflict. Using both quantitative and qualitative analysis, he shows that, contrary to a bedrock article of faith in the canon of nuclear deterrence, the acquisition of nuclear weapons does not produce a uniform deterrent effect against opponents. Rather, some postures deter conflict more successfully than others. Nuclear Strategy in the Modern Era considers the range of nuclear choices made by regional powers and the critical challenges they pose to modern international security.
Titolo autorizzato: Nuclear strategy in the modern era  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 1-4008-5040-1
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910791046003321
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Serie: Princeton studies in international history and politics.