Security assurances and nuclear nonproliferation [[electronic resource] /] / edited by Jeffrey W. Knopf

• Pubblicazione: Stanford, Calif., : Stanford University Press, 2012
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (321 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.1/747
• Soggetto topico: Nuclear nonproliferation; National security; Security, International
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Altri autori: KnopfJeffrey W
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Security assurances : initial hypotheses / Jeffrey W. Knopf -- The psychology of assurance : an emotional tale / Janice Gross Stein -- The role of security assurances in the nuclear nonproliferation regime / John Simpson -- Libya, nuclear rollback, and the role of negative and positive security assurances / Wyn Q. Bowen -- Security assurances and Iran : assessment and re-conceptualization / Jim Walsh -- Maintaining Japan's non-nuclear identity : the role of U.S. security assurances / Yuki Tatsumi -- Infusing commitment with credibility : the role of security assurances in cementing the U.S.-ROK alliance / Scott Snyder and Joyce Lee -- Assessing the role of security assurances in dealing with North Korea / John S. Park -- The United States and Swedish plans to build the bomb, 1945-1968 / Thomas Jonter -- The "model" of Ukrainian denuclearization / Sherman W. Garnett.
• Sommario/riassunto: While policy makers and scholars have long devoted considerable attention to strategies like deterrence, which threaten others with unacceptable consequences, such threat-based strategies are not always the best option. In some cases, a state may be better off seeking to give others a greater sense of security, rather than by holding their security at risk. The most prominent use of these security assurances has been in conjunction with efforts to prevent the spread of nuclear weapons.Ongoing concerns about the nuclear activities of countries like Iran and North Korea, and the pos
• Titolo autorizzato: Security assurances and nuclear nonproliferation
• ISBN: 0-8047-8491-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910462116503321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II