Arms Control category: 475 books
by Hon. Philip E. Coyle III, Richard Dean Burns
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 12, 2015
The Challenges of Nuclear Non-Proliferation is an exhaustive survey of the many aspects of non-proliferation efforts. It explains why some nations pursued nuclear programs while others abandoned them, as well as the challenges, strengths, and weaknesses of non-proliferation efforts. It addresses key...
Nuclear Proliferation and the Psychology of Political Leadership
Beliefs, Motivations and Perceptions
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2014
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...
by Wes Baggett
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2016
Imagine if you would:Your little boy just wants something to eat. You both have enjoyed a great father/son day, but now he is hungry.You pass by a neighborhood sandwich shop. You go in, your boy in front of you, and get in line. Just as you are turning into the order lane, you notice another little...
Armed Drones and Globalization in the Asymmetric War on Terror
Challenges for the Law of Armed Conflict and Global Political Economy
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
This book is a critical exploration of the war on terror from the prism of armed drones and globalization. It is particularly focused on the United States’ use of the drones, and the systemic dysfunctions that globalization has caused to international political economy and national security, creating...
Global Rogues and Regional Orders
The Multidimensional Challenge of North Korea and Iran
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2015
A recent National Security Strategy report singles out nuclear proliferation as one of the gravest threats to the United States. Much of this fear is focused on North Korea and Iran, two "rogue states" that have violated nonproliferation rules and engaged in provocative actions, including nuclear...
Weapons of Mass Destruction and US Foreign Policy
The strategic use of a concept
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2014
This book examines the use of concepts – specifically ‘weapons of mass destruction’ (WMD) – in US foreign policy discourse.
Current analysis of WMD definition has made headway into identifying the repercussions that the conceptual conflation of such diverse weapons – typically understood...
Nuclear South Asia
Keywords and Concepts
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2015
This dictionary provides a comprehensive and ready guide to the key concepts, issues, persons, and technologies related to the nuclear programmes of India and Pakistan and other South Asian states. This will serve as a useful reference especially as the nuclear issue continues to be an important domestic and international policy concern.
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Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: March 24, 2015
Turkey, with a robust modern economy and growing energy needs, is pursuing a switch to nuclear power. But that shift is occurring in an environment fraught with security challenges: Turkey borders Iraq, Syria, and Iran-all states with nuclear or WMD ambitions or capabilities. As a NATO member, Turkey...
by James David Meernik
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 18, 2018
From the Quasi War with France and the opening of Japan, to the numerous interventions of the 1990s, these events have been situated at the heart of US foreign policy. There are four different explanations as to why the US, throughout its history, has used military force just short of war. Some scholars...
by Koro Bessho
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
East Asia has been relatively free from large-scale conflict in the 1990s, but the absence of security organisations or even of a sense of community within the region has raised doubts about its future security. China and Japan are likely to bear much of the responsibility for maintaining stability,...
The Global Politics of Combating Nuclear Terrorism
A Supply-Side Approach
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
The most difficult challenge for a terrorist organization seeking to build a nuclear weapon or improvised nuclear device is obtaining fissile material, either plutonium or highly enriched uranium (HEU). Experts acknowledge that obtaining HEU, uranium that has been processed to increase the proportion...
United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice
Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics
Language: English
Release Date: January 2, 2017
In United States Law and Policy on Transitional Justice: Principles, Politics, and Pragmatics, Zachary D. Kaufman explores the U.S. government's support for, or opposition to, certain transitional justice institutions. By first presenting an overview of possible responses to atrocities (such as war...
Origins of the Warfare State
World War II and the Transformation of American Politics
Language: English
Release Date: August 12, 2016
The post-World War II emergence of a full-blown state of perpetual war is arguably the most important feature of contemporary American politics. This book examines the "warfare state" in terms of a broad ensemble of structures, policies, and ideologies: permanent war economy, national security-state,...
Peacebuilding with Women in Ukraine
Using Narrative to Envision a Common Future
Language: English
Release Date: July 23, 2012
Twenty years post-independence Ukraine remains split, still floundering toward viable democracy. Active participation in civic affairs required for democracy is unfamiliar for most Ukrainian citizens, having internalized centuries of divisive oppression under a series of authoritarian regimes. Democracy-building...