| Description |
1 online resource (17 pages). |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
| Series |
MES monographs ; no. 4 |
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Middle East Studies monograph series ; no. 4.
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| Note |
"April 2013." |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Relinquished nuclear powers : a case study of Libya / Målfrid Braut-Hegghammer -- Pakistan's motivations for possessing nuclear weapons and challenges to the "unitary rational actor" model for managing deterrence / George Perkovich. |
| Summary |
The current debate revolving around Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs highlights the need to foster a more complete understanding of the multidimensionality of states' decision-making process on whether to acquire and retain nuclear weapons. Case studies from the greater Middle East region offer the opportunity to examine the factors such states take into consideration when determining which path to follow. Such factors include threat perceptions, the interpretation of lessons learned from the experience of other countries, the calculus of perceived costs and benefits for national security, the envisioned modes of employment of nuclear weapons (political and military), and the legal/ethical considerations -- all from the perspective of regional actors. Furthermore, a country's specific political decisionmaking process and its institutions are also key factors in understanding how actual and potential regional nuclear powers make decisions on the nuclear issue. As such, an understanding of the motivations and of the perceived utility of nuclear weapons from the perspective of recent and potential nuclear powers can help senior leaders craft more effective U.S. and multilateral nonproliferation, counterproliferation, and deterrence strategies. The two papers included in this monograph offer insights into the differing paths taken by two countries in the greater Middle East region -- Libya and Pakistan -- with the former relinquishing its nuclear program and the latter acquiring a military nuclear capability. |
| Note |
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (MES, viewed May 2, 2013). |
| Subject |
Nuclear disarmament -- Case studies.
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Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Case studies.
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Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Libya.
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Nuclear weapons -- Government policy -- Pakistan.
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Nuclear disarmament. (OCoLC)fst01039933
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Nuclear weapons -- Government policy.
(OCoLC)fst01040980
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Libya. (OCoLC)fst01205534
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Pakistan. (OCoLC)fst01210275
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| Genre/Form |
Case studies. (OCoLC)fst01423765
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| Added Author |
Perkovich, George, 1958- author.
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Marine Corps University (U.S.). Middle East Studies, issuing body.
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| Added Title |
How nations think about nuclear weapons : two Middle East case studies |
| Gpo Item No. |
0383 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
D 214.2:M 58/3 NO.4 |
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