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State Responses to Nuclear Proliferation: The Differential Effects of Threat Perception

State Responses to Nuclear Proliferation: The Differential Effects of Threat Perception

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General Political ScienceInternational Relations

ISBN10: 3030598039
ISBN13: 9783030598037
Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
Published: Jan 8 2022
Pages: 412
Weight: 1.41
Height: 0.93 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

Contemporary fears of rogue state nuclear proliferation and nuclear terrorism pose unique challenges for the global community. This book offers a unique approach by examining why states that have the military capability to severely damage a proliferating state's nuclear program instead choose to pursue coercive diplomacy. The author argues cognitive psychological influences, including the trauma derived from national tragedies like the September 11th attacks and the Holocaust, and a history of armed conflict increase the threat perceptions of foreign policy decision-makers when confronting a state perceived to be challenging the existing power structure by pursuing a nuclear weapon. The powerful state's degree of perceived threat, combined with its national security policies, military power projection capabilities, and public support then influence whether it will take no action, use coercive diplomacy/sanctions, or employ military force to address the weaker state's nuclear ambitions.

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