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Security Without Nuclear Weapons?
Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
其他書名
Different Perspectives on Non-nuclear Security
出版Oxford University Press, 1992
主題History / Military / Nuclear WarfareLanguage Arts & Disciplines / Linguistics / GeneralPolitical Science / International Relations / Arms ControlPolitical Science / Security (National & International)Political Science / Peace
ISBN01982914349780198291435
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=pvyEViECyJ8C&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book examines the question: is the elimination of nuclear weapons politically feasible and technically practical? With the end of the cold war, a re-thinking of the nuclear foundations of international security is imperative. There are no compelling reasons to perpetuate a cold war era nuclear security approach. Neither is the world ready to abolish nuclear weapons by agreement. What it is ready for, however, is a radical reappraisal of conventional strategic and disarmament wisdom. The book's explicit focus on non-nuclear security takes issue with prevailing pro- and anti-nuclear views. The study challenges the assumptions of the strategic community that there is no alternative to nuclear security in an anarchic international system, and of the advocates of radical nuclear disarmament who propose solutions at the expense of security. Instead, the contributors argue that nuclear weapons abolition should be seen as a long-term process, pursued on a broad political front, aimed at a steady transformation of international politics that encourages security co-operation between states. Individual chapters of the book address the major conceptual, technical, and economic issues in the design of a non-nuclear security regime. Other chapters explore more specialized issues as they relate to the feasibility of the elimination of nuclear weapons: elite perceptions and the decision-making process, verification, nuclear proliferation, fissile materials and warheads, alliances and regional hegemonies, and deterrence.