TY  - BOOK
AU  - Solingen,Etel
TI  - Nuclear Logics: Contrasting Paths in East Asia and the Middle East 
T2  - Princeton Studies in International History and Politics
SN  - 9780691134680
AV  - JZ5675 -- .S665 2007eb 
U1  - 355.02/17095 
PY  - 2009///]
CY  - Princeton, NJ : 
PB  - Princeton University Press, 
KW  - Nuclear nonproliferation -- East Asia
KW  - Nuclear nonproliferation -- Middle East
KW  - Nuclear nonproliferation
KW  - East Asia
KW  - Middle East
KW  - Oost-Azië
KW  - Midden-Oosten
KW  - Naher Osten
KW  - Politik
KW  - Geschichte 1945 ff
KW  - Ostasien
KW  - International cooperation
KW  - Security, International
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control
KW  - bisacsh
N1  - Frontmatter --; Contents --; Preface --; Part I. Introduction and Conceptual Framework --; Part II. East Asia: Denuclearization as the Norm, Nuclearization as the Anomaly --; Part III. The Middle East: Nuclearization as the Norm, Denuclearization as the Anomaly --; Part IV. Conclusions --; Notes --; References --; Index; restricted access; Issued also in print
N2  - Nuclear Logics examines why some states seek nuclear weapons while others renounce them. Looking closely at nine cases in East Asia and the Middle East, Etel Solingen finds two distinct regional patterns. In East Asia, the norm since the late 1960s has been to forswear nuclear weapons, and North Korea, which makes no secret of its nuclear ambitions, is the anomaly. In the Middle East the opposite is the case, with Iran, Iraq, Israel, and Libya suspected of pursuing nuclear-weapons capabilities, with Egypt as the anomaly in recent decades. Identifying the domestic conditions underlying these divergent paths, Solingen argues that there are clear differences between states whose leaders advocate integration in the global economy and those that reject it. Among the former are countries like South Korea, Taiwan, and Japan, whose leaders have had stronger incentives to avoid the political, economic, and other costs of acquiring nuclear weapons. The latter, as in most cases in the Middle East, have had stronger incentives to exploit nuclear weapons as tools in nationalist platforms geared to helping their leaders survive in power. Solingen complements her bold argument with other logics explaining nuclear behavior, including security dilemmas, international norms and institutions, and the role of democracy and authoritarianism. Her account charts the most important frontier in understanding nuclear proliferation: grasping the relationship between internal and external political survival. Nuclear Logics is a pioneering book that is certain to provide an invaluable resource for researchers, teachers, and practitioners while reframing the policy debate surrounding nonproliferation
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1515/9781400828029
UR  - https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9781400828029
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