Overview
Offers a unique approach to understanding the dilemma of why powerful states respond differently to similar cases of nuclear proliferation
Examines how the intensity of threat perceptions affects decision makers and shapes their views of the international system
Argues that variations in the intensity of a perceived threat will strongly influence the response
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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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Book Title: State Responses to Nuclear Proliferation
Book Subtitle: The Differential Effects of Threat Perception
Authors: Brian K. Chappell
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59801-3
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Cham
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies, Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59800-6Published: 08 January 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-030-59803-7Published: 08 January 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-3-030-59801-3Published: 07 January 2021
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XLVIII, 412
Number of Illustrations: 3 b/w illustrations, 14 illustrations in colour
Topics: Military and Defence Studies, International Security Studies, International Relations Theory