Iran and Nuclear Weapons
Subtitle: Protracted Conflict and Proliferation (Routledge Global Security Studies)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Routledge
Published: October 30, 2008
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9780415453073
Subjects: Nuclear weapons; Political Science; Politics/International Relations; Iran; Political Science / Arms Control; International Relations - Arms Control; International Relations - General; Political Freedom & Security - International Secur
Description: "This book investigates what is driving Iran's nuclear weapons programme in a less-hostile regional environment, using a theory of protracted conflicts to explicate proliferation. It underscores the importance of protracted conflicts in proliferation decisions, and underpinning this is the assumption that non-proliferation may be achieved through the termination of intractable conflicts. The aims of this work are to demonstrate that a state's decision to acquire nuclear weapons depends largely on its engagement in protracted conflicts, which shows not only that the presence of nuclear rivals intensifies the nuclear ambition, but also that non-nuclear status of rival states can promote non-proliferation incentives in conflicting states inclined to proliferate."--Jacket.