The nuclear tipping point
Subtitle: why states reconsider their nuclear choices
By: Kurt M. Campbell, Robert J. Einhorn, and Mitchell B. Reiss, editors.
Contributors: Campbell, Kurt M., 1957-; Einhorn, Robert J.; Reiss, Mitchell.
Publisher: Brookings Institution Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Washington, D.C
Language: eng
Number of pages: 367
Subjects: Nuclear nonproliferation.; National security.; Security, International.
Description: Provides a framework for understanding the myriad factors that shape nuclear policy. Case studies of eight long-term stalwarts of the nonproliferation regime--Egypt, Germany, Japan, Saudi Arabai, South Korea, Syria, Taiwan, and Turkey--flesh out this framework and show how even these countries might be pushed over the edge of a nuclear tipping point -- from cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The nuclear tipping point : prospects for a world of many nuclear weapons states / Mitchell B. Reiss; title: Reconsidering a nuclear future : why countries might cross over to the other side / Kurt M. Campbell; title: Will the abstainers reconsider? : focusing on individual cases / Robert J. Einhorn; title: Egypt : frustrated but still on a non-nuclear course / Robert J. Einhorn; title: Syria : can the myth be maintained without nukes? / Ellen Laipson; title: Saudi Arabia : the calculations of uncertainty / Thomas W. Lippman; title: Turkey : nuclear choices amongst dangerous neighbors / Leon Fuerth; title: Germany : the model case, a historical imperative / Jenifer Mackby and Walter B. Slocombe; title: Japan : thinking the unthinkable / Kurt M. Campbell and Tsuyoshi Sunohara; title: South Korea : the tyranny of geography and the vexations of history / Jonathan D. Pollack and Mitchell B. Reiss; title: Taiwan's Hsin Chu program : deterrence, abandonment, and honor / Derek J. Mitchell; title: Avoiding the tipping point : concluding observations / Kurt M. Campbell and Robert J. Einhorn.