INTA 1110 Lecture Notes - Lecture 19: Kenneth Waltz, Nuclear Proliferation, Start Ii
12 Feb 2013
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65%-85%need to be enriched to create a bomb. 1953: eisenhower, speech at un titled atoms for peace . Creation of iaea and signing of non-proliferation treaty creates a world of haves and have- nots . Nuclear weapons acquisition: requires advanced technological infrastructure, nuclear weapons are also the wmd, the standard by which all other weapons are judged. Why do states choose to pursue a weapon: mixture of intent and means to do so, the debate in ir: how do we predict nuclear proliferators. Realism: nuclear weapons are pursued as a means to gain power. Liberalism: nuclear weapons incite cooperation to prevent war. Will nuclear deterrence maintain stability in the post-cold war era: kenneth waltz scott sagan debate. Waltz: nuclear prevention will work in the post-cw era just as it did during the. Cw, even as new countries gain nuclear weapons. Horizontal proliferation has been slow and steady and it will give countries time to stabilize.
