POL SCI 125A Study Guide - Final Guide: Fatalism, Agreed Framework, Solomon Judah Loeb Rapoport
16 Mar 2013
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Ps125a post midterm readings guide. Bunn and rhinelander on the history and current status of the npt. This article starts as descriptive then turns to advocacy. Why did the us have to convince. Germany to support the npt? (the answer is close to the issue i raised in the slides/lectures about the mlf. ) Sagan, preventing the unthinkable, iran. This is a great article for summarizing the current situation it brings in the important points without other distractions. Sagan accuses us officials (then the bush administration) of being proliferation fatalists and deterrence optimists. Do you think that has changed with the obama administration? (this last is just asking for an opinion. ) He then presents a history of the cold war to argue against deterrence optimism. Npt responded to each of the three motives for acquiring nuclear weapons (he"s taking this from his other article. ) Give the basics of the 1994 agreed framework with north korea.
