POLS 261 Study Guide - Final Guide: Exercise Rimpac, Mission Creep, Humanitarian Intervention

• School: Queen's University
• Department: Political Studies
• Course: POLS 261
• Professor: Stefanievon Hlatky

Document Summary

Id questions (20 points) choose 5 out of 8. Non-proliferation of nuclear weapons treaty- a form of nuclear restraint- containing weapons of mass destruction. Nuclear proliferation is the understanding that, despite the interest of most states to ensure collective good, peace, and stability, many countries have begun to acquire nuclear arsenals. Thus, these values become harder to achieve within the spread of nuclear weaponry in the global community but are still attainable via the government"s capacity to intervene, remove, and regulate these arsenals. Offensive realists: the spread of nuclear weapons would be justified as a means for weaker states, which are otherwise incapable of defending themselves, to have options to form alliances with fortified nuclear militaries. Furthermore, these scholars would argue that states should acquire nuclear arsenals to obtain advantage over other states. Defensive realists: defensive realists see the obtainment of nuclear weaponry as a means of deterrence.