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Security at a Price

The International Politics of U.S. Ballistic Missile Defense
Weapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging Technologies

von: Nicholas Khoo, Reuben Steff
82,99 €
Verlag:	Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format:	EPUB
Veröffentl.:	26.10.2017
ISBN/EAN:	9781442254589
Sprache:	englisch
Anzahl Seiten:	174

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Titelbeschreibung

This volume in the Weapons of Mass Destruction series makes the case that the United States’ expansive missile defence policy has eroded both its own security and that of its allies. These findings are based on an examination of the response of a number of key states to U.S. policy, including Russia, China, North Korea and Iran. Situating their argument in the theoretical debate on balancing in unipolarity, the authors contrast their view to influential perspectives that see little evidence of hard balancing against the U.S. in the post-Cold War era. Adopting a neorealist perspective, the authors demonstrate the clear presence of this inter-state practice, providing insight into the international politics of unipolarity, showing how hard balancing and security dilemma-related dynamics operate in the contemporary strategic environment.

Titelkurzbeschreibung

This text analyzes why some states have chosen to cooperate with the U.S. on Ballistic Missile Defense (BMD) while others have adopted a non-cooperative posture, evidenced by diverse levels of balancing. It discusses the politics of unipolarity, deterrence policies of the U.S. and key states, WMD proliferation, balancing, and the security dilemma.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Missile Defense Politics: Unipolarity, the Security Dilemma and the Balancing Debate Chapter 2. Russia and Lavrov’s “Law of Politics” Chapter 3. China and the Nuclear Politics of Power Transition Chapter 4. Iran’s Response to Missile Defense Chapter 5. North Korea’s Nuclear Quest Chapter 6. U.S. Missile Defense: Security at a Price

Autorenportrait

Nicholas Khoo is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Politics at the University of Otago, New Zealand. Reuben Steff is a Lecturer in the Political Science and Public Policy Programme at the University of Waikato, Hamilton.