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Showing 1 to 20 of 49 for “"nuclear proliferation"”.
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Hegemony and nuclear proliferation
Contrary to longstanding of predictions of nuclear tipping points, the number of states interested in nuclear weapons has sharply declined in recent decades. In contrast to existing explanations, this dissertation argues that the decline is largely attributable to US nonproliferation policies, in …
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Nuclear Proliferation Theory and Practice: the Case of Iran
<p>The ‘Iran Nuclear Problem' has come to absorb much media, policymaking, and academic energy. In the academic realm, most studies offer mono-causal policy-oriented explanations for Iran's pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability. With some contrast, this paper offers a multi-causal explanation for …
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Follow the Money: Targeted Financial Measures to Counter Nuclear Proliferation
… financial system by nations pursuing a nuclear weapon. Targeted financial measures have been used effectively to disrupt the financing of terrorist organizations and the United States has tried to apply many of the same tactics to counter the illicit finance of nuclear weapons …
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U.S. and Russian strategic perspectives of Iran different views of nuclear proliferation
… and the United States share the same views of nuclear proliferation? This thesis seeks to answer this question by considering the case of Iran. Both nations are concerned about the spread of nuclear weapons, yet have taken opposing stances on Iran's nuclear program. The United States contends …
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Development of a Bayesian Network to monitor the probability of nuclear proliferation
Nuclear Proliferation is a complex problem that has plagued national security strategists since the advent of the first nuclear weapons. As the cost to produce nuclear weapons has continued to decline and the availability of nuclear material has become more widespread, the threat of proliferation …
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Nuclear Proliferation in the 1990's: Implications for Uited States Army Contingency Planning
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Development of A Cascade Adsorption Process For Rapid Xenon Concentration From Air For Nuclear Proliferation Monitoring
… most fission products remain underground after a nuclear detonation a significant fraction of radioisotopes consisting of noble gases inevitably escape into the atmosphere and can be used to ascertain the occurrence of such detonations. Noble gas Xe radioisotopes, which are produced in large …
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Nuclear Proliferation: Assessment of the Nuclear Capabilities to the Year 2000 Among Selected Nth Countries--India, Pakistan, Iran and North Korea
Preventing the spread of nuclear weapons by additional countries has been a fundamental objective of U.S. foreign policy since the end of the second world war. The overlap of technologies for peaceful nuclear power and nuclear weapons creates a dilemma of how to avert weapons proliferation while …
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THE CONFRONTATION OVER IRAN’S NUCLEAR PROGRAMME: NATURE, SCOPE, AND LEGALITY
The international nuclear proliferation regime generally and the Nuclear Non- Proliferation Treaty (NPT) in particular were created to prevent nuclear war and promote global security. However, it can be argued that the NPT has become as much a political instrument by which major states advance …
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The role of Pakistan’s military in the control system over nuclear programmes
… providing aid to other countries with their nuclear programmes. It focuses on an analysis Pakistan’s structure of control over its nuclear organisations from three perspectives: a) the influence of the organisational culture of Pakistan’s state apparatus on its control system; b) the …
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The Economics of Proliferation: An Examination of the Changing Nature of the Nuclear Marketplace
<p>Nuclear proliferation in its purest sense is an economic problem. Actors seek security in an unpredictable international environment through the acquisition of a weapon that has the potential to inflict a tremendous amount of pain upon an adversary for a minimal price. Because of the high value …
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Epistemic Communities and Proliferation: The Implications of Nuclear Knowledge
<p>How do epistemic communities facilitate nuclear proliferation? The nuclear nonproliferation regime contains numerous actors exerting varying levels of influence on policy outcomes and state behavior. Neoliberal institutional theory emphasizes the role of sub-national groups play in forming …
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An Agent-Based Model of the International Nuclear System
… from the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the last decade has seen a growing number of states in possession of nuclear weapons. As states enter and exit the nuclear proliferation arena, a set of rules (implicit and otherwise) guide each action. These …
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The Dynamics of Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)
… this transformation within the context of Iran's nuclear program, focusing on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) signed in Vienna in July 2015. Involving major world powers and Iran, the JCPOA aimed to ensure Iran's nuclear program remains peaceful by setting specific limits, removing …
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Australia’s Route To Aukus: An English School Analysis Of Australia’s National Identity And Strategic Alignment
… interoperability, • Indo-Pacific deterrence, • nuclear proliferation concerns, • and alliance management. However, the deeper historical and identity-based foundations of Australia’s participation in AUKUS have remained underexplored. This dissertation emerges from the recognition of this …
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North Korea's Nuclear Doctrine and U.S. Tailored Deterrence
… of American allies and preventing a cascade of nuclear proliferation in Northeast Asia. However, since North Korea's 2006 nuclear test, the American security commitment on the Korean Peninsula and in Northeast Asia has been challenged. This thesis argues that "credible deterrence” is vital to …
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Nuclear Weapons: Prospects For Deterrence and Proliferation in the Modern Era
Since the success of the Manhattan Project the nuclear weapon has dominated the international politics and strategies of the great powers. The ending of the Cold War seemed to promise a lessening of the importance of nuclear weapons. However, a dominating feature of this time has been concern over …
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Collateral Damage: Exploring the Metaphors and Realities of War in Three Fictional Narratives
… important that, in this age of drone strikes and nuclear proliferation, we do not lose sight of the individual human element. For this project, I have written three fictional stories set against a backdrop of human conflict. I use this backdrop to explore the themes of: belonging, home, love, …
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The double edged sword : the role of nuclear weapons in South Asia
This thesis exammes the consequences of nuclear proliferation on South Asia, specifically whether India and Pakistan are moving towards a stable nuclear balance. The thesis uses comparative case study methods to examine the role of nuclear weapons in crises and the lessons learnt from those crises. …
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The double edged sword : the role of nuclear weapons in South Asia
This thesis exammes the consequences of nuclear proliferation on South Asia, specifically whether India and Pakistan are moving towards a stable nuclear balance. The thesis uses comparative case study methods to examine the role of nuclear weapons in crises and the lessons learnt from those crises. …
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