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Author Mehta, Rupal N., author.

Title Delaying doomsday : the politics of nuclear reversal / Rupal N. Mehta
Published New York, NY : Oxford University Press, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xv, 243 pages)
Series Bridging the gap
Bridging the gap (Oxford University Press)
Summary "Why are states willing to give up their nuclear weapons programs? This book presents a new theory for how external inducements supplied by the United States can convince even the most committed of proliferators to abandon weapons pursuit. Existing theories focus either on carrots or sticks. I explore how using both positive and negative inducements, in the shadow of military force, can persuade both friends and foes not to continue their nuclear weapons pursuit. I draw on worldwide cross-national data on nuclear reversal, case studies of Iran and North Korea among others, and interviews with diplomats, policy-makers, and analysts. I show that the majority of states have been persuaded to reverse their nuclear weapons programs when offered incentives from the United States. Moreover, I demonstrate that these tools are especially effective during periods of leadership transition and can work on both allies and adversaries. My theory and evidence also suggest a broader conception of counterproliferation than currently exists, identifying how carrots and sticks used together can accomplish one of the international community's most important policy objectives"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on February 28, 2020)
Subject Nuclear disarmament -- International cooperation
Nuclear disarmament -- Government policy -- United States
Nuclear nonproliferation -- International cooperation
Nuclear nonproliferation -- Government policy -- United States
Nuclear weapons.
Nuclear disarmament -- Government policy
Nuclear disarmament -- International cooperation
Nuclear nonproliferation -- Government policy
Nuclear nonproliferation -- International cooperation
Nuclear weapons
United States
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019035267
ISBN 9780190078003
0190078006
9780190077983
0190077980
0190077999
9780190077990