
No End in Sight
The Continuing Menace of Nuclear Proliferation
Nathan E. Busch(Author)
The University Press of Kentucky
Published on 8. October 2004
Book
Hardback
512 pages
978-0-8131-2323-3 (ISBN)
Description
The global threat of nuclear weapons is one of today's key policy issues. Using a wide variety of sources, including recently declassified information, Nathan E. Busch offers detailed examinations of the nuclear programs in the United States, Russia, China, Iraq, India, and Pakistan, as well as the emerging programs in Iran and North Korea. He also assesses the current debates in international relations over the risks associated with the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the post--Cold War world.
Busch explores how our understanding of nuclear proliferation centers on theoretical disagreements about how best to explain and predict the behavior of states. His study bridges the gap between theory and empirical evidence by determining whether countries with nuclear weapons have adequate controls over their nuclear arsenals and fissile material stockpiles (such as highly enriched uranium and plutonium). Analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of various systems of nuclear weapons regulation, Busch projects what types of controls proliferating states are likely to employ and assesses the threat posed by the possible theft of fissile materials by aspiring nuclear states or by terrorists.
No End in Sight provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of issues at the forefront of contemporary international affairs. With the resurgence of the threat of nuclear terrorism, Busch's insights and conclusions will prove critical to understanding the implications of nuclear proliferation.
Busch explores how our understanding of nuclear proliferation centers on theoretical disagreements about how best to explain and predict the behavior of states. His study bridges the gap between theory and empirical evidence by determining whether countries with nuclear weapons have adequate controls over their nuclear arsenals and fissile material stockpiles (such as highly enriched uranium and plutonium). Analyzing the strengths and weaknesses of various systems of nuclear weapons regulation, Busch projects what types of controls proliferating states are likely to employ and assesses the threat posed by the possible theft of fissile materials by aspiring nuclear states or by terrorists.
No End in Sight provides the most comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of issues at the forefront of contemporary international affairs. With the resurgence of the threat of nuclear terrorism, Busch's insights and conclusions will prove critical to understanding the implications of nuclear proliferation.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Lexington
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
With dust jacket
Illustrations
maps
Dimensions
Height: 235 mm
Width: 157 mm
Thickness: 34 mm
Weight
926 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8131-2323-3 (9780813123233)
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Person
Nathan E. Busch is visiting assistant professor in the School of Public and International Affairs and senior research associate at the Center for International Trade and Security at the University of Georgia.
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Holding Up Mirrors in (and to) Political Theory
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Pathologies of Freedom in Melville's America
Tragic Vision and Credible Democratic Hopes
Steps Toward an Ecology of Capitalism
Untimeliness and Punctuality
"When the corn was ripe..."
Black Noise in White Time
The Moment has Passed
The Virtual Patriot Syndrome
Populism and the Rebellious Cultures of Democracy
Distinguishing Racial Presence From Racial Justice
Race and the Democratic Aesthetic
In Praise of Disorder
The Politics of Literature
Circulating Authority
Staging Reception
Holding Up Mirrors in (and to) Political Theory
Antigone's Laments, Creon's Grief
Pathologies of Freedom in Melville's America
Tragic Vision and Credible Democratic Hopes
Steps Toward an Ecology of Capitalism