Nuclear Confrontations

Prasad, Amrutha

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Title

Nuclear Confrontations

Author(s)

Prasad, Amrutha

Contributor(s)

Vasquez, John A.

Issue Date

2016

Keyword(s)

• Nuclear Weapons
• MIDs
• deterrence
• stability/instability paradox
• irrelevance

Abstract

The effect of nuclear weapons has long been debated. Some argue that these weapons have a stabilizing effect on already volatile regions and rivals, while others fear that it will only further escalate tensions. This undergraduate thesis studies how relations between countries have changed once a country has attained nuclear weapons. Specifically, whether Militarized Interstate Disputes (MIDs) have increased or decreased before and after the acquisition of nuclear weapons. In order to do so, I look at the severity and occurrence of MIDs to see trends in changes of state attitudes because of nuclear weapons, through the lenses of the three most popular nuclear schools of thought: deterrence, stability/instability paradox and irrelevance.

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text

Language

en

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Copyright 2016 Amrutha Prasad

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