Security At a Price - The International Politics of U.s. Ballistic Missile Defense

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.

List of contents

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

About the author

By Nicholas Khoo and Reuben Steff

Summary

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.

Product details

• Authors: Nicholas Khoo, Nicholas Steff Khoo, Khoo Nicholas, Reuben Steff, Steff Reuben
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 26.10.2017
• EAN: 9781442254572
• ISBN: 978-1-4422-5457-2
• No. of pages: 174
• Series: Weapons of Mass Destruction; Weapons of Mass Destruction; Weapons of Mass Destruction and Emerging Technologies
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / Arms Control, International Relations, Defence strategy, planning & research, United States of America, USA, Police & security services, Military and defence strategy, Police and security services