Forecasting Nuclear Proliferation in the 21st Century - Volume 1 the Role of Theory

Zusatztext "Students! academics! and! yes! practitioners will find much to admire in the analysis contained in both volumes . . . The two volumes add to a rich qualitative literature on proliferation! while applying rigorous quantitative analysis to proliferation cases. The contributing factors for proliferation are widely acknowledged and include domestic drivers! economic and security concerns! as well as regime and leadership types . . . The two-volume set on Forecasting Nuclear Proliferation in the 21st Century is helpful in many valuable ways. There are sound analytical reasons for concluding that! despite the Iranian and North Korean nuclear programs! the sky is not falling! nor is it likely to fall over the next decade." Informationen zum Autor William C. Potter is Director of the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies and Sam Nunn and Richard Lugar Professor of Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies.Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova is a Research Associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Klappentext This two-volume set is the output from an extensive research project focused on developing the first forecasting model for nuclear proliferation. The Theory volume consists of an introduction and nine additional chapters devoted to key theoretical issues regarding the dynamics of nuclear weapons (non) proliferation. Zusammenfassung This two-volume set is the output from an extensive research project focused on developing the first forecasting model for nuclear proliferation. The Theory volume consists of an introduction and nine additional chapters devoted to key theoretical issues regarding the dynamics of nuclear weapons (non) proliferation.

Product details

• Authors: William C. Potter, William C. Mukhatzhanova Potter, William Mukhatzhanova Potter
• Assisted by: Gaukhar Mukhatzhanova (Editor), William Potter (Editor), William C. Potter (Editor)
• Publisher: Stanford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.07.2010
• EAN: 9780804769730
• ISBN: 978-0-8047-6973-0
• No. of pages: 312
• Subject: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education