Nonproliferation

One of the key features of the 2002 United States National Security Strategy was an abrupt shift from the traditional U.S. approach to proliferation threats that prioritized deterrence and promotion of nondiscriminatory nonproliferation norms, to an approach called counterprolif…

In the modern world, sovereignty provides the conceptual framework enabling states to interact and claim supremacy over all other social forms. It is sovereignty that allows all states to be nominally equal, while also exerting a claim to be the highest authority in their own te…

Recent changes in German foreign policy behavior have led to questions about Germany's European vocation. At the center of this inquiry is Germany's struggle to resolve the intersection between historical memory and present day international responsibility, especially in cases i…

This thesis discusses the interacting relationship between China's nuclear arms control and nonproliferation policy and U.S.-China relations from 1979 to 2007. By exploring the interactions of the two countries in the context of the international nonproliferation regime, and usi…

Rational deterrence theory posits that deterrence is more likely to be successful when a state credibly communicates to its adversary that it has both the capability and intent to retaliate against threats. Yet, second-generation nuclear states, which often exist in severe secur…