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Building on Bourdieu's social theory, this article shows how powerful agents are able to challenge deeply engrained assumptions about the value of nuclear weapons. To illustrate the value of a Bourdieu-inspired analysis in the field of nuclear weapons, we apply his thinking tools of field, symbolic capital and doxa to the recent plea for nuclear disarmament by the US elder statesmen Shultz, Perry, Kissinger and Nunn. We analyse how the four revitalized the topic of nuclear disarmament, moving it from the fringes of peace research and grass-roots advocacy to the mainstream of academic research and politics. We argue that the historical context, the high symbolic capital of Shultz and his colleagues, and an appealing narrative that draws on commonplace understandings made their plea resonate with security elites. [Reprinted by permission; copyright Sage Publications Ltd. & ECPR-European Consortium for Political Research.]

Building on Bourdieu's social theory, this article shows how powerful agents are able to challenge deeply engrained assumptions about the value of nuclear weapons. To illustrate the value of a Bourdieu-inspired analysis in the field of nuclear weapons, we apply his thinking tools of field, symbolic capital and doxa to the recent plea for nuclear disarmament by the US elder statesmen Shultz, Perry, Kissinger and Nunn. We analyse how the four revitalized the topic of nuclear disarmament, moving it from the fringes of peace research and grass-roots advocacy to the mainstream of academic research and politics. We argue that the historical context, the high symbolic capital of Shultz and his colleagues, and an appealing narrative that draws on commonplace understandings made their plea resonate with security elites.

What can the international community of states do to prevent nuclear armament of authoritarian & totalitarian regimes? The examples of North Korea & Iran show clearly: furtherance of a long-term evolutionary regime change is more meaningful than military action. Adapted from the source document.

"Russland befürchtet, die USA könnten durch den Aufbau eines Raketenabwehrsystems in Osteuropa ein strategisches Übergewicht erreichen. Anders als in den 1990er Jahren wird Russland die hegemoniale Herausforderung durch die USA diesmal annehmen und mit eigenen Rüstungsanstrengungen kontern." (Autorenreferat)

"Was kann die internationale Staatengemeinschaft tun, um die nukleare Aufrüstung autoritärer oder totalitärer Regime zu verhindern? Die Beispiele Nordkorea und Iran zeigen deutlich: Sinnvoller als ein militärisches Eingreifen ist die Förderung eines längerfristigen, evolutionären Regimewechsels." (Autorenreferat)

The present article studies the Russian perception of the planned stationing of a US anti-missile defense system in Central Europe, and works out the possible consequences of the nuclear-strategic relationship between the two countries. For the moment, it is seen as part of the already existing US "nuclear arrogance" and as a threat to Russian security. Tables, Graphs, References. O. van Zijl

This edited book offers an overview of different forms of order in 20th- and 21st-century world politics. After a general discussion of the concept of (political) order, the book discusses seven forms of order on a regional and global level, ranging from anarchic forms of order like the (automatic) balance of power to increasingly hierarchical forms of order like hegemony, empire and the world state. The book was written by students of the Masters Program in Political Science at the University of Innsbruck and is intended to be an introduction to forms and theories of order in world politics.

Das Handbuch ist vollständig als Open Access Publikation verfügbar. Dieses Handbuch bietet eine umfassende Analyse der Außenpolitik Österreichs in der Zweiten Republik. Es behandelt die Rahmenbedingungen, Akteure und Prozesse der Außenpolitik und erschließt deren Wesen und Wirkung in verschiedenen Politikbereichen sowie gegenüber einzelnen Ländern, Regionen und internationalen Organisationen. Das Handbuch ist ein Referenzwerk für die Forschung, ein Einführungswerk für die Lehre und ein Nachschlagewerk für die Praxis in Politik, Verwaltung und Zivilgesellschaft.