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Chapter 1: Introduction -- Part I Iran Nuclear Deal and Its Fracture -- Chapter 2: The Much-Awaited Deal of 2015 -- Chapter 3: The US Exit from the Deal in 2018 -- Chapter 4: Scholarship on the Ramifications of the Fractured Deal -- Part II Theory -- Chapter 5: Cooperation, Spill-over Effects, and Integration -- Chapter 6: Fast-Paced Spill Back Effect -- Chapter 7: Fractured Deal and Triggers to Renewed Proliferation Interest -- Part III Case Study: Iran -- Chapter 8: Iran's Nuclear Ambition and Its Conflicts in the Pre-Deal Period -- Chapter 9: The Deal and Iran's Muted Nuclear Status -- Chapter 10: US Exit from the Deal and Tehran's Intense Proliferation Interest -- Part IV -- Chapter 11 Conclusion.

"This title was first published in 2003:Using extensive case studies of the nuclear weapons programmes of India, Pakistan, Israel, Iraq, Iran, Egypt and Syria, this important work shows that a higher than normal probability of war in protracted conflict regions, prompts states to search for credible deterrents such as nuclear weapons. The book rigorously examines the factors that affect the pace of this proliferation such as regional power structures and geographical proximity, and challenges many prevailing theories on proliferation. This compelling text convincingly argues that simple conflict relationships are not sufficient for countries to go nuclear?, thus providing insight into the true complexity of the issue. Explaining the similarities and differences between the nuclear policies of states in protracted conflict regions, the book commands the attention of anyone interested in nuclear proliferation and regional conflict."--Provided by publisher.

This book investigates what is driving Iran's nuclear weapons programme in a less-hostile regional environment, using a theory of protracted conflicts to explicate proliferation.

AbstractL. A. Paul's Transformative Experience makes the claim that many important life decisions are epistemically and personally transformative in a way that does not allow us to assign subjective values to their outcomes. As a result, we cannot use normative decision theory to make such decisions rationally, or when we modify it to do so, decision theory leads us to choose in a way that is in tension with our authenticity. This paper examines Paul's version of decision theory, and whether this version in fact admits of the challenge she wants to raise. I focus on her psychological realist view of utilities and beliefs and her notion of rational, authentic preferences as informed by imaginative acquaintance. I argue that Paul fails to engage critically with traditional accounts of decision theory and, on closer inspection, it is not clear that her version of decision theory entails a tension between rational and authentic choice. More importantly, I argue that if her contribution is instead to bring to light the importance of authenticity alongside rational decision-making, the definition she provides of authenticity in fact undermines her argument.

In this book, Ernst G. Frankel has reviewed development
programmes, plans and agendas, initiated by the developed world for the
developing countries. He has recounted numerous examples from the
developing world to provide a well-structured commentary, which helps
the reader to appraise the practical application of development theory,
development financing and development management over the last fifty
years. Author has himself been involved in development projects and
missions for a long time therefore, he explicitly accounts for the
causes of the enormous failures and the meagre success rate of
development projects. He primarily forms his argument on the call of
incorrect perception of local context and thus inappropriate planning,
funding and implementation of development projects. Overall, he has
taken an unconventional view of development and making development
happen. He describes development as a dynamic process, which is flexible
and iconoclastic in nature and, thus, should incorporate the mutable
nature of human behaviour, culture, science and technology over
time.

Discusses nuclear proliferation, arms limitation, regional security, conflict resolution, the 1956 crisis, the Brasstack crisis of 1986-87 between India and Pakistan, Kashmir crisis of 1990, Kargil crisis of 1999, and prospects.

GDP represents the economic growth of a country. Higher GDP growth is translated as higher economic growth. In case of Pakistan, the GDP is continuously going down due to some macroeconomic factors. This is an alarming situation for the Pakistani government. The main ambition of this study is to interrogate the four selected independent variables which impact on the GDP of a country and verify if the relation holds in Pakistan. This study expects to ascertain the effects on GDP performance in short or long run of inflation, unemployment, foreign direct investment and import prices of goods and services. It utilizes the data of the last 30 years for the Pakistani Economy i.e. the period of 1983 to 2012. Several statistical techniques have been applied. Five SEM models were used to estimate causal relationships. The outcome of this research suggests that the government needs to pay attention (1) to the control of inflation through effective and efficient monetary policy, (2) to increase employment chances by the supporting and establishing new industries and (3) advancing infrastructure. Government of Pakistan should also support Pakistani export in order to decrease heavy import prices and always encourage foreign direct investments. These outcomes will be helpful in managing the economic growth rate of Pakistan.Keywords: Gross Domestic Product, Unemployment, Foreign Direct Investment, Import/ Export, Inflation.

Requesting customers to "round up" the total for their purchases to the next whole dollar and donating the difference has been a recent trend among some companies. A recent study argues that a roundup donation request reduces the perceived pain of donating, thus making it more effective as compared with a flat donation request; however, the present research argues that a roundup donation request can also have potential negative returns. This article demonstrates across two experimental studies, that consumers report lower repurchase intentions when approached with a roundup (vs. flat) donation request, due to an increased anticipated negative affect associated with refusing such a request. Moreover, such effects only occur among consumers with utilitarian (but not hedonic) purchase motives. The findings of this research extend prior research in this area by highlighting the potential negative consequences of roundup donation requests.