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History suggests that the existence of a weapon leads to its eventual use in war, as illustrated by the dropping of the atomic bomb on the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945. At the opening of the atomic age, scientists, political analysts, generals, and politicians were haunted by the idea that nuclear wars could not be won; both sides would be virtually destroyed. The stakes of the game have only continued to rise as the "club" of nations currently possessing nuclear arms has become less and less exclusive: the United States, the Soviet Union/Russia, England, France, China, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea. Following a detailed analysis of this timely issue. Nuclear Nonproliferation explores the threat of nuclear production and the potential for solutions in four regions of the world--the United States, South Asia (India and Pakistan), the Middle East (Israel, Iraq, and Iran), and East Asia (North Korea).

This study examines the USA's use of sanctions against foreign entities to prevent NBC and missile proliferation. It begins with a review of the objectives and provisions of the various US nonproliferation sanction laws, and compares the legal provisions at each step of the sanctions process

Nuclear frustrations -- Global nuclear order at a crossroads -- Foundations for regional nuclear order -- Established orders: Western Europe and Latin America -- Northeast Asia -- Southeast Asia -- The Middle East -- Elusive orders : Africa and South Asia -- The future of nonproliferation

Preface -- Contents -- Acronyms -- Introduction -- 1 Nuclear Proliferation -- 2 The Threat of Nuclear Terrorism -- 3 Interdiction of Nuclear Material -- References -- Nuclear Explosives -- 1 History -- 1.1 The Dawn of the Atomic Age -- 1.2 The Cold War and the Arms Race -- 1.3 The Fall of the Soviet Union -- 2 Device Physics -- 2.1 Critical Mass -- 2.2 Heat Generation. Neutron Background and Predetonation -- 3 Special Nuclear Material -- References -- Signatures and Background -- 1 Simplified Transport Calculations -- 1.1 Gamma Radiation Field from a Point Source -- 1.2 Self-Shielded Disk

China, Arms Control, and Nonproliferation is an empirically and conceptually path-breaking book that documents China's participation in international arms control and non-proliferation regimes from 1985 to 2001.

Frontmatter -- CONTENTS -- Preface and Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction -- Security Assurances: Initial Hypotheses -- The Psychology of Assurance: An Emotional Tale -- The Role of Security Assurances in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Regime -- Libya, Nuclear Rollback, and the Role of Negative and Positive Security Assurances -- Security Assurances and Iran: Assessment and Re-conceptualization -- Maintaining Japan's Non-Nuclear Identity: The Role of U.S. Security Assurances -- Infusing Commitment with Credibility: The Role of Security Assurances in Cementing the U.S.-ROK Alliance -- Assessing the Role of Security Assurances in Dealing with North Korea -- The United States and Swedish Plans to Build the Bomb, 1945-68 -- The "Model" of Ukrainian Denuclearization -- Conclusions -- Index