Journal Article - Quarterly Journal: International Security
The Strategic Logic of Nuclear Proliferation
Summary
When do states acquire nuclear weapons? History shows that only two types of states decide that the bomb is essential to their security: 1) very powerful states; and 2) weak states that lack ironclad security guarantees.
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Monteiro, Nuno P., and Alexandre Debs. “The Strategic Logic of Nuclear Proliferation.” Quarterly Journal: International Security, vol. 39. no. 2. (Fall 2014): 7-51 .
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