Changing Dimensions of Proliferation Policy.

Abstract

Since India's detonation of a nuclear-explosive device, increasing attention has focused upon policies for retarding the future spread of nuclear weapons. Part 1 of this report, after briefly sketching the reasons for believing that additional proliferation could occur and reviewing the probable dangers of a more proliferated world, examines such policies. Means of reinforcing technical constraints upon prospective proliferators and measures for influencing their disincentives and incentives for 'going nuclear' are identified and evaluated. Possible responses to future dramatic proliferation events or turning-points, events that could influence significantly the scope, pace, and characteristics of possible future proliferation, also are discussed.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 15, 1977
Accession Number
ADA047038

Entities

People

  • Lewis A. Dunn

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Arms Control
  • Contingency Operations (Military)
  • Foreign Policy
  • Governments
  • Intergovernmental Organizations
  • International Law
  • International Organizations
  • International Relations
  • National Politics
  • National Security
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Personnel Management
  • Political Systems
  • Treaties
  • United States
  • Warning Systems
  • Western Europe

Fields of Study

  • Political science

Readers

  • Strategic Security Studies