Summary Following revelations in 2003 about the illicit sale of Pakistani nuclear technology to Iran and Libya, Pakistan initiated an investigation. On February 4, 2004,…
Summary Following revelations in 2003 about the illicit sale of Pakistani nuclear technology to Iran and Libya, Pakistan initiated an investigation. On February 4, 2004,…
Abstract Since independence, India’s nuclear policy has been to seek either global disarmament or equal security for all. The old nonproliferation regime was discriminatory, ratifying…
Abstract This article published by The Brookings Institution examines how Pyongyang’s 2013 nuclear test affects North Korea’s nuclear weapon and missile capability, policymakers in Japan…
Continue reading Richard C. Bush III and Jonathan D. Pollack
Reuters news story on safety concerns and politics in South Korea’s nuclear energy field.
Abstract This book considers the nuclear futures of India and Pakistan, respectively. Noting the multiplicity of actors affecting India’s future nuclear posture, Basrur and Cohen…
Continue reading Basrur, Rajesh M. and Cohen, Stephen Philip
This post by the National News Bureau of Thailand quotes the Thai National Shippers’ Council chief, Paiboon Polsuwanna, on his views toward the construction of…
Summary In this paper, we explain why the U.S. government chose multilateral security arrangements in Europe and bilateral ones in Asia in the 1940s and…
Continue reading Hemmer, Christopher M., and Peter J. Katzenstein
Abstract The neorealist-neoliberal debate about the possibilities for collective action in international relations has been based on a shared commitment to Mancur Olson’s rationalist definition…
Abstract Is the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) a pluralistic security community (PSC)? Does community cause security in Southeast Asia? In a PSC, member…
Abstract The small and medium-sized states in Southeast Asia have faced significant geostrategic changes with the end of the Cold War and the rise of…