POL208Y1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 8: Eric Schlosser, Kenneth Waltz, Thomas Schelling
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Thomas schelling (2005) nobel prize acceptance speech [11p] Korean war: americans and south koreans had been trapped - only solution. Eisenhower: us stating they would openly use nuclear if necessary. Once introduced nuclear cannot be limited or confined, will escalate. No real difference between nuclear and conventional - should not use conventional where we would not use nuclear, blurring of threshold. Perceptual and symbolic phenomena that persists / recurs. Cold war development of non-nuclear capabilities - recognition that non- nuclear is the best, try to keep conventional. Investment in restraints - as real as if signed contract. Depend on non-proliferation efforts to restrain production and deployment of weapons, universally shared inhibitions. More valuable for them to keep than to actually detonate. Kenneth waltz (cid:523)(cid:854)(cid:852)(cid:853)(cid:854)(cid:524) (cid:498)why )ran should get the bomb(cid:499) foreign affairs. Punishing states through sanctions does not necessarily derail. Sanctions may make them feel even more vulnerable.
