POLI 360 Lecture 5: POLI360L5
2 Oct 2016
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Country first to acquire nuclear weapons: usa, 1945 (manhattan. France: claim --> not completely relying on washington for security. 1964, china tests nuclear weapons (threatened by us sev- eral times during korean war) Prompt india to talk about capability but did not do much. 1998: ind and pak develop nuclear weapons and tested. Isr supposed to have acquired about 300 nuclear weapons, but don"t want to talk about it (last deter- rent)" Puzzle why nuclear possession did not prevent war in m. east. N korea, s africa, arg, bra (not dev. Every time new nation join atomic club, countries (gr. Uk, fra, china --> retain great power status, if not have, will not have status. Diminish power to intervene and coerce --> lead to retaliation. Discussing issue of stability at one level and in- stability constantly causing issues. Baruch plan: us retain capability, once everybody gives up theirs, us will give up.
