2018
DOI: 10.7290/ijns040101
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The "Double Standard" of Nonproliferation: Regime Type and the U.S. Response to Nuclear Weapons Program

Abstract: There is no doubt that the NPT regime is far from being equal for all states involved. As the predominant hegemonic power since WWII, the United States plays a major role in deciding the fates of non-great power proliferators. This article tries to find the logical explanation of the phenomenon whereby some nuclear proliferators are absolved regardless of their active accumulation of nuclear arsenals while others are labeled as "rogue states" and ordered to disarm. The article suggests that a particular prolif… Show more

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“…Examples of this imbalance are the West's perceived more flexible non-proliferation responses to India, Pakistan and Israel, versus its less flexible responses to Libya, Iraq, Iran and North Korea. It has also been argued that the established non-proliferation regime takes different stances depending on proliferating nations' political regimes (democratic versus autocratic), sentiments toward the West and aligned/non-aligned affiliation (Shymanska 2018).…”
Section: The Double Standardmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Examples of this imbalance are the West's perceived more flexible non-proliferation responses to India, Pakistan and Israel, versus its less flexible responses to Libya, Iraq, Iran and North Korea. It has also been argued that the established non-proliferation regime takes different stances depending on proliferating nations' political regimes (democratic versus autocratic), sentiments toward the West and aligned/non-aligned affiliation (Shymanska 2018).…”
Section: The Double Standardmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Also, by 1991 Ukraine was showing large democratic transformations in its government apparatus, so the desire to integrate with the democratic western block of countries seemed very natural from the Ukraine's standpoint, while non-nuclear status would boost this process of integration. 27 At the same time, we cannot ignore the desperate situation in Ukraine in regard to its national security and economy, namely the demoralisation of the army, Russian territorial claims and the lack of economic prosperity which propelled enormous strikes in Donbas region. For this reason, Ukrainian case of nuclear denuclearisation may be also explained from the point of view of the domestic political model of Scott Sagan.…”
Section: Memorandum In Ukrainian--russian Perspective Why Ukraine Gav...mentioning
confidence: 99%