Paolo Rosa

Neoclassical Realism and the Underdevelopment of China¿s Nuclear Doctrine

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Produktbeschreibung

This book addresses the under-researched discourse of the evolution of Chinese nuclear posture, and in particular, explains the absence from this evolution of a coherent and well-defined operational doctrine. Using a neoclassical realist framework, the book explains why China, after having launched a crash programme in the mid-1950s to develop a nuclear deterrent, did not debate a clear operational doctrine with respect to targeting and employment until the mid-1980s.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Palgrave Pivot / Springer International Publishing / Springer, Berlin
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 978-3-319-78639-1
• 1st ed. 2018
• Seitenzahl: 180
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 216mm x 153mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 330g
• ISBN-13: 9783319786391
• ISBN-10: 3319786393
• Artikelnr.: 51231517

Autorenporträt

Paolo Rosa is Professor of Political Science at the School of International Studies of the University of Trento, Italy. He is an associate of the EU Non-proliferation Consortium. His main research interests include Foreign Policy Analysis, Italian Foreign and Military Behaviour, Chinese Politics, Strategic Culture, Quantitative Analysis of Conflicts, and Peace Research.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction: Competing explanations for the underdevelopment of China's nuclear doctrine.- 2. A neoclassical realist approach to military doctrines.- 3. China's nuclear programme: Origins and progress.- 4. Nuclear doctrine as a continuation of factional politics by other means, 1964-1971.- 5. Elite stability and nuclear doctrine formulation, 1978-1989.- 6. Conclusions.