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Waltz, Kenneth Neal was born on June 8, 1924 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Christian Benjamin and Luella (Braun) Waltz.
(If the build-up of nuclear weapons was a significant fact...)
If the build-up of nuclear weapons was a significant factor in maintaining the "long peace" between the United States and the Soviet Union, will the spread of nuclear weapons beyond these two superpowers stabilize or disrupt international relations. In this book, two scholars of international politics debate the issue. Kenneth Waltz argues that fear of the spread of nuclear weapons is unfounded - "more may be better". Nuclear proliferation may be a stabilizing force, as it decreases the likelihood of war by increasing its costs. Scott Sagan, however, argues that nuclear proliferation will make the world less stable - "more will be worse". Nuclear-armed states may not possess the internal structures that would ensure safe and rational control of nuclear weapons. Written for a general audience, this book is intended to help the public understand more clearly the role of nuclear weapons in the new world order.
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( What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Pr...)
What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Professor Waltz examines the ideas of major thinkers throughout the history of Western civilization. He explores works both by classic political philosophers, such as St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, and Rousseau, and by modern psychologists and anthropologists to discover ideas intended to explain war among states and related prescriptions for peace.
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In The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, professors Waltz and Sagan resume their well-known dialogue concerning nuclear proliferation and the threat of nuclear war. Kenneth Waltz, Dean of Realist Theory in international relations at Columbia University, expands on his argument that "more may be better," contending that new nuclear states will use their acquired nuclear capabilities to deter threats and preserve peace. Scott Sagan, the leading proponent of organizational theories in international politics, continues to make the counterpoint that "more will be worse": novice nuclear states lack adequate organizational controls over their new weapons, resulting in a higher risk of either deliberate of accidental nuclear war. Treating issues from the ’long peace’ between the United States and Soviet Union made possible by the nuclear balance of the Cold War to more modern topics such as global terrorism, missile defense, and the Indian-Pakistani conflict, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed is an invaluable addition to any international relations course.
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( What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Pr...)
What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Professor Waltz examines the ideas of major thinkers throughout the history of Western civilization. He explores works both by classic political philosophers, such as St. Augustine, Hobbes, Kant, and Rousseau, and by modern psychologists and anthropologists to discover ideas intended to explain war among states and related prescriptions for peace.
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( A long-time staple of International Relations courses, ...)
A long-time staple of International Relations courses, this new edition continues the important discussion of nuclear proliferation, while looking at the regions and issues now at the forefront of the nuclear question. Over the past fifteen years, The Spread of Nuclear Weapons has been a staple in International Relations courses because of its brevity and crystal-clear explanations. The new edition, An Enduring Debate, continues the important discussion of nuclear proliferation and the dangers of a nuclear-armed world. With new chapters on the questions surrounding a nuclear North Korea, Iran, and Iraq and the potential for a world free of nuclear weapons, this Third Edition will continue to generate a lively classroom experience.
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The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, Second Edition Paperback Scott D. Sagan (Author), Kenneth N. Waltz (Author)
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(The seminal text on neorealist analysis! From Theory of I...)
The seminal text on neorealist analysis! From Theory of International Politics: National politics is the realm of authority, of administration, and of law. International politics is the realm of power, of struggle, and of accommodation. . . . States, like people, are insecure in proportion to the extent of their freedom. If freedom is wanted, insecurity must be accepted. Organizations that establish relations of authority and control may increase security as they decrease freedom. If might does not make right, whether among people or states, then some institution or agency has intervened to lift them out of nature s realm. The more influential the agency, the stronger the desire to control it becomes. In contrast, units in an anarchic order act for their own sakes and not for the sake of preserving an organization and furthering their fortunes within it. Force is used for one s own interest. In the absence of organization, people or states are free to leave one another alone. Even when they do not do so, they are better able, in the absence of the politics of the organization, to concentrate on the politics of the problem and to aim for a minimum agreement that will permit their separate existence rather than a maximum agreement for the sake of maintaining unity. If might decides, then bloody struggles over right can more easily be avoided. TABLE OF CONTENTS: 1. Laws and Theories 2. Reductionist Theories 3. Systemic Approaches and Theories 4. Reductionist and Systemic Theories 5. Political Structures 6. Anarchic Orders and Balances of Power 7. Structural Causes and Economic Effects 8. Structural Causes and Military Effects 9. The Management of International Affairs
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Waltz, Kenneth Neal was born on June 8, 1924 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Son of Christian Benjamin and Luella (Braun) Waltz.
AB, Oberlin College, 1948. Doctor of Laws (honorary), Oberlin College, 2002. Master of Arts, Columbia University, 1950.
Doctor of Philosophy, Columbia University, 1954. Doctor (honorary), Copenhagen University, 1995. Doctor (honorary), Nankai University, 2003.
Instructor, then assistant professor, Columbia University, 1953-1957;
from associate professor to professor politics, Swarthmore College, 1957-1966;
research associate, Center International Affairs, Harvard, 1963-1964, 68-69, 72;
professor politics, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1966-1971;
Adlai E. Stevenson professor international politics, Brandeis U., Waltham, Massachusetts, 1967-1971;
Ford professor political science, University of California, Berkeley, 1971-1994;
Ford professor emeritus, University of California, Berkeley, since 1994;
visiting senior research associate, King's College, U. London, 1986-1987;
Adjunct Professor, research associate Institute War and Peace Studies, Columbia University, since 1997. Consultant government agys. Visiting scholar philosophy London School Economics, 1976-1977.
Visiting scholar Research School Pacific Studies, Australian National U., 1978;visiting scholar department international politics U. Peking, 1982, 91, 96, FudanU., Shanghai, 1991, United States Air Force Academy, 1991-1992.
(If the build-up of nuclear weapons was a significant fact...)
( A long-time staple of International Relations courses, ...)
( In The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, pro...)
(The seminal text on neorealist analysis! From Theory of I...)
( What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Pr...)
( What are the causes of war? To answer this question, Pr...)
(The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, Second E...)
(Essential Waltz.)
Served to 1st lieutenant Army of the United States, 1944-1946, 51-52. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences. Member American Political Science Association (secretary 1966-1967, president 1987-1988, James Madison award, 1999), International Studies Association (president New England section 1966-1967), Council Foreign Relations, Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Helen Elizabeth Lindsley, June 4, 1949 (deceased). Children: Kenneth L., Thomas E. (deceased), Daniel E.