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Dölja eller visa kärnvapen? En komparativ fallstudie av Nordkorea och Iran

Petersson, Henrik LU (2014) STVK02 20141
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The proliferation of nuclear weapons is a global threat, which led to the creation
of treaties like NPT to reduce the proliferation of nuclear weapons. However this
hasn’t prevented states from still acquiring nuclear weapons. North Korea and
Iran are two examples of this, as they both started their nuclear activities after the
NPT entered into force. However these two states differ in their openness
regarding their nuclear weapon ambitions. Iran is suspected of hiding such
ambitions, while North Korea clearly shows its nuclear weapon ambitions. To
understand why they differ in openness, each state has been analyzed on a system,
state and individual level to explain more generally why states hide/show their
nuclear ambitions. The... (More)
The proliferation of nuclear weapons is a global threat, which led to the creation
of treaties like NPT to reduce the proliferation of nuclear weapons. However this
hasn’t prevented states from still acquiring nuclear weapons. North Korea and
Iran are two examples of this, as they both started their nuclear activities after the
NPT entered into force. However these two states differ in their openness
regarding their nuclear weapon ambitions. Iran is suspected of hiding such
ambitions, while North Korea clearly shows its nuclear weapon ambitions. To
understand why they differ in openness, each state has been analyzed on a system,
state and individual level to explain more generally why states hide/show their
nuclear ambitions. The results showed that North Korea is open with their nuclear
weapons to deter the enemy from threatening their sovereignty. While Iran might
hide nuclear weapons ambitions, because they want to avoid pre-emptive strikes
from Israel and sanctions from the West. The comparison of North Koreas and
Iran’s results led to the conclusion that a state’s tendency to hide/show their
nuclear weapon ambitions are due to the state's role in the international system
and what advantages/disadvantages it might mean for their national interests to
show nuclear weapon ambitions. (Less)
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author
Petersson, Henrik LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20141
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Iran, North Korea, Nuclear Weapons
language
Swedish
id
4447226
date added to LUP
2014-07-07 14:51:37
date last changed
2014-07-07 14:51:37
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  abstract     = {{The proliferation of nuclear weapons is a global threat, which led to the creation
of treaties like NPT to reduce the proliferation of nuclear weapons. However this
hasn’t prevented states from still acquiring nuclear weapons. North Korea and
Iran are two examples of this, as they both started their nuclear activities after the
NPT entered into force. However these two states differ in their openness
regarding their nuclear weapon ambitions. Iran is suspected of hiding such
ambitions, while North Korea clearly shows its nuclear weapon ambitions. To
understand why they differ in openness, each state has been analyzed on a system,
state and individual level to explain more generally why states hide/show their
nuclear ambitions. The results showed that North Korea is open with their nuclear
weapons to deter the enemy from threatening their sovereignty. While Iran might
hide nuclear weapons ambitions, because they want to avoid pre-emptive strikes
from Israel and sanctions from the West. The comparison of North Koreas and
Iran’s results led to the conclusion that a state’s tendency to hide/show their
nuclear weapon ambitions are due to the state's role in the international system
and what advantages/disadvantages it might mean for their national interests to
show nuclear weapon ambitions.}},
  author       = {{Petersson, Henrik}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Dölja eller visa kärnvapen? En komparativ fallstudie av Nordkorea och Iran}},
  year         = {{2014}},
}