Neoclassical Realism and the Underdevelopment of China's Nuclear Doctrine

• Main Author: Rosa, Paolo (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: International relations.; Security, International.; Politics and war.; Peace.; Asia-Politics and government.; International Relations Theory.; International Security Studies.; Military and Defence Studies.; Foreign Policy.; Conflict Studies.; Asian Politics.

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, St...

Table of Contents:

• 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.