Date of Award
5-2010
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Arts
Department
Political Science
Advisor/Committee Chair
Victor Asal
Abstract
Nuclear reversal is the decision by a state, which has a nuclear weapon or the technical capabilities to produce a nuclear weapon, to give up their nuclear weapons program. This paper employs the tenets of nuclear missile reversal to the dismantling of ballistic missile programs through case studies of the six states (Argentina, Brazil, Egypt, Iraq, Libya, and South Africa) that have abandoned their missile programs since 1987. The study hopes to promote further research concerning the behaviors associated with abandonment of nuclear reversal to that of ballistic missile reversal. This research concludes that the principles of nuclear reversal do apply to ballistic missile reversal, in much the same way they explain nuclear reversal. There is no clear overarching explanation, with all of the tenets having merit in the abandonment of programs.
Recommended Citation
Mellen, Cyndi, "Lessons from Nuclear Reversal: Why States Reverse Ballistic Missile Policy" (2010). Political Science. 3.
https://scholarsarchive.library.albany.edu/honorscollege_pos/3