Review: Pondering NATO'S Nuclear Options
| DOI | 10.1177/002070200005500115 |
| Author | Peter Gizewski |
| Published date | 01 March 2000 |
| Date | 01 March 2000 |
| Subject Matter | Review |
Reviews
A
major
case
study
of
this
complex
effort
by
the
international
com-
munity
to
change
the
policy
of
Iraq
is
very
welcome.
Sarah
Graham-
Brown
writes
clearly
and
knowledgeably,
with
careful
documentation
reinforcing
her
analysis.
Part
I
of
her
three-part
book
discusses
interna-
tional
policy towards
Iraq between
1991
and
1998.
It
includes
a
good
chapter
on
the
politics
of
economic
sanctions
that
stresses
humanitarian
issues
without
neglecting the
important
strategic factors
at
stake.
Part
II
deals
with
Iraq's
internal
politics,
including
the
problem
of
the
Kurds
in
the
north
who,
since
1991,
have
received
special
treatment
by
the
United
Nations.
Part
III
provides
a
well-rounded
discussion
of
humanitarian
aid
programmes,
of
which
the
author
had
three
years
first-hand
experience.
A
chronology
of
the
use
and
threat
of
force
against Iraq
in
the
1990s
and
an
extensive
bibliography
add
to
the
value
of
the book, which
will
be
of
interest
not
only
to
international
relations
and
Middle
Eastern
specialists
but
also
to
a
wider
audience.
Margaret
Doxey/Trent
University,
Peterborough
PONDERING
NATO'S
NUCLEAR
OPTIONS
Gambits
for
a
Post-Westphalian
World
Edited
by
David
G. Haglund
Kingston:
Queens
University/Queeni
Quarterly,
1999,
20
8
pp,
$9.50paper
The
end
of
the cold
war
has
seen
the
emergence
of
a
range
of
new play-
ers,
new
problems,
and
new security
threats
in
the
international
arena.
While
the
nation-state
retains considerable
prominence,
international
organizations,
transnational
corporations, and
a
variety
of
sub-state
actors
account
for an
ever-growing
amount
of
action
on
the
world
stage.
Beyond this,
the
dangers
of
sub-state
conflict,
international
ter-
rorism,
disease
and
environmental
degradation
increasingly
compete
with
interstate
war
as
the
threats
of
most
pressing
concern.
What
role,
if
any,
do
nuclear arms
play
within
this
emerging strate-
gic
context?
Furthermore,
what
role
do
they
play
in
the
new
Europe?
This
volume
seeks
to
address these
questions.
Written
by
a
group
of
American,
Canadian,
and
European
academics,
the
study
offers
a
number
of
assessments
of
the
role
of
nuclear weapons,
in
general
and
from
the
perspective
of
Western
nations
in
particular.
The
result
is
an
informative
examination
of
an
important
topic.
Authors note
that
the
role
of
nuclear
arms
has
clearly
narrowed
in
light
of
changing
international
circumstances.
Old
threats
have
reced-
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