CULTURAL AND STRATEGIC FACTORS IN SOUTH ASIAN NUCLEAR ARMS CONTROL

Future efforts at arms control are shifting to LDCs. We believe future agreements could look very different from their cold war predecessors because third world decision making processes are influenced by many unaddressed factors, ranging from culture to historical antagonism, in addition to strateg...

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Published in:Journal of political & military sociology 1997-12, Vol.25 (2), p.279-303
Main Authors: BORYCZKA, JOCELYN M., MOHANAN, M. K., PEARSON, FREDERIC S., WEIGAND, JEFFREY D.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arms Control
Arms limitation
ASIA
Asia, South
Atomic weapons
China (People's Republic)
CULTURAL PATTERNS
Culture
Decision Making
Developing Countries
Disarmament
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Foreign relations
History
India
International Cooperation
Military sociology
Nuclear nonproliferation
Nuclear Weapons
Pakistan
Political sociology
Regional security
Russian Federation
Sociology
South Asia
Strategy
United States
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Summary:Future efforts at arms control are shifting to LDCs. We believe future agreements could look very different from their cold war predecessors because third world decision making processes are influenced by many unaddressed factors, ranging from culture to historical antagonism, in addition to strategic and technical concerns. Utilizing game theory as well as historical and cultural analysis, we examine likely possibilities for arms control agreements in South Asia, as a case study, and then analyze the logic behind these possibilities. Our findings about the cultural mind set and political preferences of leaders and their constituents lead us toward a specific hypothesis about how these factors influence the decision making process, a direction for the future study of other regions.
ISSN:0047-2697
2642-2190