期刊名称：Seton Hall Journal of Diplomacy and International Relations
出版年度：2008
卷号：IX
期号：2
出版社：John C. Whitehead School of Diplomacy and International Relations
摘要：Given the increasingly grim forecast of a ¡°nuclear renaissance,¡± and renewed
concerns of uncontrollable atomic weapons proliferation, Jacques E.C. Hymans¡¯s
The Psychology of Nuclear Proliferation provides a refreshingly positive antidote to
the glum literature on international security. Traditional security studies generally
seek to explain why so few countries have acquired nuclear arsenals, despite
widespread desire and technical capacity in the international arena. In stark contrast,
Hymans asks why any nation-state has the bomb at all. Rejecting conventional
realist, institutionalist, and constructivist approaches to understanding foreign policy
decision-making, Hymans crafts a new theoretical model for shedding light on why
certain countries make the ¡°revolutionary¡± decision to go nuclear. Drawing deeply
from social psychology perspectives on human behavior, Hymans counter-intuitively
argues that most decision makers are not naturally inclined to want nuclear weapons,
nor are they willing to assume the grave responsibilities of having them.
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