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100	1		_aHAYNES Susan Turner
245			_aThe power of prestige: _bexplaining China's nuclear weapons decisions/ _cSusan Turner Haynes
260			_c2020
520			_aThe majority of the nuclear proliferation literature is dedicated to understanding why states acquire nuclear weapons. While this question remains important, it is also advantageous to push beyond this inquiry to ask what motivates a state's nuclear decisions after acquisition. Recent research indicates that a state's nuclear force structure is heavily influenced by its threat environment. But what explains decisions relating to specific nuclear weapon systems? If security is a sufficient explanatory variable, then why would a state pursue nuclear weapons with high development and production costs but relatively low security gains? Using China as a case study, this article explores the power of prestige in explaining such decisions.
650			_aHYDROGEN BOMB _xNEUTRON BOMB _xCHINA _xSECURITY _xWEAPON _xNUCLEAR WEAPONS _xBALLISTIC MISSILES
773			_aAsian Security: _gVol 16, No. 1, 2020, pp. 35-52 (21A)
598			_aCHINA, SECURITY, BMD
856			_uhttps://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14799855.2018.1472581 _zClick here for full text
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