dc.contributor.advisor	Croco, Sarah
dc.contributor.author	Liu, Jessica
dc.contributor.department	Government & Politics	en_US
dc.date.accessioned	2014-03-02T01:06:51Z
dc.date.available	2014-03-02T01:06:51Z
dc.date.issued	2014-03-01
dc.description.abstract	Why do states engage in nuclear proliferation? Nuclear proliferation is a major security issue affecting the international arena. Existing studies debate the determinants of nuclear proliferation, including domestic and international circumstances. My research question considers membership in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) as a potential correlate of nuclear proliferation. Are countries that are members of the UNSC more likely to engage in nuclear proliferation compared to countries that are not elected to the UNSC? I find that membership in the UNSC is positively correlated with advancement on the nuclear proliferation continuum. In addition, my control variable of enduring rivalry with another state also presents a positive relationship. However, a state's signatory status on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons has no significant effect on proliferation. I disaggregate the steps of nuclear proliferation to obtain a more detailed understanding of how these variables affect a state's status on proliferation.	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/1903/14993
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	Digital Repository at the University of Maryland
dc.relation.isAvailableAt	University of Maryland (College Park, Md)
dc.subject	nuclear proliferation	en_US
dc.subject	United Nations Security Council	en_US
dc.subject	Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons	en_US
dc.subject	enduring rivalry	en_US
dc.title	A Sliding Scale: Nuclear Proliferation Among States	en_US
dc.type	research paper	en_US

A Sliding Scale: Nuclear Proliferation Among States

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