Nuclear Proliferation
Joshua Gutierrez
POSI 4367
Doyle
20 October 2013
Nuclear Proliferation: A Threat to Global Security The international security realm has a dispute that is detrimental to international security and inherent to status quo policy. The premise is states that nuclearize weapons produce greater international insecurity, while states that denuclearize weapons produce greater international security. With this analysis comprising theoretical, scientific, and factual concepts with empirical evidence, I aim to establish why states that denuclearize weapons produce greater international security. This discussion has been ongoing for decades and I strive to offer clarification and justification on the subject.
The ambiguity and obscurity of nuclear weapons, along with their implications, can be best defined under Fierke’s interpretation of security that militaristic ideology is not all that is involved in achieving security. Economic, environmental, cultural, religion, etc. impacts all plays a key role in upholding a stable and secure state. “While many have argued that the destruction of the environment or poverty present a much greater threat than terrorism, the sense of urgency generated by the attacks on 11 September 2001 in the United states, or on 7 July 2005 in Britain, pushed the former into the background. However, the assumptions of the War on Terrorism, and not least the language of war, have increasingly been called into question, particularly since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.”1 She furthers on by stating that the fail of the invasion has lead to a decrease in political support and that once again the political language has changed the definition of security from a militaristic view back to a more focused humanitarian view, but that it primarily is militaristically focused which is wrong. A state ensures its’ security when it prevents harm from happening, thus, leading to the protection of its state and people, which is its only obligation. Nuclear
POSI 4367
Doyle
20 October 2013
Nuclear Proliferation: A Threat to Global Security The international security realm has a dispute that is detrimental to international security and inherent to status quo policy. The premise is states that nuclearize weapons produce greater international insecurity, while states that denuclearize weapons produce greater international security. With this analysis comprising theoretical, scientific, and factual concepts with empirical evidence, I aim to establish why states that denuclearize weapons produce greater international security. This discussion has been ongoing for decades and I strive to offer clarification and justification on the subject.
The ambiguity and obscurity of nuclear weapons, along with their implications, can be best defined under Fierke’s interpretation of security that militaristic ideology is not all that is involved in achieving security. Economic, environmental, cultural, religion, etc. impacts all plays a key role in upholding a stable and secure state. “While many have argued that the destruction of the environment or poverty present a much greater threat than terrorism, the sense of urgency generated by the attacks on 11 September 2001 in the United states, or on 7 July 2005 in Britain, pushed the former into the background. However, the assumptions of the War on Terrorism, and not least the language of war, have increasingly been called into question, particularly since the invasion of Iraq in 2003.”1 She furthers on by stating that the fail of the invasion has lead to a decrease in political support and that once again the political language has changed the definition of security from a militaristic view back to a more focused humanitarian view, but that it primarily is militaristically focused which is wrong. A state ensures its’ security when it prevents harm from happening, thus, leading to the protection of its state and people, which is its only obligation. Nuclear
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