324 pages. Tables. Figures. References. Minor cover/edge wear. Volume 5 SAGE

324 pages. Tables. Figures. References. Minor cover/edge wear. Volume 5 SAGE International Yearbook of Foreign Policy Studies. Part I: Threats and Foreign Policy; Part II: Weapons and Foreign Policy; Part III: Modeling Arms Races; and Part IV: Bibliography. Also includes a section about the authors. Among the topics and issues addressed are: Nuclear Weapons, Arms Control, Arms Race, Nuclear Proliferation, Social Science Methodology, Foreign Policy, International Crises, Crisis Management, Public Opinion, Military Spending, Arms Sales, Weapon Systems Acquisition, Military Production, Nuclear Armament, Superpower, Arms Spending, Sensitivity Analysis, and Comparative Studies. Charles W. Kegley, Jr. (Ph.D. Syracuse University) is a past president of the International Studies Association. He holds the title of Pearce Distinguished Professor of International Relations Emeritus at the University of South Carolina, where he was Chairman of the Department of Government and International Studies and Co-Chair, with former U.S. Secretary of State Lawrence S. Eagleburger, of the Byrnes International Center. A former Pew Faculty Fellow at Harvard University, Kegley previously served on the faculty at Georgetown University. He has served as the editor of The SAGE International Yearbook of Foreign Policy Studies, and has authored or edited over four dozen books on foreign policy and world politics, including eighteen editions of World Politics: Trend and Transformation, which has been translated into Arabic, Chinese, Hebrew, Korean, Serbian, Spanish, and Turkish. Why do countries sell arms abroad? What are the effects of providing nuclear weapons to foreign countries? The authors of this volume examine the relationship between defense and foreign policy using innovative social science methodologies which include simulation and formal modeling. The topics covered include threat behavior, the arms race, nuclear proliferation and the effects of all this on international stability.