Japan: A Nuclear State?

Abstract Japan is often seen as pacifist and as a defender of nuclear disarmament. This article, though, sustains that Japan is basing its security on extended nuclear deterrence, and on the possibility of acquiring nuclear weapons. In the first part of the article, the role of extended deterrence i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Henrique Altemani de Oliveira
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Brasileiro de Relações Internacionais 2019-05-01
Series:Revista Brasileira de Política Internacional
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0034-73292019000100207&lng=en&tlng=en