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Ambivalent neutral: rereading Sitzerland's nuclear history / Jasper, Ursula   Journal Article
Jasper, Ursula Journal Article
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Publication 2012.
Summary/Abstract Traditional analyses of Switzerland's nuclear weapons program often explain both its beginning and its end by merely subsuming it under the broad logic of security calculations: the country originally developed an interest in nuclear weapons due to its precarious security environment after the end of World War II; it ended its nuclear ambitions roughly two decades later when it felt less threatened by external powers. Yet this depiction of the Swiss case brushes aside the historical political context in which Switzerland's nuclear decision-making was embedded. Drawing upon studies in sociology and political theory, this article argues that understanding the Swiss debate on nuclear weapons is possible only if we manage to comprehend the significant political and cultural changes that took place within Swiss society. These changes deeply affected the country's defense and foreign policy conceptions and also altered prevalent notions of neutrality, thereby ultimately foreclosing the nuclear option. In more abstract theoretical terms the article moreover suggests that we need to overcome depictions of objectively given threats or predetermined interests and develop analytical tools that help us disentangle the complex, non-linear ways in which threat perceptions, identities, and preferences evolve and shape states' proliferation policies.
Key Words Nuclear Weapons  ;  proliferation  ;  Switzerland  ;  Neutrality 
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EU defence integration and nuclear weapons: a common deterrent for Europe / Jasper, Ursula; Portela, Clara   Journal Article
Portela, Clara Journal Article
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Publication 2010.
Key Words Nuclear Weapons  ;  European Union  ;  Europe  ;  ESDP  ;  European Option 
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Non-strategic nuclear weapons as a Trojan horse: explaining Germany's ambivalent attitude / Davis, James W; Jasper, Ursula   Journal Article
Davis, James W Journal Article
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Publication 2014.
Summary/Abstract Germany's ambivalent attitude toward nuclear weapons is the result of an intricate rivalry between competing principles and goals of foreign and security policy-making. A deeply engrained strategic culture of anti-nuclearism and anti-militarism competes with a belief in collective defense and alliance cohesion. Similarly, the long-held belief in multilateralism is time and again challenged by newly emerging claims for leadership within multilateral institutions. The strategically rather insignificant non-strategic nuclear weapons issue provides a nodal point around which these conflicting principles came to the fore.
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