Pushing and pulling: The Western system, nuclear weapons and Soviet change

International Politics

Volumn 48, Issue 4-5, 2011, Pages 496-544

  Deudney, Daniel ^a   Ikenberry, G John ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PRINCETON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cold War; Gorbachev; international security; nuclear weapons; Reagan; Soviet Union

Indexed keywords

COLD WAR; GOVERNANCE APPROACH; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE; INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS; NATIONAL SECURITY; NUCLEAR WEAPON; POLITICAL CHANGE; POLITICAL HISTORY; POLITICAL SYSTEM; POST-COMMUNISM;

UNITED STATES; USSR;

EID: 83455242844     PISSN: 13845748     EISSN: 17403898     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/ip.2011.23     Document Type: Article

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