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What roles do norms, taboos and epistemic communities play in the context of nuclear proliferation? (200 words)

  • UPSC 2013
  • 20 marks
  • Contemporary Global Concerns

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Deterrence explains why a nuclear-armed state is not attacked. It cannot explain why nuclear weapons have gone unused for eight decades, even against adversaries unable to retaliate, or why dozens of capable states never built them. Constructivist scholarship fills the gap: ideas, identities and expert knowledge shape nuclear choices alongside material power. Scott D. Sagan's…

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  • Norms: making restraint the expected behaviour
  • Taboos: making use unthinkable
  • Epistemic communities: shaping the regime's design
  • Limits
  • Conclusion
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