November 23, 2009

Overlooked Elements of Policy Making

Last updated: October 27, 2008

Published by Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security, University of Illinois

Swords and Ploughshares series
Vol. I / No. 3 / May 1987

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Summary

All too often, issues of arms control and international security are examined only from a realpolitik or technological perspective. Even when an integrated approach is taken-an all too rare circumstance-cultural, ethical, and humanitarian dimensions are frequently left out of analysis and decision making. Subsequent events have repeatedly demonstrated the high price of omitting these critical elements.

This issue of Swords and Ploughshares examines some of these often overlooked elements of policy making and national behavior. Four members of the Ethical Studies Group of the Program in Arms Control, Disarmament, and International Security have contributed articles from their personal perspectives as scholars.

Contents

Introduction [PDF]
Jeremiah D. Sullivan

Creative Language Use and World Order [PDF]
David G. Goodman

India and Nuclear Weapons Option [PDF]
R. V. R. Chandrasekhara Rao

At War With the Movies [PDF]
David M. Desser

The Lawlessness of Nuclear Deterrence [PDF]
Francis A. Boyle