出版社：Universidad de Chile. Instituto de Estudios Internacionales
摘要：In this article it is stated that the possession of nuclear weapons in authoritarian regimes can become a guarantee for the political survival of the leaders and their elite. Based on process-tracing analysis of four representative case studies (North Korea, Iraq, Iran, and Libya), this article argues that nuclear programs shape devices in which regime change is understood as a threat to the security. These have been successful when authoritarian regimes have turned their resources into nuclear weapons or when they have accumulated capabilities that create a perception of risk against actors seeking democratization.
