000013149 001__ 13149 000013149 005__ 20240816113505.0 000013149 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.6082/uchicago.13149 000013149 037__ $$aTHESIS 000013149 037__ $$bThesis 000013149 041__ $$aeng 000013149 245__ $$aThe Security Logic of Abandoned States 000013149 260__ $$bUniversity of Chicago 000013149 269__ $$a2024-08 000013149 336__ $$aThesis 000013149 502__ $$bM.A. 000013149 520__ $$aAlliances are uncertain. A state may or may not come to the aid of an ally in a military crisis. Who is a threat to who is not always clear. States without reliable allies must find new means of security against a threat. Nuclear weapons heighten these threats. Security from nuclear attack concerns the continuity of society, not just military defeat. How does a state who once had—but now lacks—a dependable nuclear-armed ally secure themselves against an adversary’s nuclear threats? The most rational option is for these abandoned states to build nuclear weapons of their own. Proliferation models, threat response literature, theories of credibility, and the psychology of power stand at the center of abandoned state strategic rationality. I undertake a qualitative case study of French nuclear proliferation from 1954 through 1960 to uncover the exogenous, internal, and perceived factors informing abandoned state behavior. 000013149 540__ $$a© 2024 James Miguel Esperne 000013149 6531_ $$aInternal balancing 000013149 6531_ $$aExternal balancing 000013149 6531_ $$aRealism 000013149 6531_ $$aNuclear proliferation 000013149 6531_ $$aFrance 000013149 6531_ $$aUnited States 000013149 6531_ $$aAbandoned states 000013149 6531_ $$aAlliance politics 000013149 6531_ $$aCold War 000013149 6531_ $$aThreat 000013149 6531_ $$aNuclear coercion 000013149 6531_ $$aSoviet Union 000013149 6531_ $$aNuclear diplomacy 000013149 690__ $$aSocial Sciences Division 000013149 691__ $$aCommittee on International Relations (CIR) 000013149 7001_ $$aEsperne, James Miguel$$uUniversity of Chicago 000013149 72012 $$aRobert A. Pape 000013149 72014 $$aKara Ann Hooser 000013149 8564_ $$9b3797601-d674-46d4-aa09-bb1475c31c2b$$ePublic$$s356110$$uhttps://knowledge.uchicago.edu/record/13149/files/EsperneCIRThesisFinal.pdf 000013149 908__ $$aI agree 000013149 909CO $$ooai:uchicago.tind.io:13149$$pGLOBAL_SET$$pTheses 000013149 983__ $$aThesis