Middlebury

NPTG 8558

Israel and the Bomb

This course is a comprehensive introduction to the study of Israel’s nuclear history and policy within the broader context of understanding the nuclear dimension of Middle East politics. The course focuses on the uniqueness and the exceptionality that constitutes Israel’s nuclear history and policy. By that uniqueness we mean the original policy which Israel devised to acquire and possess nuclear weapons that ultimately made Israel an exceptional case both vis-à-vis the United States non-proliferation policies and vis-a-vis the non-proliferation regime. That policy is known as Israel’s policy of “nuclear opacity” or “nuclear ambiguity,” under which Israel has never officially acknowledged to acquire or possess nuclear weapons, even though since 1970s Israel is universally presumed as a nuclear weapons state. The course ends with reflections about challenge that Israel’s nuclear uniqueness poses both to the United States nonproliferation policy and the non-proliferation regime as a whole.
Subject:
Nonproliferatn&Terrorsm Stdies
Department:
Nonproliferatn&Terrorsm Stdies
Division:
Intl Policy & Management
Requirements Fulfilled:
Equivalent Courses:
IPOL 8558 *

Sections

Fall 2024 - MIIS

NPTG8558A-F24 Lecture (Cohen)

Spring 2023 - MIIS, MIIS Workshop

NPTG8558A-S23 Lecture (Cohen)

Spring 2022 - MIIS, MIIS Workshop

NPTG8558A-S22 Lecture (Cohen)

Fall 2020 - MIIS

NPTG8558A-F20 Lecture (Cohen)

Fall 2019 - MIIS, MIIS Workshop

NPTG8558A-F19 Lecture (Cohen)

Fall 2018 - MIIS, MIIS Second Half of Term

NPTG8558A-F18 Lecture (Cohen)

Fall 2017 - MIIS, MIIS Second Half of Term

NPTG8558A-F17 Lecture (Cohen)

Fall 2016 - MIIS, MIIS Second Half of Term

NPTG8558A-F16 Lecture (Cohen)

Fall 2015 - MIIS, MIIS Second Half of Term

NPTG8558A-F15 Lecture (Cohen)

Fall 2014 - MIIS, MIIS Second Half of Term

NPTG8558A-F14 Lecture (Cohen)

Fall 2013 - MIIS, MIIS Second Half of Term

NPTG8558A-F13 Lecture (Cohen)