Kärnvapen och utrikespolitik : En hypotesprövande fåfallsstudie

Sammanfattning: In an unsecure world states are always looking for new means that can make them stronger and more secure. One of those means that’s usually used by states to encrise the security is nuclear weapons. Foreign policy is one of the arenas that can be easily affected by nuclear possession, which is why this essay have chosen to take a closer look at the connection between foreign policy and nuclear possession. The purpose of this essay is therefor to gain an increased understanding for which specific foreign policy behaviors can be transformed or influenced by nuclear possession. This essay will also include a hypothesis that will be tested throw several steps.    The essay will confirm that the hypothesis is correct. This will be achieved by finding foreign policy events that reflect the general behavior of the selected states (India and Pakistan) before and after their possession of nuclear weapons.  Then Mark Stephan Bell’s typology will be applied on those events to turn them to comparable categories. After this, the essay will through a comparative design figure out how the possession of nuclear weapons has affected these categories. Through these steps the essay will eventually conclude that nuclear possession moderate aggression and thus it can be seen as stabilizing craft in international politics, which in turn represent the core of this essay’s hypothesis.