Akira Kurosaki
Biographic Data
| ID | 6497267 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Akira Kurosaki |
| GIVEN NAMES | Akira |
| FAMILY NAME | Kurosaki |
| SIGNATURE | KUROSAKI A |
| AFFILIATIONS | Fukushima University |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-5376-0204 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Making a Nuclear Possibility Space
The Spread of Reprocessing Capability and Nuclear Nonproliferation during the Cold War
In the second half of the 20th century, the spread of nuclear fuel reprocessing technology posed a serious challenge to U.S. efforts to forestall the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Reprocessing technology, developed initially in the Manhattan Project (the secret U.S. program during World War II to build nuclear weapons), has been applied to recycle nuclear fuel for civilian power generation. Nevertheless, diverting the nuclear technology to pr…
Public Opinion, Party Politics and Alliance
During the Cold War, a non-nuclear U.S. ally, Japan, relied on U.S. extended nuclear deterrence for its security. In the 1950s and 1960s, however, Japan’s alignment with the United States was a focal point of political confrontation between the conservative and progressive camps while the public opinion was divided over the issue. Moreover, the public sentiment against nuclear weapons was so strong that the conservative camp had to compete with t…
Japanese Scientists’ Critique of Nuclear Deterrence Theory and Its Influence on Pugwash, 1954–1964
This article sheds new light, from a transnational perspective, on the intellectual struggle in Japan over nuclear deterrence. Japanese scientists opposed the Cold War order from the superpowers on down. Against the backdrop of the intensifying nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union, Pugwash scientists came to accept a key notion by the mid-1960s; namely, that stable mutual deterrence is a prerequisite for averting nucle…
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Japanese Scientists’ Critique of Nuclear Deterrence Theory and Its Influence on Pugwash, 1954–1964
This article sheds new light, from a transnational perspective, on the intellectual struggle in Japan over nuclear deterrence. Japanese scientists opposed the Cold War order from the superpowers on down. Against the backdrop of the intensifying nuclear arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union, Pugwash scientists came to accept a key notion by the mid-1960s; namely, that stable mutual deterrence is a prerequisite for averting nucle…
Public Opinion, Party Politics and Alliance
During the Cold War, a non-nuclear U.S. ally, Japan, relied on U.S. extended nuclear deterrence for its security. In the 1950s and 1960s, however, Japan’s alignment with the United States was a focal point of political confrontation between the conservative and progressive camps while the public opinion was divided over the issue. Moreover, the public sentiment against nuclear weapons was so strong that the conservative camp had to compete with t…
The Spread of Reprocessing Capability and Nuclear Nonproliferation during the Cold War
In the second half of the 20th century, the spread of nuclear fuel reprocessing technology posed a serious challenge to U.S. efforts to forestall the proliferation of nuclear weapons. Reprocessing technology, developed initially in the Manhattan Project (the secret U.S. program during World War II to build nuclear weapons), has been applied to recycle nuclear fuel for civilian power generation. Nevertheless, diverting the nuclear technology to pr…
Making a Nuclear Possibility Space
Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Nuclear Issues and Defense (3 works) · Nuclear weapon (3 works) · Political science (3 works) · Cold war (2 works) · Deterrence theory (2 works) · Political economy (2 works) · Politics (2 works) · Sociology (2 works)