The writer asks the
question whether a country can remain superpower if it does not have nuclear weapons. A few countries
are analyzed such as United States, Soviet Union, Japan and Korea. It also looks at the move for nuclear
proliferation and examines this trend. Table of Contents: I.
Question and Thesis II. The Move to Multipolar Notions of Power in the World? III. The Specific Example of the Soviet Union: Military Strength, Economic Failure IV. Japan: A Small Land still Rising? V. Nuclear Proliferation VI. The Middle East, The Common Market;Uncertain Kinds of Economic Strength, Millennial Ways of Becoming a World Power. V. Conclusion