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During the Cold War, many believed that the superpowers shared a
conception of strategic stability, a coexistence where both sides
would compete for global influence but would be deterred from using
nuclear weapons. In actuality, both sides understood strategic
stability and deterrence quite differently. Today's international
system is further complicated by more nuclear powers, regional
rivalries, and nonstate actors who punch above their weight, but
the United States and other nuclear powers still cling to old
conceptions of strategic stability. The purpose of this book is to
unpack and examine how different states in different regions view
strategic stability, the use or non-use of nuclear weapons, and
whether or not strategic stability is still a prevailing concept.
The contributors to this volume explore policies of current and
potential nuclear powers including the United States, Russia,
China, India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. This volume
makes an important contribution toward understanding how nuclear
weapons will impact the international system in the twenty-first
century and will be useful to students, scholars, and practitioners
of nuclear weapons policy.
The decline in central financing for Russia's nuclear complex and
the known interest of terrorist groups in acquiring fissile
material and technologies, has made the state of Russia's far-flung
nuclear enterprises a pressing international issue. In this
important volume, a group of leading US and Russian policy experts
- drawing on extensive interviews with officials, facility
personnel, and analysts in Russia's regions - explores the
intersecting problems of Russian nuclear insecurity and
decentralization, including the growing influence of regional,
political and economic forces. The work presents insights into both
nuclear safety issues and post-Soviet intra-agency governance, as
well as detailed case studies of critical nuclear regions: the Far
East, the Urals, Siberia, and the Volga area. The volume also
offers major new findings on the interface linking Russia's
evolving center-periphery relations, its ailing nuclear facilities,
and the role played by foreign assistance providers.
Why are some military organizations more adept than others at
reinventing themselves? Why do some efforts succeed rapidly while
others only gather momentum over time or become sidetracked or even
subverted? This book explicates the conditions under which military
organizations have both succeeded and failed at institutionalizing
new ideas and forms of warfare. Through comparative analysis of
some classic cases - US naval aviation during the interwar period;
German and British armour development during the same period; and
the US Army's experience with counter-insurgency during the Vietnam
War - the authors offer a novel explanation for change rooted in
managerial strategies for aligning service incentives and norms.
With contemporary policy makers scrambling to digest the lessons of
recent wars in Kosovo, Afghanistan and Iraq, as well as to meet the
unfolding challenges of the new revolution in military affairs
(RMA), understanding the sources and impediments to transformation
has become critical.
The decline in central financing for Russia's nuclear complex and
the known interest of terrorist groups in acquiring fissile
material and technologies, has made the state of Russia's far-flung
nuclear enterprises a pressing international issue. In this
important volume, a group of leading US and Russian policy experts
- drawing on extensive interviews with officials, facility
personnel, and analysts in Russia's regions - explores the
intersecting problems of Russian nuclear insecurity and
decentralization, including the growing influence of regional,
political and economic forces. The work presents insights into both
nuclear safety issues and post-Soviet intra-agency governance, as
well as detailed case studies of critical nuclear regions: the Far
East, the Urals, Siberia, and the Volga area. The volume also
offers major new findings on the interface linking Russia's
evolving center-periphery relations, its ailing nuclear facilities,
and the role played by foreign assistance providers.
Interest in nuclear energy has surged in recent years, yet there
are risks that accompany the global diffusion of nuclear
power--especially the possibility that the spread of nuclear energy
will facilitate nuclear weapons proliferation. In this book,
leading experts analyze the tradeoffs associated with nuclear
energy and put the nuclear renaissance in historical context,
evaluating both the causes and the strategic effects of nuclear
energy development.
They probe critical issues relating to the nuclear renaissance,
including if and how peaceful nuclear programs contribute to
nuclear weapons proliferation, whether the diffusion of nuclear
technologies lead to an increase in the trafficking of nuclear
materials, and under what circumstances the diffusion of nuclear
technologies and latent nuclear weapons capabilities can influence
international stability and conflict. The book will help scholars
and policymakers understand why countries are pursuing nuclear
energy and evaluate whether this is a trend we should welcome or
fear.
During the Cold War, many believed that the superpowers shared a
conception of strategic stability, a coexistence where both sides
would compete for global influence but would be deterred from using
nuclear weapons. In actuality, both sides understood strategic
stability and deterrence quite differently. Today's international
system is further complicated by more nuclear powers, regional
rivalries, and nonstate actors who punch above their weight, but
the United States and other nuclear powers still cling to old
conceptions of strategic stability. The purpose of this book is to
unpack and examine how different states in different regions view
strategic stability, the use or non-use of nuclear weapons, and
whether or not strategic stability is still a prevailing concept.
The contributors to this volume explore policies of current and
potential nuclear powers including the United States, Russia,
China, India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. This volume
makes an important contribution toward understanding how nuclear
weapons will impact the international system in the twenty-first
century and will be useful to students, scholars, and practitioners
of nuclear weapons policy.
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