Cooperative Threat Reduction, Missile Defense and the Nuclear Future

ISBN-13: 9781349388066 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 295 str.

Michael Krepon; M. Krepon

Opis

In this book, Michael Krepon analyzes nuclear issues such as missile defenses, space warfare, and treaties, and argues that the United States is on a dangerous course.

Recenzje

'Michael Krepon's book offers a timely and incisive overview of the current debate on missile defences...the chapters emphasising the importance of cooperative threat reduction in addressing the dangers associated with arms proliferation and the rise of asymmetric warfare shoudl be required reading for academics and policymakers in the field.' - Ricardo Richards, Cambridge Review of International Affairs

Spis treści

Introduction The Paradigm Shifts Prioritizing Threats and Responses Missile Defense From the Cold War to Asymmetric Warfare Vulnerability, Risk, and Missile Defense Missile Defense and the Asian Cascade Reassessing Strategic Arms Control From MAD to Cooperative Threat Reduction Fateful Choices

O autorze

MICHAEL KREPON is the Founding President of the Henry L. Stimson Center. He is the author and editor of eight books, including Strategic Stalemate, Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in American Politics, Arms Control in the Reagan Administration, The Politics of Arms Control Treaty Ratification, Crisis Prevention, Confidence Building, and Reconciliation in South Asia, and Global Confidence Building: New Tools for Troubled Regions.