Global Nuclear Disarmament: Strategic, Political, and Regional Perspectives

ISBN-13: 9781138096493 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 314 str.

Nik Hynek; Michal Smetana

Opis

This book offers critical perspectives on the pressing issue of global nuclear-weapons abolition ('The Global Zero') from some of the leading scholars and experts in the field.

Spis treści

Foreword, Robert Jervis 1. Introduction: Nuclear Disarmament: Prague Moments and Analytical Remarks, Nik Hynek and Michal Smetana  Part I: Strategic Perspectives 2. Nuclear Abolition: Strategic Context and Constrains, T.V. Paul 3. Trust-Building in Nuclear Disarmamentm, Jan Ruzicka and Nicholas J. Wheeler 4. Nuclear Infrastructure, Strategic Hedging, and the Implications for Disarmament,  Michal Smetana 5. Virtual Nuclear Deterrence and Strategic Stability, James M. Acton 6.Verification and Nuclear Disarmament, Andreas Persbo 7. Missile Defense and Deterrence in a Post-Nuclear World, Nik Hynek  Part II: Political Perspectives 8. Normative Strategies for Disarmament, Nina Tannenwald 9. Advocacy Networks and Nuclear Weapon-Free World, Alyn Ware 10. NATO’s Zero: Cohesion, Security, and Globalization, Jan Ludvik 11. A World Order Critique of Nuclear Abolition, Elbridge Colby 12. Unintended Consequences of the Prague Speech, Linton Brooks  Part III: Regional Perspectives 13. US Perspective on Nuclear Weapon-Free World, Hans M. Kristensen 14. Russian Perspective on Nuclear Disarmament and Post-Nuclear World, Nikolai Sokov 15. European Nuclear Nationalism: Disarmament Perspectives from the UK and France, Nick Ritchie and Benoit Pelopidas 16. Chinese Position on Disarmament and the Regional Security, Hui Zhang 17. India, Pakistan, and the Unlikely Dream of a Nuclear-Free South Asia, S. Paul Kapur and Sumit Ganguly 18. Israel, the Middle East, and the Ways of Overcoming the Security Dilemma, Dorte Hühnert, Bernd W. Kubbig, and Christian Weidlich