Nuclear Disarmament: A Critical Assessment

ISBN-13: 9780367133672 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 300 str.

Bard Nikolas Vik Steen; Olav Njlstad

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This volume of essays provides a comprehensive overview of nuclear disarmament and a critical assessment of the way forward.

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Introduction Bård Nikolas Vik Steen and Olav Njølstad  Section I: Is ‘old school’ nuclear disarmament dead?  1. Is ‘Old School’ Nuclear Disarmament Dead? Lawrence Freedman  2. Was Nuclear Disarmament Ever Alive? Charles L. Glaser  Section II: What happens to strategic stability and deterrence at low numbers?  3. Why Nuclear Disarmament and Strategic Stability Are Incompatible Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press  4. Nuclear weapons as a wicked problem in a complex world Patricia M. Lewis  Section III: Is a Ban a credible path to Global Zero?  5. The Nuclear Ban Treaty and humanitarian strategies to eliminate nuclear threats Rebecca Johnson  6. Decreeing abolition? The pitfalls of a treaty-based approach for getting to zero James M. Acton  7. Nuclear Ethics and the Ban Treaty Brad Roberts  Section IV: What can the incremental approach to nuclear disarmament deliver?  8. What can the incremental approach to nuclear disarmament deliver? Angela Kane  9. Phased Approach to Nuclear Arms Control Alexei Arbatov  Section V: Is nuclear disarmament a climate question?  10. Nuclear and Climate Connections: The History, Evolution, and Implications Christine Parthemore  11. Nuclear Disarmament, Nuclear Energy, and Climate Change: Exploring the Linkages Matthew Bunn  Section VI: Technology and nuclear weapons – are we asking the wrong questions?  12. Emerging Non-Nuclear Technology and the Future of Global Nuclear Order Andrew Futter with Benjaim Zala  Section VII: Will the Current Regimes Remain Fit for Purpose?  13.Dim Hope for Disarmament and Approaching Risk of Build Up Wu Riqiang  14. Forecasting Nuclear Disarmament: Can the NPT Get Us to the Finish Line? William C. Potter  Section VIII: Where are we heading? Radical departures from the status quo  15. Radical departures from the status quo and their impacts on Nuclear non-proliferation and disarmament: Positive and Negative Philip E. Coyle  16. How Will the Nuclear 21st Century End? Bruno Tertrais