Nuclear Modernization in the 21st Century

ISBN-13: 9781138350557 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 204 str.

Aiden Warren; Philip Baxter

Opis

This book examines the global strategic and policy implications of the modernization efforts of the nuclear weapons powers and considers the effects modernization could have on the relations between these nuclear weapon powers and the larger impact upon efforts to curb nuclear weapons, both in terms of horizontal and vertical proliferation.

Spis treści

Chapter 1: Introduction  Chapter 2: U.S. modernization efforts and the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review  Chapter 3: Russia’s nuclear modernization  Chapter 4: U.S.-Russian bilateral disarmament  Chapter 5: Chinese nuclear strategy  Chapter 6: U.S. nuclear weapons modernization and the impact on the nuclear nonproliferation regime  Chapter 7: NATO nuclear modernization  Chapter 8: Through a crystal ball, dimly: nuclear modernization’s anticipated effects on International Relations theory  Chapter 9: Modernization a determent to international security  Chapter 10: Modernization as a promoter of international security: the special role of U.S. nuclear weapons  Chapter 11: Afterword