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| Document Type: | Book |
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| All Authors / Contributors: |
Alexander T J Lennon |
| ISBN: | 0262621665 9780262621663 |
| OCLC Number: | 50091621 |
| Description: | xii, 332 p. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Introduction : modernizing strategic nuclear debates / Alexander T.J. Lennon -- pt. I.U.S. national missile defense : when and how? The politics : how did we get here? / Michael Nacht -- A call to deploy / Stephen J. Hadley -- A defense that will not defend / Richard L. Garwin -- Toward missile defenses from the sea / Hans Binnendijk and George Stewart -- Would space-based defenses improve security? / Kevin McLaughlin -- Missile defense after the ABM Treaty / James M. Lindsay and Michael E. O'Hanlon -- pt. II. Global perceptions of missile defense. Brussels's burden / François Heisbourg -- Tokyo's temperance / Yoichi Funabashi -- New Delhi's dilemma / Brahma Chellaney -- Israel's imperative / Efraim Karsh -- Pyongyang's pressure / Scott Snyder -- Tehran's tocsin / Anoushiravan Ehteshami -- Beijing's bind / Michael McDevitt -- Moscow's matrix / Alexander A. Pikayev -- pt. III. Do arms races matter anymore? Return of the nuclear debate / Leon Fuerth -- Action-reaction metaphysics and negligence / Keith B. Payne -- Do arms races matter? / Bruno Tertrais -- The new arms race / Leon Sloss -- pt. IV. Is arms control dead? Is arms control dead? / Harold Brown -- The demise of arms control? / James Schlesinger -- The road ahead / Brad Roberts -- Strengthening arms control / Thomas Graham -- An inherent lesson / Stephen Cambone -- Arms control in a new era / Rose Gottemoeller -- Renovation through reassurance / John Steinbruner. |
| Series Title: | Washington quarterly reader. |
| Responsibility: | edited by Alexander T.J. Lennon. |
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"This is an interesting and provocative collection of essays that address a once-forgotten, now all-too-relevant set of issues. This volume will be required reading for those with a serious interest in arms races, arms control, and missile defense."--Steven Miller, Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University "The distinguishing feature of this volume is its bringing together of an expert group, both American and foreign, to present a broad array of informed, critical analyses of some of the most pressing issues in international security today."--Mitchell B. Reiss, Dean of International Affairs, College of William and Mary "Contemporary Nuclear Debates updates the strategic framework within which decisions about the role of nuclear weapons should be made. These three questions--what missile defense system should the U.S. deploy? Do arms races matter anymore? Is arms control dead?--are the central ones that need to be addressed. Today's and tomorrow's strategic thinkers will be informed by this comprehensive set of answers, representing American and global views on all sides of these critical debates."--John Hamre, President, Center for Strategic and International Studies, and former U.S. Deputy Secretary of Defense "For those tired of the old arguments--welcome to the new arguments. No matter what your position, Contemporary Nuclear Debates is a treasure trove of informed analysis and new thinking on some of today's most critical issues."--Joseph Cirincione, Director, Carnegie Endowment Non-Proliferation Project "One of the tremendous ironies of the post-Cold War world -and an important focus of this book - is that the United States and the Russian Federation may face a greater threat today than we did at the height of the Cold War."--Senator Richard Lugar "Could missile defense and arms control advance the US and international security in the new century? Contemporary Nuclear Debates is a remarkable contribution to the current deliberation"--Dingli Shen, Professor and Deputy Director, Center for American Studies, Fudan University, China "Contemporary Nuclear Debates succeeds admirably in presenting a wide range of views on traditional nuclear questions recast in the current international environment. Especially noteworthy is its treatment of the potential impact of a limited US national missile defense."--Dean A. Wilkening, Center for International Security and Cooperation, Stanford University Read more...
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- Ballistic missile defenses -- United States.
- Nuclear weapons.
- Arms race.
- Nuclear arms control.
- World politics -- 21st century.
- Défense antimissile -- États-Unis.
- Armes nucléaires.
- Course aux armements.
- Armes nucléaires -- Contrôle.
- Politique mondiale -- 21e siècle.
- Défense antimissile.
