Deterring state sponsorship of nuclear terrorism /

Nuclear powers were deterred from attacking each other by the fear of retaliation. Today, much of the concern over possible nuclear attack comes in the context of rogue states and terrorism. And since only states are known to possess nuclear weapons, an important question is how to deter them from l...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Levi, Michael A.
Corporate Author:	Council on Foreign Relations
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	New York : Council on Foreign Relations, [2008]
Series:	CSR (New York, N.Y.) ; no. 39.
Subjects:	Nuclear terrorism > Prevention. State-sponsored terrorism > Prevention. Security, International > International cooperation.
Online Access:	Full text PDF version

Table of Contents:

Current U.S. policy and nuclear threats
Nuclear attribution
Deterring lax nuclear security
North Korea: traditional deterrence restored?
Improving attribution.