Asia, the US and extended nuclear deterrence : atomic umbrellas in the 21st century /

Since the end of the Cold War, significant attention has focussed on the issue of nuclear deterrence and in particular whether formal nuclear security guarantees from nuclear weapons states to non-nuclear weapons states involving the possible use of nuclear weapons have a place in the twenty-first c...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: O'Neil, Andrew
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London ; New York : Routledge, 2013.
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Table of Contents:
  • Extended nuclear deterrence : frameworks and perspectives
  • Asia's security, power transitions, and nuclear weapons
  • South Korea and extended nuclear deterrence : anxieties and asymmetry
  • Japan and extended nuclear deterrence : ambivalence over ambition
  • Australia and extended nuclear deterrence : a search for existential security
  • Extended nuclear deterrence in 21st century Asia.