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"With most of the world's advanced economies now stuck in recession; Western support for defense cuts and nuclear disarmament increasing; and a major emerging Asian power at odds with its neighbors and the United States; it is tempting to think our times are about to rhyme with a decade of...

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Corporate Author: Army War College (U.S.). Strategic Studies Institute
Other Authors: Sokolski, Henry D.
Format: Government Document Book
Language:English
Published: Carlisle, PA : Strategic Studies Institute, U.S. Army War College, [2012]
Series:Strategic Studies Institute book.
Subjects:
Nuclear weapons > Asia.
Nuclear weapons > Middle East.
Nuclear weapons > South Asia.
Nuclear weapons > Government policy.
Nuclear weapons > Forecasting.
Nuclear nonproliferation > Asia.
Nuclear nonproliferation > Middle East.
Nuclear nonproliferation > South Asia.
Nuclear nonproliferation > Government policy.
Nuclear nonproliferation > Forecasting.
Table of Contents:
  • Overview / Henry D. Sokolski
  • Pt. I. Asia. Asian drivers of Russia's nuclear force posture / Jacob W. Kipp
  • China's strategic forces in the 21st century : the People's Liberation Army's changing nuclear doctrine and force posture / Michael Mazza and Dan Blumenthal
  • Plutonium, proliferation and radioactive-waste politics in East Asia / Frank von Hippel
  • China and the emerging strategic competition in aerospace power / Mark Stokes and Ian Easton
  • Pt. II. Middle East. The Middle East's nuclear future / Richard L. Russell
  • Alternative proliferation futures for North Africa / Bruno Tertrais
  • Casting a blind eye : Kissinger and Nixon finesse Israel's bomb / Victor Gilinsky
  • Pt. III. South Asia. Nuclear weapons stability or anarchy in the 21st century : China, India, and Pakistan / Thomas W. Graham
  • Nuclear missile-related risks in South Asia / R. N. Ganesh
  • Prospects for Indian and Pakistani arms control / Feroz Hassan Khan
  • Pt. IV. Post-Cold War military science and arms control. To what extent can precision conventional technologies substitute for nuclear weapons? / Stephen J. Lukasik
  • Missiles for peace / Henry D. Sokolski
  • Missile defense and arms control / Jeff Kueter
  • A hardheaded guide to nuclear controls / Henry D. Sokolski.