The end of strategic stability? : Nuclear weapons and the challenge of regional rivalries /

During the Cold War, the superpowers shared a conception of strategic stability. It was for coexistence and a status quo frozen in place by the calculus of mutually assured destruction from nuclear weapons. In short, nuclear weapons promoted great-power peace. The United States made and continues to...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Rubin, Lawrence, 1973- (Editor), Stulberg, Adam N., 1963- (Editor)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2018]
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Table of Contents:
  • Part I. General approaches to regional stability
  • Sources of instability in the second nuclear age : an American perspective / Evan Braden Montgomery
  • The Russian approach to strategic stability : preserving a classical formula in a turbulent world / Andrey Pavlov and Anastasia Malygina
  • Pakistan's view of strategic stability : a struggle between theory and practice / Sadia Tasleem
  • Strategic stability in the Middle East : through the transparency lens / Emily B. Landau
  • Beyond strategic stability: deterrence, regional balance and Iranian national security / Annie Tracy Samuel
  • Conclusion to Part I : Regional approaches to strategic stability / Rajesh Basrur
  • Part II. Cross-domain deterrence and strategic stability
  • Strategic stability and cross-domain coercion : the Russian approach to information (cyber) warfare / Dmitry "Dima" Adamsky
  • Conventional challenges to strategic stability : Chinese perceptions of hypersonic technology and the security dilemma / Tong Zhao
  • and The India-Pakistan nuclear dyad : strategic stability and cross-domain deterrence / Happymon Jacob
  • The road not taken : defining Israel's approach to strategic stability / Ilai Saltzman
  • Maintaining sovereignty and preserving the regime : how Saudi Arabia views strategic stability / Ala' Alrababa'h
  • Conclusion to Part II : Regional variations on deterrence and stability / Jeffrey W. Knopf
  • Part III. Findings and implications
  • Foreign views of strategic stability and US nuclear posture: the need for tailored strategies / Matthew Kroenig
  • Implications for U.S. policy : defending a stable international system / Adam Mount.