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Record Nr.

UNINA9910797401703321

Titolo

Nuclear Scholars Initiative : a collection of papers from the 2014 Nuclear Scholars Initiative / / editor, Sarah Minot ; authors, Seongjin James Ahn [and nineteen others]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, [Maryland] : , : Center for Strategic & International Studies : , : Rowman & Littlefield, , 2015

©2015

ISBN

1-4422-4109-8

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (269 p.)

Collana

CSIS Reports

Disciplina

327.1747

Soggetti

Nuclear weapons

Nuclear weapons - Government policy

Nuclear weapons - Testing

Nuclear nonproliferation

Deterrence (Strategy)

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Nuclear Scholars Initiative ; Contents ; Introduction and Acknowledgments ; U.S.-China Nuclear Dynamics in the Context of a New Model of Major Power Relations ; Expanding the Scope: Setting the Stage for Future U.S.-Russian Arms Control Negotiations ; The Prospects for U.S.-Russian Collaboration after Ukraine ; Bomber Nuclear Culture: On the Cusp of Excellence ; Deception in Covert Nuclear Development ; Rethinking the Origins of North Korea's Nuclear Program ; Don't Make Me a Target: Alliance Management, Threat, and Forward Deployments

Chinese Views of Japanese Nuclear Capabilities and Ambitions Maintaining the Nuclear Security Complex for Non-Stockpile Research and Development as the United States Pursues Global Zero ; China's Modernization: How Improved Technologies Could Enable Changes in Nuclear Policy ; Ghosts of the Nonaligned Past: Debate on U.S. Compliance ; Employment of Hypersonic Glide Vehicles: Proposed Criteria for Use ; A Perfect Record: Assessing Risk and the Human



Factor in Avoiding Nuclear Catastrophe ; Improving Nuclear Life Extension Program Management: A B61-12 Case Study

Living on the Hedge: A Nuclear Arsenal for an Insecure Japan Bi-/Multilateral Authentication Technology Development Framework for Future Treaty Verification Regimes ; Al Qaeda's Nuclear Ambitions ; Strategic Stability and Tactical Nuclear Weapons in South Asia ; One in a Million, Given the Accident: Assuring Nuclear Weapons Safety ; Evaluating U.S.Policy Options: Up the Savannah River without a Paddle?

Sommario/riassunto

This volume is a collection of the 2014 papers from the Nuclear Scholars Initiative.