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Record Nr.

UNINA9910806987303321

Titolo

Nuclear modernization in the 21st century : a technical, policy, and strategic review / / edited by Aiden Warren and Philip M Baxter

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London ; ; New York, NY : , : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, , 2020

©2020

ISBN

0-429-78914-9

0-429-78915-7

0-429-43582-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (223 pages)

Collana

Modern security studies

Disciplina

355.033

Soggetti

Security, International

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Introduction / Aiden Warren and Philip M. Baxter -- U.S. modernization efforts and the 2018 nuclear posture review / Hans M. Kristensen -- Russia's nuclear modernization / Philip M. Baxter -- U.S.-Russian bilateral disarmament / Cameron Trainer -- Chinese nuclear strategy / Susan Turner Haynes -- U.S. nuclear weapons modernization and the impact on the nuclear non-proliferation regime / Aiden Warren -- NATO nuclear modernization / Steven Pifer -- Through a crystal ball, dimly : nuclear modernization's anticipated effects on international relations theory / Balazs Martonffy and Eleni Ekmektsioglou -- Modernization a determent to international security / Kingston Reif and Alicia Sanders-Zakre -- Modernization as a promoter of international security : the special role of U.S. nuclear weapons / Matthew Kroenig and Christian Trotti -- Afterword / Philip M. Baxter and Aiden Warren.

Sommario/riassunto

"This book examines the global strategic and policy implications of the modernization efforts of the nuclear weapons powers and considers the effects modernization could have on the relations between these nuclear weapon powers and the larger impact upon efforts to curb nuclear weapons, both in terms of horizontal and vertical proliferation"--