Arms Control category: 475 books
Nuclear Deterrence in Europe
Russian Approaches to a New Environment and Implications for the United States
Language: English
Release Date: August 5, 2011
Through a variety of policies and actions--and most recently in a new military doctrine adopted in February 2010--Russia has indicated the types of situations and threats that might cause it to resort to using nuclear weapons. This volume examines Russia's evolving framework for nuclear deterrence and its implications for U.S. military operations in Europe.
Nuclear Logics
Contrasting Paths in East Asia and the Middle East
Language: English
Release Date: February 9, 2009
Nuclear Logics examines why some states seek nuclear weapons while others renounce them. Looking closely at nine cases in East Asia and the Middle East, Etel Solingen finds two distinct regional patterns. In East Asia, the norm since the late 1960s has been to forswear nuclear weapons, and North Korea,...
by Jian Chen
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: March 15, 2010
This comprehensive study of China's Cold War experience reveals the crucial role Beijing played in shaping the orientation of the global Cold War and the confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union.
The success of China's Communist revolution in 1949 set the stage, Chen says....
by Simon Chesterman, Ian Johnstone, David M. Malone
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2016
Law and Practice of the United Nations: Documents and Commentary combines primary materials with expert commentary demonstrating the interaction between law and practice in the UN organization, as well as the possibilities and limitations of multilateral institutions in general. Each chapter begins...
Means to an End
U.S. Interest in the International Criminal Court
Language: English
Release Date: November 11, 2011
The International Criminal Court remains a sensitive issue in U.S. foreign policy circles. It was agreed to at the tail end of the Clinton administration, but with serious reservations. In 2002 the Bush administration ceremoniously reversed course and "unsigned" the Rome Statute that had...
by Bruce W. Bennett, Jonathan Kaufman, James Byrnes
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2011
Adversaries could acquire emerging chemical and biological (CB) agents years before U.S. defense planners recognize those agents, and many more years before the United States establishes a comprehensive defense against them. Gaps in defenses against chemical and biological weapon agents can pose a...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
The situation in Somalia today embodies some of the most pressing issues in international relations. How should the international community deal with the collapsed state that is Somalia? From the presence of al-Qaeda operatives to pirates, to what extent is Somalia a threat to global peace and commerce?...
Pathways from Ethnic Conflict
Institutional Redesign in Divided Societies
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2013
The book begins with an agenda-setting introduction which will provide an overview of the central question being addressed, such as the circumstances associated with the move towards a political settlement, the parameters of this settlement and the factors that have assisted in bringing it about....
The Legacy of the Cold War
Perspectives on Security, Cooperation, and Conflict
Language: English
Release Date: December 16, 2013
The unexpected end of the protracted conflict has been a sobering experience for scholars. No theory had anticipated how the Cold War would be terminated, and none should also be relied upon to explicate its legacy. But instead of relying on preconceived formulas to project past developments, taking...
by Lawrence Freedman
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
The Russian invasion of Crimea in 2014, subsequent war in Eastern Ukraine and economic sanctions imposed by the West, transformed European politics. These events marked a dramatic shift away from the optimism of the post-Cold War era. The conflict did not escalate to the levels originally feared but...
Permanent Alliance?
NATO and the Transatlantic Bargain from Truman to Obama
Language: English
Release Date: July 15, 2010
This book is an interpretive analysis of transatlantic security relations from the preparation of the North Atlantic Treaty to the Obama administration.
by Michael Mandelbaum
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2019
In the twenty-five years after 1989, the world enjoyed the deepest peace in history. In The Rise and Fall of Peace on Earth, the eminent foreign policy scholar Michael Mandelbaum examines that remarkable quarter century, describing how and why the peace was established and then fell apart. To be sure,...
Crisis Stability and Long-Range Strike
A Comparative Analysis of Fighters, Bombers, and Missiles
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2013
To effectively manage an international crisis, the United States must balance its threats with restraint. It must posture forces in ways that deter aggression without implying that an attack is imminent, while limiting its own vulnerability to surprise attack. A RAND study sought to identify which long-range...
Culture and Security
Symbolic Power and the Politics of International Security
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2007
This book examines the role of culture in contemporary security policies, providing a critical overview of the ways in which culture has been theorized in security studies.
Developing a theoretical framework that stresses the relationship between culture, power, security and strategy, the volume...