Stable Nuclear Zero The Vision and its Implications for Disarmament Policy

This volume examines the conditions necessary for a stable nuclear-weapons-free world and the implications for nuclear disarmament policy. The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) is a road map to nuclear zero, but it is a rudimentary one and it says nothing about the kind of zero to aim for. Pref...

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Main Author:	Lodgaard, Sverre
Format:	eBook Book
Language:	English
Published:	London Routledge 2017 Taylor and Francis Taylor & Francis Group
Edition:	1
Series:	Routledge Global Security Studies
Subjects:	arms control International Organizations International Security NPT Treaty Nuclear arms control Nuclear arms control > International cooperation Nuclear disarmament Nuclear disarmament > International cooperation Nuclear nonproliferation Nuclear nonproliferation > International cooperation nuclear zero Peace Studies Thomas Schelling War & Conflict Studies Nuclear Disarmament Nuclear Free World Virtual Arsenals Start NATO Ally Missile Defence ABM Treaty Joint Data Exchange Centre IHL INF Treaty Andreas Persbo Nuclear Dyad UN Nuclear Armed States Nuclear Rearmament Sverre Lodgaard Low Nuclear Numbers Multilateral Nuclear Disarmament NATO Supreme Ally Commander Europe Nuclear Weapons Free World Non-nuclear Weapon States Nuclear Elimination Nuclear Deterrence Global Missile Defence Nuclear Weapons
ISBN:	9781138690608, 1138690600, 1138495263, 9781138495265
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Table of Contents:

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Notes on contributors -- Introduction -- PART I A nuclear-weapons-free world: desirable? Feasible? -- 1 A world without nuclear weapons? -- 2 Making NWFW attractive, stable and sustainable -- 3 Icon off the mark: Schelling's nuclear disarmament scare -- 4 Towards a rigorous comparison of a pre-nuclear and a post-nuclear world -- PART II The requirements and paths to stable nuclear zero -- 5 Out of the box: nuclear disarmament and cultural change -- 6 Verification requirements -- 7 Missile defence as an alternative to nuclear deterrence? -- 8 Nuclear disarmament: a Chinese view -- 9 Stable at zero: deterrence and verification -- PART III Summary and conclusions -- 10 The vision and its implications for disarmament policy -- Index