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020			_a9781626166035 (pbk.)
082			_a355.033 RUB
100			_aRUBIN Lawrence (editors.)
245			_aThe end of strategic stability? : _bnuclear weapons and the challenge of regional rivalries / _cedited by Lawrence Rubin and Adam N Stulberg
260			_aWashington : _bGeorgetown Univ Press, _c2018
300			_aviii, 314 pages _c23 cm.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520			_aDuring 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 make its decisions about changes to force posture, risk of escalation, and prospects for arms control with strategic stability in mind. But today's international system is complicated by regional rivalries, rising states, more nuclear powers, asymmetric warfare, and non-state actors. The purpose of this book is to unpack and examine how different states view strategic stability, the use or non-use of nuclear weapons, and whether or not strategic stability is still a useful concept. The contributors to this book examine current and potential nuclear powers including the United States, Russia, China, India, Iran, Israel, Pakistan, and Saudi Arabia. This book makes an important contribution toward understanding how nuclear weapons will impact the international system in the twenty-first century.
650			_aMILITARY POLICY
650			_aNUCLEAR WEAPONS _xGOVERNMENT POLICY
650			_aSECURIY, INTERNATIONAL
650			_aSTRATEGIC FORCES
650			_aNUCLEAR CRISIS STABILITY
700			_aSTULBERG Adam N (editor)
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