Nuclear modernization in the 21st century
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Nuclear modernization in the 21st century
(Modern security studies / series editors, Sean S. Costigan and Kenneth W. Estes)
Routledge, 2022, c2020
- : pbk
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  Aomori
  Iwate
  Miyagi
  Akita
  Yamagata
  Fukushima
  Ibaraki
  Tochigi
  Gunma
  Saitama
  Chiba
  Tokyo
  Kanagawa
  Niigata
  Toyama
  Ishikawa
  Fukui
  Yamanashi
  Nagano
  Gifu
  Shizuoka
  Aichi
  Mie
  Shiga
  Kyoto
  Osaka
  Hyogo
  Nara
  Wakayama
  Tottori
  Shimane
  Okayama
  Hiroshima
  Yamaguchi
  Tokushima
  Kagawa
  Ehime
  Kochi
  Fukuoka
  Saga
  Nagasaki
  Kumamoto
  Oita
  Miyazaki
  Kagoshima
  Okinawa
  Korea
  China
  Thailand
  United Kingdom
  Germany
  Switzerland
  France
  Belgium
  Netherlands
  Sweden
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  United States of America
Note
"First published 2020 by Routledge. First issued in paperback 2022"--T.p. verso
Includes index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
This collection examines the extent to which nuclear weapons modernization has become a significant point of concern and consideration in international security. Recent statements and substantial investments by nuclear weapon possessor states in the upkeep and modernization of their nuclear postures - particularly the United States, Russia and China - illustrate a return of primacy and the salience of nuclear forces in international politics. The upgrading of systems, the introduction of new capabilities, the intermingling of new technologies, and the advancement of new strategic models, are all indicative of their elevation in importance and reliance.
With contributions from leading thinkers in the nuclear weapons domain, this book elucidates the global strategic and policy implications such modernization efforts by the above-mentioned states will have on international security. In unpacking and conceptualizing this developing source of potential (in)security and tension, the collection not only provides a technical context, but also frames the likely 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. The chapters have been arranged so as to inform a variety of stakeholders, from academics to policy-makers, by connecting analytical and normative insights, and thereby, advancing debates pertaining to where nuclear modernization sits as a point of global security consternation in the 21st century.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction Chapter 2: U.S. modernization efforts and the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review Chapter 3: Russia's nuclear modernization Chapter 4: U.S.-Russian bilateral disarmament Chapter 5: Chinese nuclear strategy Chapter 6: U.S. nuclear weapons modernization and the impact on the nuclear nonproliferation regime Chapter 7: NATO nuclear modernization Chapter 8: Through a crystal ball, dimly: nuclear modernization's anticipated effects on International Relations theory Chapter 9: Modernization a determent to international security Chapter 10: Modernization as a promoter of international security: the special role of U.S. nuclear weapons Chapter 11: Afterword
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