Thinking about the Unthinkable in a Highly Proliferated World
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Thinking about the Unthinkable in a Highly Proliferated World

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Thinking about the Unthinkable in a Highly Proliferated World

About this book

For decades, the United States has led the effort to stem the spread of nuclear weapons, both among potential adversaries and among its allies and partners. The current state of deterrence and of the nonproliferation regime, however, is open to many doubts. What happens if the nonproliferation regime should break down altogether? What happens if extended deterrence should fail, and allies no longer believe in the credibility of the U.S. nuclear umbrella? What happens when the world has not 9 but 11, 15, 18, or even more nuclear powers? This study explores how such a world might function and what it would mean for our present conceptions of deterrence, for the place of the United States in the international order, and for international order itself.

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Yes, you can access Thinking about the Unthinkable in a Highly Proliferated World by Clark Murdock,Thomas Karako in PDF and/or ePUB format, as well as other popular books in Politics & International Relations & Arms Control. We have over one million books available in our catalogue for you to explore.

Table of contents

  1. List of Tables
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Executive Summary
  4. Introduction
  5. Chapter 1: The Path to a Highly Proliferated World
  6. Chapter 2: Analysis of Tabletop Exercises
  7. Chapter 3: Rules of the Game
  8. Chapter 4: Key Deterrence Concepts
  9. Chapter 5: Implications for the United States
  10. Chapter 6: Areas for Further Research
  11. Appendix 1: Comparison of Past Thought Experiments
  12. Appendix 2: Tabletop Exercise Force Tables
  13. About the Authors