Nuclear Modernization in the 21st Century

• Main Authors: Warren, Aiden, Baxter, Philip M, Baxter, Philip
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Oxford Routledge 2020; Taylor and Francis; Taylor & Francis Group
• Edition: 1
• Series: Modern Security Studies
• Subjects: China; Conflict Resolution; Deterrence; Foreign Policy; horizontal proliferation; International Law; international politics; international security; Military Studies; Modernization; NATO; Nuclear; nuclear weapons modernization; Peace Studies; Peacekeeping; Proliferation; Russia; Security Studies - Military & Strategic; Security, International; Strategic Studies; USA; vertical proliferation; War & Conflict Studies; Nuclear Disarmament; Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles; NFU Policy; Nuclear Modernization Programs; ICBM; Non-strategic Nuclear; GBSD; INF Treaty; Nuclear Modernization Plans; China's Nuclear Strategy; PAK DA; Delta III; Nuclear Warheads; Air Force Global Strike Command; Nuclear Posture Review; Tu-95 MS Bear; Start Level; Minimum Deterrence; Minuteman Iii; Non-strategic Nuclear Weapons; Strategic Nuclear; Nuclear Modernization; China's Nuclear Force; NPT Framework; Start Treaty

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...

Table of Contents:

• Cover -- Half Title -- Series -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of contributors -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- List of acronyms -- 1 Introduction -- 2 U.S. modernization efforts and the 2018 Nuclear Posture Review -- 3 Russia's nuclear modernization -- 4 U.S.-Russian bilateral disarmament -- 5 Chinese nuclear strategy -- 6 U.S. nuclear weapons modernization and the impact on the nuclear nonproliferation regime -- 7 NATO nuclear modernization -- 8 Through a crystal ball, dimly: nuclear modernization's anticipated effects on International Relations theory -- 9 Modernization a determent to international security -- 10 Modernization as a promoter of international security: the special role of U.S. nuclear weapons -- 11 Afterword -- Index