The future of extended deterrence : the United States, NATO, and beyond /

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Imprint:	Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2015. ©2015
Description:	1 online resource (xv, 259 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	North Atlantic Treaty Organization. North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Security, International. Ballistic missile defenses. Nuclear weapons. Deterrence (Strategy) Ballistic missile defenses. Deterrence (Strategy) Nuclear weapons. Security, International.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11755319

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Other authors / contributors:	Wenger, Andreas, editor. Von Hlatky, Stéfanie, 1982- editor.
ISBN:	9781626162662 1626162662 9781626162648 9781626162655 1626162654 1626162646
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-249) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	This book is about the present and future of US extended deterrence commitments in the NATO alliance. NATO is a mutual security treaty backed by the full range of US and allied military capabilities, and the hope has always been that by extending this military umbrella, especially nuclear weapons, adversaries would be deterred from attacking allied countries. Extended deterrence in NATO has been enormously successful, but today its commitments are strained by military budget cuts, anti-nuclear sentiment, and the US shift away from European security during the 2000s and more recently with the Asia pivot. The resurgence of Russia, however, has at least temporarily reinvigorated NATO and made extended deterrence commitments seem more important but also more risky. This book engages in a cross-sector intellectual exercise, bringing together experts from academia, think tanks and the policy world from the United States, Canada, and Europe to assess the future of US-NATO extended deterrence for regional and international security. The volume also tackles important and controversial debates about the role of nuclear weapons and missile defense, as backbone capabilities in support of extended deterrence.
Other form:	Print version: Future of extended deterrence. Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, 2015 9781626162648

Table of Contents:

Introduction : American alliances and extended deterrence : NATO and beyond / Stefanie von Hlatky
New thinking on deterrence : threats and instability
Threat scenarios, risk assessments, and the future of deterrence / Joachim Krause
US extended deterrence and Europe : time to consider alternative structures? / Jeffrey Larsen
Extended deterrence, non-proliferation and disarmament
NATO's new approach to non-proliferation and disarmament / Oliver Meier
The nuclear straitjacket : American extended deterrence and nonproliferation / Benoit Pelopidas
NATO's nuclear weapons policy
NATO's protracted debate over nuclear weapons / Paul Schulte
Nuclear weapons in NATO's deterrence posture : status quo or change? / Hans Kristensen
The politics of missile defense
From offense to defense? : extended deterrence and missile defense / Kerry Kartchner, Oliver Thränert
Ballistic missile defense in Europe : getting to yes with Moscow? / Paul Bernstein
Conclusion : reconciling alliance cohesion with policy coherence / Andreas Wenger.

The future of extended deterrence : the United States, NATO, and beyond /

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