Nuclear Weapons into the 21st Century

Current Trends and Future Prospects

Author(s): Bremer Maerli Moonis Ahmar, Thanos Dokos, Nicolas Kasprzyk, Bhashyam Kasturi, Joachim Krause, Satu Limaye, Tom Sauer, Josefine Wallat, Andreas Wenger, Simone Wisotzki, Zheng Wang
Editor(s): Andreas Wenger, Joachim Krause
Series: Studies in Contemporary History and Security Policy
Issue: 8
Publisher(s): Peter Lang
Publication Year: 2001
Publication Place: Berne, Berlin, Brussels, Frankfurt a. M., New York, Oxford, Vienna

With the end of the Cold War, many observers had expressed the hope that the role of nuclear weapons in shaping the international system and global and regional orders might become less relevant. Yet, more than a decade after the end of the Cold War, nuclear weapons still have major relevance in world politics. The consensus on how best to ensure global stability no longer exists. As a result, the global arms control and non-proliferation regimes are widely perceived to be in a state of crisis. It is against this backdrop that this book addresses the future role of nuclear weapons, considering the following four areas: the characterization and transcendence of the impasse in arms control; the role of nuclear weapons in strategic thinking and military doctrines; the impact of nuclear weapons on regional balances; and the present challenges and future prospects of nuclear non-proliferation.

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