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Arms Control Policy: A Guide to the Issues
ABC-CLIO 2012; US$ 48.00In this work, an expert on biological weapons offers a thoughtful examination of the political and technical issues that have affected the implementation of arms control agreements from the 1960s to the present. more...
The Last Great Nuclear Debate
Palgrave Macmillan 1995; US$ 168.00Fundamental changes in internationalrelations during 1989-90 toppled the pillars of the security policy paradigm which had characterised the Cold War. That convulsion swept aside the last of many nuclear debates to rend NATO. Immediately the nuclear problems which had plagued the 1980s were tossed aside. Yet many important and interesting elements... more...
The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy
Palgrave Macmillan 2003; US$ 45.00First published twenty years ago, Lawrence Freedman's Evolution of Nuclear Strategy was immediately acclaimed as the standard work on the history of attempts to cope militarily and politically with the terrible destructive power of nuclear weapons. It has now been rewritten, drawing on a wide range of new research, and updated to take account of... more...
The Peninsula Question
Brookings Institution Press 2008; US$ 36.95In October 2002 the United States confronted North Korea with suspicions that Pyongyang was enriching uranium in violation of the Agreed Framework that the nations had worked out during the Clinton administration. North Korea subsequently evicted international monitors and resumed its nuclear weapons program. The Peninsula Question chronicles the resulting... more...
Curbing the spread of nuclear weapons
Manchester University Press 2006; US$ 95.00Provides a fully detailed but accessible and accurate introduction to the technical aspects of nuclear energy and nuclear weapons Demonstrates that international security is unlikely to benefit from encouraging the spread of nuclear weapons Includes a full discussion of the phenomenon of nuclear-free zones, with particular emphasis on the zone covering... more...
Dangerous Weapons Desperate States
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 48.95With the collapse of the USSR, fifteen fledgling sates inherited a massive Soviet arsenal, unstable political systems, and desperate economies. A "sell everything" mentality threatens to result in the largest arms bazaar in human history, and this potential "fire sale" includes weapons of mass destruction. This book addresses the challenges the new... more...
Arming without Aiming
Brookings Institution Press 2013; US$ 24.95India has long been motivated to modernize its military, and it now has the resources. But so far, the drive to rebuild has lacked a critical component?strategic military planning. India's approach of arming without strategic purpose remains viable, however, as it seeks great-power accommodation of its rise and does not want to appear threatening.... more...
Russian Strategic Modernization
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers 2000; US$ 32.99This unique analysis of Soviet and Russian defense affairs provides an authoritative and thoroughly documented assessment from a former Soviet foreign policy insider. As an active and informed participant, Sokov's discussion of the evolution of the Soviet and Russian strategic posture offers fascinating and illuminating firsthand insights into Soviet... more...
Controlling the Weapons of War
Taylor and Francis 2013; US$ 178.00A fresh examination of the ethical and intellectual issues and dilemmas associated with attempts to establish formal humanitarian limits on weaponry. This new study considers how governments, non-governmental organizations, academics, political commentators and others have responded to the predicaments associated with imposing classifications about... more...
Can the World Tolerate an Iran with Nuclear Weapons?
House of Anansi Press 2013; US$ 12.95In this edition of the Munk Debates, four of the world?s leading thinkers square off to debate one of the most important geopolitical issues of the time: are Iran?s nuclear ambitions a global threat? The Munk Debates are Canada?s premier public policy event. Held semi-annually, the debates provide leading thinkers with a global forum to discuss the... more...









