Abstract Minimum deterrence is a compromise, or halfway house, between nuclear abolition or nearly zero and assured destruction, the dominant paradigm for strategic nuclear arms…
Country or Region: United States
Abstract Despite earlier premonitions that East Asia might be ‘ripe for rivalry’, interstate relations in this region have generally become less tense in recent years.…
Abstract The Ground-based Midcourse Defense system is intended to protect the US homeland against limited attacks from intermediate- and long-range ballistic missiles. It has succeeded…
Abstract This article investigates how US national security planners have envisioned the emerging strategic environment during the early twenty-first century and evaluates how their perceptions…
Summary A collaborative effort by scholars from the United States, China, and Japan, this volume focuses on the period 1972-1989, during which all three…
Summary This book provides a historical account of one of the key weapons developments of the nuclear age. By examining the United States Fleet…
Summary The twelve essays in this volume underscore the similarities between Chinese and American approaches to bilateral diplomacy and between their perceptions of each…
Summary Assessments of China’s importance on the world stage usually focus on a single dimension of China’s increasing power, rather than on the multiple…
Summary During his visit to the US in February, 2012 when he was the vice chairman of China, Sip Kin-ping put forward the idea of…
Summary This book addresses a central question about the Cold War that has never been adequately resolved. Why did the United States go to such…
Summary For more than a century, the United States has been the world’s most powerful state. Now some analysts predict that China will soon take…
Summary This volume examines the causes and consequences of nuclear postures and nonproliferation policies. The real-world importance of nuclear weapons has led to the production…
Summary China Dream: Great Power Thinking and Strategic Power Posture in the Post-American Era examines the inherent conflict in U.S. China relations and the coming…
Abstract Since mid-2008, Russia has endured an economic crisis so serious that it has emboldened many Russians, including President Dmitry Medvedev, to call for a…
Abstract As world energy prices continue to rise and Russia’s oil and gas production accelerate, Russian officials increasingly talk of their country as an “energy…
