Nuclear Rivalry and International Order (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO)) - Hardcover

 
9780803977532: Nuclear Rivalry and International Order (International Peace Research Institute, Oslo (PRIO))

Synopsis

The Cold War may have ended, and with it the superpower rivalry, but the world still contains many nuclear-armed states. This wide-ranging analysis of the continuing role of nuclear weapons in inter-state rivalry shows how they remain a central issue for the future of world peace. Determining the role of such weapons is crucial to the prospects for nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation.

The book starts by examining the relevance of nuclear weapons to the `long peace′ between the superpowers during the Cold War. Were they a necessary condition for peace? Were they irrelevant or only marginally relevant to that peace? Can such questions be answered at all? Can the record of the past point to a future for nuclear weapons? The answers to these questions lead, in the second half of the book, to discussion of the present and future role of nuclear weapons and the opportunities for disarmament and non-proliferation.

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About the Author

J[sl]orn Gjelstad is a senior executive officer in the Royal Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway and Olav Nj[sl]olstad is a senior research associate at the Norwegian Institute for Defence Studies

CONTRIBUTORS OUTSIDE WESTERN HEMISPHERE

Mirza Aslam Beg former Chief of Army Staff, Pakistan

Hans Martin Blix International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna

Jozef Goldblat Graduate Institute of International Studies Geneva

Dan Smith PRIO Oslo

K Sundarji former Chief of Army Staff, India

Godfried van Benrhem van der Bergh Erasmus University

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