The future of extended deterrence : the United States, NATO, and beyond / Stéfanie von Hlatky and Andreas Wenger, editors.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Von Hlatky, Stéfanie, 1982- editor.

Wenger, Andreas, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deterrence (Strategy).

North Atlantic Treaty Organization.

Nuclear weapons.

Ballistic missile defenses.

Security, International.

Physical Description:

xv, 259 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, [2015]

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.

Contents:

Introduction : American alliances and extended deterrence : NATO and beyond / Stéfanie 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.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781626162648

1626162646

9781626162655

1626162654

OCLC:

905667948