Alliances, Nuclear Weapons and Escalation : Managing Deterrence in the 21st Century / edited by Stephan Fühling and Andrew O'Neil.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Australian National University Press, publisher.

Fühling, Stephan, editor.

O'Neil, Andrew (Professor of political science), editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Deterrence (Strategy)--History--21st century.

Deterrence (Strategy).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (x, 223 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Canberra ANU Press 2021

Acton, ACT : ANU Press, [2021]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"In an era of great power competition, the role of alliances in managing escalation of conflict has acquired renewed importance. Nuclear weapons remain the ultimate means for deterrence and controlling escalation, and are central to US alliances in Europe and the Indo-Pacific. However, allies themselves need to better prepare for managing escalation in an increasingly challenging geostrategic and technological environment for the US and its allies. While the challenge of great power competition is acute at both ends of Eurasia, adversary threats, geography and the institutional context of US alliances differ. This book brings together leading experts from Europe, Northeast Asia, the United States and Australia to focus on these challenges, identify commonalities and differences across regions, and pinpoint ways to collectively manage nuclear deterrence and potential escalation pathways in America's 21st century alliances."-- Page 4 of cover

Contents:

Intro

Acknowledgements

Abbreviations

1. Alliances, Nuclear Weapons and Escalation

Part I: Alliances, Nuclear Deterrence and Strategic Stability in the Indo-Pacific

2. US Defence Strategy and Alliances in the Indo-Pacific

3. Nuclear Deterrence and the US-China Strategic Relationship

4. US Allies and Nuclear Weapons Cooperation

5. The Future of Arms Control and Strategic Stability in the Indo-Pacific

Part II: Political-Military Challenges in Alliance Planning for Escalation

6. NATO: Ambiguity about Escalation in a Multinational Alliance

7. South Korea: The Limits of Operational Integration

8. Japan: The Political Costs of Deterrence

9. Australia: Maximising Discretion in an Untested Alliance

Part III: Nuclear Weapons and Non-Nuclear Capabilities

10. New Capabilities and Nuclear Deterrence in Europe

11. Nuclear Sharing and NATO as a 'Nuclear Alliance'

12. US Nuclear Weapons and US Alliances in North-East Asia

13. The Impact of New Capabilities on the Regional Deterrence Architecture in North-East Asia

14. Australia's Shrinking Advantages: How Technology Might Defeat Geography

Part IV: Bringing the Public Along: Talking about Nuclear Weapons and Deterrence

15. Non-Nuclear Allies and Declaratory Policy: The NATO Experience

16. Public Communication on Nuclear Deterrence and Disarmament: The Challenge for Australia

17. On 'Campaigning' for Nuclear Deterrence

Conclusions

18. Managing Deterrence in the 21st Century

Author Biographies

Index.

Notes:

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Print version: Fruehling, Stephan Alliances, Nuclear Weapons and Escalation

ISBN:

9781760464912

1760464910

OCLC:

1285533216

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