Deterrence and the New Global Security Environment

<p>This collection of papers rigorously examines the current place of deterrence in international security relations, delivering the best of contemporary thinking. This is a special issue of the leading journal <em>Contemporary Security Policy</em>.</p><p>It shows how and why nuclear deterrence was the central organizing mechanism for international security relations in the second half of the twentieth century. It has been replaced by a new global security environment in which the central role of deterrence, both nuclear and otherwise, appears to have diminished. The Cold War has been succeeded by a new state of play. </p><p>This book will be of interest to students of military and naval history and security studies.</p> <p>Foreword Introduction 1. Deterrence and Deterrability 2. The Emergence of Stability: Deterrence in Motion and Deterrence Reconstructed 3. Deterrence Asymmetry and other Challenges to Small Nuclear Forces 4. Deterrence and Asymmetry: Non-State Actors and Mass Casualty Terrorism 5. The New Indeterminacy of Deterrence and Missile Defence 6. United States Nuclear Strategy in the Twenty First Century<em> </em>7. A Few Speculations on Russia's Deterrence Policy 8. Redefining Strategic Stability in a Changing World: A Chinese View 9. France, the United Kingdon and Deterrence in the Twenty First Century 10. Positions on Deterrence in a Non-WMD Country: The Case of Germany 11. Regional Dynamics and Deterrence: South Asia (1) 12. Regional Dynamics and Deterrence: South Asia (2) 13. Regional Dynamics and Deterrence: The Middle East Conclusions</p>