Thinking about the Unthinkable in a Highly Proliferated World.
Murdock, Clark.
Thinking about the Unthinkable in a Highly Proliferated World. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (84 pages) - CSIS Reports . - CSIS Reports .
Thinking About The Unthinkable In A Highly Proliferated World -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Path to a Highly Proliferated World -- Defining the Assumed Future of 2030+ -- Trends and Events Driving the Evolution of a Highly Proliferated World -- Taxonomy of Actors -- Paths to a Highly Proliferated World: Regional Dynamics -- The Pace of Proliferation and Its Impact -- Differentiation of Capabilities -- Chapter 2: Analysis of Tabletop Exercises -- Summary of Tabletop Exercise Game Play -- East Asia Tabletop Exercise Game Play -- Middle East Tabletop Exercise Game Play -- Analysis of Tabletop Exercises -- Chapter 3: Rules of the Game -- How a Highly Proliferated World Might Function -- Rules of the Game in a Highly Proliferated World -- Chapter 4: Key Deterrence Concepts -- Deterrence -- Alliances and Extended Deterrence -- Strategic Stability -- Chapter 5: Implications for the United States -- America's Role in a Highly Proliferated World -- Policy Credibility and Clarity -- Nonproliferation and Counterproliferation -- Nuclear Force Strategy and Posture -- Chapter 6: Areas for Further Research -- Appendix 1: Comparison of Past Thought Experiments -- Appendix 2: Tabletop Exercise Force Tables -- About the Authors.
This study explores how a world with numerous nuclear states might function and what it would mean for our present conceptions of deterrence, for the place of the United States in the international order, and for international order itself.
9781442259706
Nuclear nonproliferation.
Electronic books.
327.1747
Thinking about the Unthinkable in a Highly Proliferated World. - 1st ed. - 1 online resource (84 pages) - CSIS Reports . - CSIS Reports .
Thinking About The Unthinkable In A Highly Proliferated World -- Contents -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgments -- Executive Summary -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: The Path to a Highly Proliferated World -- Defining the Assumed Future of 2030+ -- Trends and Events Driving the Evolution of a Highly Proliferated World -- Taxonomy of Actors -- Paths to a Highly Proliferated World: Regional Dynamics -- The Pace of Proliferation and Its Impact -- Differentiation of Capabilities -- Chapter 2: Analysis of Tabletop Exercises -- Summary of Tabletop Exercise Game Play -- East Asia Tabletop Exercise Game Play -- Middle East Tabletop Exercise Game Play -- Analysis of Tabletop Exercises -- Chapter 3: Rules of the Game -- How a Highly Proliferated World Might Function -- Rules of the Game in a Highly Proliferated World -- Chapter 4: Key Deterrence Concepts -- Deterrence -- Alliances and Extended Deterrence -- Strategic Stability -- Chapter 5: Implications for the United States -- America's Role in a Highly Proliferated World -- Policy Credibility and Clarity -- Nonproliferation and Counterproliferation -- Nuclear Force Strategy and Posture -- Chapter 6: Areas for Further Research -- Appendix 1: Comparison of Past Thought Experiments -- Appendix 2: Tabletop Exercise Force Tables -- About the Authors.
This study explores how a world with numerous nuclear states might function and what it would mean for our present conceptions of deterrence, for the place of the United States in the international order, and for international order itself.
9781442259706
Nuclear nonproliferation.
Electronic books.
327.1747