Summary In The Spread of Nuclear Weapons: A Debate Renewed, professors Waltz and Sagan resume their well-known dialogue concerning nuclear proliferation and the threat…
Country or Region: China
Summary A long-time staple of International Relations courses, this new edition continues the important discussion of nuclear proliferation, while looking at the regions and issues…
Abstract Scott D. Sagan notes that the question of why states seek to build nuclear weapons has scarcely been examined, although it is crucial to…
Summary The final volume in Richard Rhodes’s prizewinning history of nuclear weapons offers the first comprehensive narrative of the challenges faced in the post-Cold War…
Summary Although nearly fifty countries have a nuclear capacity, and many more are working towards this goal, only a few are actually in possession of…
Summary Deadly Arsenals provides the most up-to-date and comprehensive assessment available on global proliferation dangers, with a critical assessment of international enforcement efforts. An invaluable…
Continue reading Cirincione, Joseph, Jon B. Wolfsthal, and Miriam Rajkumar
Summary Since their inception, nuclear weapons have multiplied at an alarming rate, leaving everyone from policymakers to concerned citizens wondering what it will take to…
Summary Explores the history and challenges of nuclear energy development in China, across five main areas: politics, economics, environment, technology transfer and the nuclear fuel…
Summary From the publisher: In recent decades the debate on nuclear weapons has focused overwhelmingly on proliferation and nonproliferation dynamics. In a series of Wall…
Continue reading Ogilvie-White, Tanya, and David Santoro, eds.
Summary Reluctant Restraint examines one of the most important changes in Chinese foreign policy since the country opened to the world: China’s gradual move to…
Summary Based on newly released material (“How much the Chinese elected to publish truly surprised us,” the authors remark in the preface), this important work…
Abstract This article published by The Brookings Institution examines how Pyongyang’s 2013 nuclear test affects North Korea’s nuclear weapon and missile capability, policymakers in Japan…
Continue reading Richard C. Bush III and Jonathan D. Pollack
Abstract This book considers the nuclear futures of India and Pakistan, respectively. Noting the multiplicity of actors affecting India’s future nuclear posture, Basrur and Cohen…
Continue reading Basrur, Rajesh M. and Cohen, Stephen Philip
From the publisher: Global power is shifting to Asia. The U.S. military is leading an American “pivot” to the Indo-Pacific region. Asian “theaters” attract the…
Summary The rise of China presents a long-term challenge to the world not only economically, but politically and culturally. Callahan meets this challenge in China:…
