Averting nuclear war / Kyungkook Kang, Jacek Kugler.
Kang, Kyungkook.; Kugler, Jacek.
2023
JZ5665 .K36 2023
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Title Averting nuclear war / Kyungkook Kang, Jacek Kugler.
Author Kang, Kyungkook.
ISBN 9783031386886 electronic book
3031386884 electronic book
3031386876
9783031386879
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-38688-6
Published Cham : Springer, 2023.
Language English
Description 1 online resource (165 p.).
Item Number 10.1007/978-3-031-38688-6 doi
Call Number JZ5665 .K36 2023
Dewey Decimal Classification 327.1/747
Summary This timely book offers a comprehensive examination of the current state of nuclear stability postures worldwide, effectively highlighting their inherent limitations. Through their analysis, the authors illustrate how the seemingly contradictory perspectives of deterrence optimists, disarmament idealists, and warfighting pessimists can be reconfigured into a unified approach towards achieving regional and global peace. They suggest that these strategies can be reconciled as complementary, rather than substitute approaches, to achieve the common goal of nuclear stability. To achieve this objective, the book employs a game-theoretical framework to analytically define the conditions for nuclear war. Drawing from extensive observations of significant crises, the model incorporates identifiable systemic regularities that influence the strategic decision-making process during severe crises and establish the prerequisites for different levels of nuclear confrontation. Additionally, by tracing the strategic-technological trajectories of nuclear powers, the authors present a novel analysis that explores the potential for stable coexistence to replace unstable confrontation between global powers, ultimately fostering nuclear peace. The author's theoretical explorations lead to the policy conclusion that establishing a nuclear oligopolistic hierarchy, under the leadership of preponderant global powers committed to a no-first-use pledge, presents the most effective international system for enhancing both regional and global nuclear stability. This book aims to surpass the Cold War origins of current nuclear strategy and develop a comprehensive policy framework that guarantees enduring nuclear stability in the contemporary world.
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed September 26, 2023).
Added Author Kugler, Jacek.
Series Advanced sciences and technologies for security applications.
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Intro
Preface
Contents
Abbreviation
List of Figures
List of Tables
1 Introduction
Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD)
Size of Nuclear Arsenals and Delivery Capabilities
Averting Nuclear War
References
2 Deterrence
Overview
Altruistic Deterrence
Neorealist Deterrence
Tenuous Deterrence
The Unsolved Nuclear Stability Puzzle
References
3 Disarmament
Global Nuclear Zero
Non-Proliferation Treaty and Regional Nuclear-Weapon Free Zones
Nuclear Proliferation
References
4 Warfighting
Need for Flexible Options

Nuclear Utilization Target Selection (NUTS)
Nuclear Superiority
Renewed Debate on Warfighting
References
5 Conditional Deterrence: Modeling Nuclear Stability
Elements of Conditional Deterrence
Conventional Military Capability
Nuclear Military Capability
Satisfaction with the Status Quo
Model of Conditional Deterrence
Deterrence Game Under Total Anarchy (on the Right-Hand Path)
Cooperation Game Under Conditional Anarchy (on the Left-Hand Path)
Summary
References
6 Findings
Altruistic and Neorealist Deterrence
Nuclear Disarmament
Warfighting

Conditional Deterrence: Our Findings
Conditional Deterrence: Challenges and Opportunities
References
7 Conclusion
What Can Be Done
Concluding Remarks
References
Index

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