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By Katsuhisa Furukawa,Michael J. Green,James J. Wirtz,Yuri Fedorov,Avner Cohen,Peter R. Lavoy,Kang Choi,Tan See Seng,Rod Lyon,Muthiah Alagappa

ISBN-10: 0804760861

ISBN-13: 9780804760867

ISBN-10: 080476087X

ISBN-13: 9780804760874

The lengthy Shadow is the 1st complete, systematic exam of the jobs and implications of nuclear guns within the dramatically varied post–Cold struggle safeguard surroundings. prime specialists examine the jobs and salience of nuclear guns within the nationwide protection suggestions of twelve nations and the ASEAN states, and their implications for safety and balance in a largely outlined Asian defense sector that comes with the center East. The learn additionally investigates the customers for nuclear terrorism in Asia.
A leader end of the examine is that nuclear guns impression nationwide safeguard options in basic methods and that deterrence is still the dominant position and procedure for the employment of nuclear guns. Offensive and protective ideas could raise in salience yet won't surpass the deterrence functionality. one other significant end is that even though there may be destabilizing occasions, on stability, nuclear guns have bolstered protection and balance within the Asian defense quarter by means of alleviating nationwide safety matters, strengthening deterrence and the established order, and fighting the outbreak and escalation of significant hostilities.
As nuclear guns will persist and solid an extended shadow on safety in Asia and the realm, you will need to reexamine and redefine "old" principles, options, and techniques in addition to enhance "new" ones proper to the modern period. in keeping with this, the worldwide nuclear order might be built anew in response to current realities.

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The Long Shadow: Nuclear Weapons and Security in 21st Century Asia by Katsuhisa Furukawa,Michael J. Green,James J. Wirtz,Yuri Fedorov,Avner Cohen,Peter R. Lavoy,Kang Choi,Tan See Seng,Rod Lyon,Muthiah Alagappa


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