The long shadow
Subtitle: nuclear weapons and security in 21st century Asia
By: edited by Muthiah Alagappa.
Contributors: Alagappa, Muthiah.
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Stanford, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 571
ISBN-13: 9780804760867; 9780804760874
Subjects: Nuclear weapons -- Asia -- History -- 21st century; National security -- Asia -- History -- 21st century; Asia -- Military policy -- 21st century
Description: "The Long Shadow is the first comprehensive, systematic examination of the roles and implications of nuclear weapons in the dramatically different post-Cold War security environment. Leading experts investigate the roles and salience of nuclear weapons in the national security strategies of twelve countries and the ASEAN states, and their implications for security and stability in a broadly defined Asian security region that includes the Middle East. The study also investigates the prospects for nuclear terrorism in Asia."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: investigating nuclear weapons in a new era / Muthiah Alagappa; title: Pt. 1. Historical, strategic, and conceptual perspectives.  Asia's security environment: from subordinate to region dominant system / Muthiah Alagappa; title: Nuclear weapons: exploring roles, strategies, and implications / Muthiah Alagappa; title: Pt. 2. National nuclear policies and strategies: the nuclear weapon states.  United States: nuclear policy at a crossroads / James J. Wirtz; title: Russia: "new" inconsistent nuclear thinking and policy / Yury Fedorov; title: China: dynamic minimum deterrence / Shulong Chu and Yu Rong; title: India: the logic of assured retaliation / Rajesh Rajagopalan; title: Pakistan: the tragic dilemma of nuclear deterrence / Feroz Khan and Peter Lavoy; title: Israel: a sui generis proliferator / Avner Cohen.  Aspirant states and non-state actors.  North Korea: existential deterrence and diplomatic leverage / John S. Park and Dong Sun Lee; title: Iran: the nuclear quandary / Devin T. Hagerty; title: Nuclear terrorism: prospects in Asia / S. Paul Kapur.  Allies of nuclear weapon states.  Japan: new nuclear realism / Michael J. Green and Katuhisa Furukawa; title: South Korea: fear of abandonment and entrapment / Kang Choi and Joon-sung Park; title: Taiwan: conventional deterrence, soft power, and the nuclear option / Vincent Wei-cheng Wang; title: Australia: back to the future / Rod Lyon.  Southeast Asia.  ASEAN: the road not taken / See Seng Tan; title: Pt. 3. Conclusion.  Nuclear weapons and national security: indirect but far reaching influence / Muthiah Alagappa; title: Reinforcing national security and regional stability: the implications of nuclear weapons and strategies / Muthiah Alagappa.