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Reassessing the role of nuclear deterrence Although deterrence will not disappear, current and future threats to international security will present relatively fewer situations in which deterrence, least of all nuclear deterrence, will be the most effective tool of statecraft. Drawn from the third in a series of conferences at the Hoover Institution at Stanford University on the nuclear legacy of the cold war, this report summarizes the contri...

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Drawn from a series of conferences on the nuclear legacy of the cold war, this report examines the importance of deterrence, from its critical function in the cold war to its current role. The authors highlight the ways in which deterrence has been shaped by surrounding conditions and circumstances, look at the prospective reliability of deterrence as a tool of statecraft, and examine the challenges of 'weaponless deterrence'.

This collection of essays examines the practical steps necessary to address the current security challenges of nuclear weapons and to move toward the Reykjavik goal of eliminating all nuclear weapons. The distinguished group of contributors includes former officials of the past six US administrations along with senior scholar and scientific experts on nuclear issues.