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The Future of Extended Deterrence

The United States, NATO, and Beyond

by Andreas Wenger, Joachim Krause, Jeffrey A. Larsen, Benoît Pelopidas, Paul Schulte, Hans M. Kristensen, Kerry M. Kartchner, Oliver Thraenert, Paul Bernstein, Stéfanie von Hlatky1 ...

Are NATO’s mutual security commitments strong enough today to deter all adversaries? Is the nuclear umbrella as credible as it was during the Cold War? Backed by the full range of US and allied military capabilities, NATO’s mutual defense treaty has been enormously successful, but today’s commitments are strained by military budget cuts and antinuclear sentiment. The United States has also shifted ... Read more

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Are NATO’s mutual security commitments strong enough today to deter all adversaries? Is the nuclear umbrella as credible as it was during the Cold War? Backed by the full range of US and allied military capabilities, NATO’s mutual defense treaty has been enormously successful, but today’s commitments are strained by military budget cuts and antinuclear sentiment. The United States has also shifted
... Read more
Living with Peril

Eisenhower, Kennedy, and Nuclear Weapons

by Andreas Wenger, NEEDS CONTRIBUTORS ...

Living with Peril explains in detail how the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations adapted to the reality of a Soviet nuclear force capable of destroying the United States and against which there was no effective defense. Wenger illuminates the development, implementation, and evolution of U.S. government policies designed to avoid war and to respond to the vulnerability of nuclear destruction. ... Read more

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Living with Peril explains in detail how the Eisenhower and Kennedy administrations adapted to the reality of a Soviet nuclear force capable of destroying the United States and against which there was no effective defense. Wenger illuminates the development, implementation, and evolution of U.S. government policies designed to avoid war and to respond to the vulnerability of nuclear destruction.
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Negotiating the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

Origins of the Nuclear Order

Edited by Roland Popp, Liviu Horovitz, Andreas Wenger ...

Series series CSS Studies in Security and International Relations
This volume offers a critical historical assessment of the negotiation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and of the origins of the nonproliferation regime.The NPT has been signed by 190 states and was indefinitely extended in 1995, rendering it the most successful arms control treaty in history. Nevertheless, little is known about the motivations and strategic calculi ... Read more

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This volume offers a critical historical assessment of the negotiation of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) and of the origins of the nonproliferation regime.The NPT has been signed by 190 states and was indefinitely extended in 1995, rendering it the most successful arms control treaty in history. Nevertheless, little is known about the motivations and strategic calculi
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The Legacy of the Cold War

Perspectives on Security, Cooperation, and Conflict

by Willlem van Eekelen, Vincent Keating, Vojtech Mastny, Daniel Möckli, Nicholas Wheeler, Zhu Liqun, Huang Yuxing, Andreas Wenger, Mark Kramer0, Douglas Craig1, Malcolm Byrne2, Lawrence S. Kaplan3, William R. Keylor4, Robert J. McMahon5 ...

Series series The Harvard Cold War Studies Book Series
The unexpected end of the protracted conflict has been a sobering experience for scholars. No theory had anticipated how the Cold War would be terminated, and none should also be relied upon to explicate its legacy. But instead of relying on preconceived formulas to project past developments, taking a historical perspective to explain their causes and consequences allows one to better understand ... Read more

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The unexpected end of the protracted conflict has been a sobering experience for scholars. No theory had anticipated how the Cold War would be terminated, and none should also be relied upon to explicate its legacy. But instead of relying on preconceived formulas to project past developments, taking a historical perspective to explain their causes and consequences allows one to better understand
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Deterring Terrorism

Theory and Practice

Edited by Andreas Wenger, Alex Wilner ...

During the Cold War, deterrence theory was the cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, however, popular wisdom dictated that terrorist organizations and radical fanatics could not be deterred—and governments shifted their attention to combating terrorism rather than deterring it.This book challenges that prevailing assumption and offers insight as to when and ... Read more

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During the Cold War, deterrence theory was the cornerstone of U.S. foreign policy. Following the 9/11 terrorist attacks, however, popular wisdom dictated that terrorist organizations and radical fanatics could not be deterred—and governments shifted their attention to combating terrorism rather than deterring it.This book challenges that prevailing assumption and offers insight as to when and
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Regional Organisations and Security

Conceptions and practices

Edited by Stephen Aris, Andreas Wenger ...

Series series CSS Studies in Security and International Relations
This book aims to examine the conceptions and practices of security adopted by Regional Organisations (ROs) across the globe.Since the end of the Cold War, there has been an increased focus on regions as a relevant realm for security, with actors within regional contexts identifying a significant degree of interdependency between one another. As a consequence, international security has taken on a ... Read more

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This book aims to examine the conceptions and practices of security adopted by Regional Organisations (ROs) across the globe.Since the end of the Cold War, there has been an increased focus on regions as a relevant realm for security, with actors within regional contexts identifying a significant degree of interdependency between one another. As a consequence, international security has taken on a
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Inter-organizational Relations in International Security

Cooperation and Competition

Edited by Stephen Aris, Aglaya Snetkov, Andreas Wenger ...

Series series CSS Studies in Security and International Relations
This book examines the politics of the relationships between multilateral organizations that have come to play a major role in contemporary efforts to manage international security.Drawing on concepts developed in Organizational Studies, the book starts from the assumption that inter-organizational relationships are the product of contested politics. Politics that may be either more cooperative or ... Read more

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This book examines the politics of the relationships between multilateral organizations that have come to play a major role in contemporary efforts to manage international security.Drawing on concepts developed in Organizational Studies, the book starts from the assumption that inter-organizational relationships are the product of contested politics. Politics that may be either more cooperative or
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War Plans and Alliances in the Cold War

Threat Perceptions in the East and West

Edited by Vojtech Mastny, Sven S. Holtsmark, Andreas Wenger ...

Series series CSS Studies in Security and International Relations
This essential new volume reviews the threat perceptions, military doctrines, and war plans of both the NATO alliance and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, as well as the position of the neutrals, from the post-Cold War perspective.Based on previously unknown archival evidence from both East and West, the twelve essays in the book focus on the potential European battlefield rather than the ... Read more

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This essential new volume reviews the threat perceptions, military doctrines, and war plans of both the NATO alliance and the Warsaw Pact during the Cold War, as well as the position of the neutrals, from the post-Cold War perspective.Based on previously unknown archival evidence from both East and West, the twelve essays in the book focus on the potential European battlefield rather than the
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Russian Business Power

The Role of Russian Business in Foreign and Security Relations

Edited by Andreas Wenger, Robert Orttung, Jeronim Perovic ...

Series series Routledge Transnational Crime and Corruption
Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has developed a powerful business community and a potent network of transnational organized groups.Russian Business Power explores the powerful impact these new actors are having on the evolution of the Russian state and its foreign behaviour. Unlike other books, which focus either on Russia's foreign and security policy, or on the evolution of ... Read more

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Since the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia has developed a powerful business community and a potent network of transnational organized groups.Russian Business Power explores the powerful impact these new actors are having on the evolution of the Russian state and its foreign behaviour. Unlike other books, which focus either on Russia's foreign and security policy, or on the evolution of
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Transforming NATO in the Cold War

Challenges beyond Deterrence in the 1960s

Edited by Andreas Wenger, Christian Nuenlist, Anna Locher ...

Series series CSS Studies in Security and International Relations
The first comprehensive history of NATO in the 1960s, based on the systematic use of multinational archival evidence.This new book is the result of a gathering of leading Cold War historians from both sides of the Atlantic, including Jeremi Suri, Erin Mahan, and Leopoldo Nuti. It shows in great detail how the transformation of NATO since 1991 has opened up new perspectives on the alliance’s ... Read more

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The first comprehensive history of NATO in the 1960s, based on the systematic use of multinational archival evidence.This new book is the result of a gathering of leading Cold War historians from both sides of the Atlantic, including Jeremi Suri, Erin Mahan, and Leopoldo Nuti. It shows in great detail how the transformation of NATO since 1991 has opened up new perspectives on the alliance’s
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Russian Energy Power and Foreign Relations

Implications for Conflict and Cooperation

Edited by Jeronim Perovic, Robert W. Orttung, Andreas Wenger ...

Series series CSS Studies in Security and International Relations
This book examines Russia's new assertiveness and the role of energy as a key factor in shaping the country's behavior in international relations, and in building political and economic power domestically, since the 1990s.Energy transformed Russia's fortunes after its decline during the 1990s. The wealth generated from energy exports sparked economic recovery and political stabilization, and has ... Read more

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This book examines Russia's new assertiveness and the role of energy as a key factor in shaping the country's behavior in international relations, and in building political and economic power domestically, since the 1990s.Energy transformed Russia's fortunes after its decline during the 1990s. The wealth generated from energy exports sparked economic recovery and political stabilization, and has
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Cyber Security Politics

Socio-Technological Transformations and Political Fragmentation

Edited by Myriam Dunn Cavelty, Andreas Wenger ...

Series series CSS Studies in Security and International Relations
This book examines new and challenging political aspects of cyber security and presents it as an issue defined by socio-technological uncertainty and political fragmentation.Structured along two broad themes and providing empirical examples for how socio-technical changes and political responses interact, the first part of the book looks at the current use of cyber space in conflictual settings, ... Read more

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This book examines new and challenging political aspects of cyber security and presents it as an issue defined by socio-technological uncertainty and political fragmentation.Structured along two broad themes and providing empirical examples for how socio-technical changes and political responses interact, the first part of the book looks at the current use of cyber space in conflictual settings,
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