Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Tables and Figures vii
4. Acknowledgments ix
5. 1 US-Russian Relations and Nuclear Arms Control 1
6. 2 Nuclear Deterrence in the Cyber Age 13
7. 3 Balancing Nuclear Modernization and Arms Control 27
8. 4 Nuclear Arms Control: Adding China to the Mix 39
9. 5 Coping with Nuclear Crisis 53
10. 6 Nuclear War: Managing Pandora’s Box 69
11. 7 Minimum Deterrence: Prudent or Insufficient? 89
12. 8 Nuclear Abolition: Ideal . . . but Impossible? 107
13. 9 Controlling Nuclear Proliferation 131
14. 10 Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Deterrents or Combustibles? 149
15. 11 The Contentious Issue of Missile Defense 169
16. 12 Geography and Nuclear Strategy 191
17. 13 The Putin Factor 221
18. 14 The Way Forward 235
19. Appendix 1 Notes on Methodology 241
20. Appendix 2 Nuclear Modernization and Cost Comparisons 245
21. Bibliography 247
22. Index 263
23. About the Book 278