The future of extended deterrence : the United States, NATO, and beyond /
Stefanie von Hlatky and Andreas Wenger, editors.
- Washington, D.C. : Georgetown University Press, (c)2015.
- 1 online resource (xv, 259 pages)
Includes bibliographies and index.
Introduction : American alliances and extended deterrence : NATO and beyond / New thinking on deterrence : threats and instability -- Threat scenarios, risk assessments, and the future of deterrence / US extended deterrence and Europe : time to consider alternative structures? / Extended deterrence, non-proliferation and disarmament -- NATO's new approach to non-proliferation and disarmament / The nuclear straitjacket : American extended deterrence and nonproliferation / NATO's nuclear weapons policy -- NATO's protracted debate over nuclear weapons / Nuclear weapons in NATO's deterrence posture : status quo or change? / The politics of missile defense -- From offense to defense? : extended deterrence and missile defense / Ballistic missile defense in Europe : getting to yes with Moscow? / Conclusion : reconciling alliance cohesion with policy coherence / Stefanie von Hlatky -- Joachim Krause -- Jeffrey Larsen -- Oliver Meier -- Benoit Pelopidas -- Paul Schulte -- Hans Kristensen -- Kerry Kartchner, Oliver Thränert -- Paul Bernstein -- Andreas Wenger.
This book is about the present and future of US extended deterrence commitments in the NATO alliance. NATO is a mutual security treaty backed by the full range of US and allied military capabilities, and the hope has always been that by extending this military umbrella, especially nuclear weapons, adversaries would be deterred from attacking allied countries. Extended deterrence in NATO has been enormously successful, but today its commitments are strained by military budget cuts, anti-nuclear sentiment, and the US shift away from European security during the 2000s and more recently with the Asia pivot. The resurgence of Russia, however, has at least temporarily reinvigorated NATO and made extended deterrence commitments seem more important but also more risky. This book engages in a cross-sector intellectual exercise, bringing together experts from academia, think tanks and the policy world from the United States, Canada, and Europe to assess the future of US-NATO extended deterrence for regional and international security. The volume also tackles important and controversial debates about the role of nuclear weapons and missile defense, as backbone capabilities in support of extended deterrence.