The long shadow: nuclear weapons and security in 21st century Asia

"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.

Tables and figures -- Preface and acknowledgments -- Contributors -- Introduction: investigating nuclear weapons in a new era / Muthiah Alagappa -- pt. 1. Historical, strategic, and conceptual perspectives; 1. Asia's security environment: from subordinate to region dominant system / Muthiah Alagappa ; 2. Exploring roles, strategies, and implications, historical and conceptual perspectives / Muthiah Alagappa -- pt. 2. National nuclear policies and strategies, the nuclear weapon states ; 3. United States: nuclear policy at a crossroads / James J. Wirtz ; 4. Russia: "new" inconsistent nuclear thinking and policy / Yury Fedorov ; 5. China: dynamic minimum deterrence / Chu Shulong and Rong Yu ; 6. India: the logic of assured retaliation / Rajesh Rajagopalan ;7. Pakistan: the dilemma of nuclear deterrence / Feroz Khan and Peter Lavoy ; 8. Israel: a sui generis proliferator / Avner Cohen ; Aspirant states and non-state actors ; 9. North Korea: existential deterrence and diplomatic leverage / John S. Park and Dong Sun Lee ; 10. Iran: the nuclear quandary / Devin T. Hagerty ; 11. Nuclear terrorism: prospects in Asia / S. Paul Kapur ; Allies of nuclear weapon states ; 12. Japan: new nuclear…