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Meeting the Challenges of the New Nuclear Age:

Nuclear Weapons in a Changing Global Order

Authors
Steven E. Miller, Robert Legvold, and Lawrence D. Freedman
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Meeting the Challenges of the New Nuclear Age
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Acknowledgments

The Rise and Decline of Global Nuclear Order?

Steven E. Miller
Unmanaged Competition, 1945–1970: Racing to Oblivion?
Managed Rivalry, 1970–2000: Building an Architecture of Restraint
The Tide Turns, 2000–2018: The Erosion of the Nuclear Order
Conclusion: New Realities, New Challenges

The Challenges of a Multipolar Nuclear World in a Shifting International Context

Robert Legvold
An Evolving Nuclear Order in a Changing International Setting
Ambiguities, Discrepancies, and Dangers in an Asymmetrical Nuclear Universe
Crisis Stability
If Deterrence Fails
On “Victory”
The Shadow of the Future

The Interplay Between the International System and the Global Nuclear Order

Lawrence Freedman
The Cold War Order
Post–Cold War Disorder
The Nuclear Order and the Political Order

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Meeting the Challenges of the New Nuclear Age

Meeting the Challenges of the New Nuclear Age examines some of the possible escalation pathways that could lead one or more nuclear weapons states to use nuclear weapons and aims to articulate a set of recommendations for de-escalating possible nuclear crises mostly involving the United States and its allies.

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Christopher F. Chyba and Robert Legvold
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