IFRI - Proliferation Papers http://www.ifri.org/?page=nos-publications Thu, 8 Dec 2011 18:03:20 +0100 Thu, 8 Dec 2011 18:03:20 +0100 IFRI 30 webmaster@ifri.org webmaster@ifri.org In Defense of Deterrence: the Relevance, Morality and Cost-Effectiveness of Nuclear Weapons http://www.ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&id=6821 Since 1945, nuclear deterrence has frequently been the target of continuous criticism on strategic, legal and moral grounds. In the past five years, however, the renewed debate on nuclear disarmame... Wed, 5 Oct 2011 00:00:00 +0200 Intelligence and Nuclear Proliferation: Lessons Learned http://www.ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&id=6768 Intelligence agencies play a fundamental role in the prevention of nuclear proliferation, as they help to understand other countries' intentions and assess their technical capabilities and the natu... Tue, 20 Sep 2011 00:00:00 +0200 Russia's Nuclear Forces: Between Disarmament and Modernization http://www.ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&id=6649 Nuclear weapons have traditionally occupied an important place in Russiarsquo;s national security strategy. As Russia and the United States have been reducing their nuclear arsenals since the end ... Tue, 14 Jun 2011 00:00:00 +0200 Strategic Stability in the Cold War. Lessons for Continuing Challenges http://www.ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&id=6434 During the Cold War, the phrase ldquo;strategic stabilityrdquo; gained currency both as a foreign policy objective and as an apt way of describing the fact that the United States and the Soviet... Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 +0100 Potential Strategic Consequences of the Nuclear Energy Revival http://www.ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&id=6139 Renewed interest throughout the globe in harnessing nuclear energy has raised concern about security threats from states and non-state actors while holding out the promise of more electricity for m... Thu, 8 Jul 2010 00:00:00 +0200 Chinese Perceptions of the Utility of Nuclear Weapons. Prospects and Potential Problems in Disarmament http://www.ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&id=6101 This paper takes a careful look at China's perceptions of the role of nuclear weapons in its national security policy and defense posture. This is important because China is perceived to be the onl... Wed, 16 Jun 2010 00:00:00 +0200 North Korea's Nuclear Weapons Development: Implications for Future Policy http://www.ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&id=6004 Despite the resumption of high-level diplomatic contact between Washington and Pyongyang in late 2009, realization of a non-nuclear Korean Peninsula remains a very remote prospect, with the DPRK ... Fri, 23 Apr 2010 00:00:00 +0200 La Russie, la Chine et les Etats-Unis : quel avenir pour ce triangle stratégique ? http://www.ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&id=5860 Au cours des dix dernières années, les débats étaient centrés sur l'émergence d'un nouvel ordre mondial dans lequel l'« unipolarité » américaine serait remplacée par des rapports plus équilibrés en... Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:00:00 +0100 In Search of the Nuclear Taboo: Past, Present, and Future http://www.ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&id=5798 One of the most puzzling - if positive - phenomena of the past half century is the non-use of nuclear weapons. This essay seeks to probe the underpinnings of nuclear weapons restraint, the strength... Tue, 12 Jan 2010 00:00:00 +0100 Numerology in the Second Nuclear Age http://www.ifri.org/?page=detail-contribution&id=5673 The nuclear numbers game has changed. During the Cold War, deterrence strategists claimed that the nuclear balance mattered, even at extraordinarily high numbers. By this musty logic, the United St... Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:00:00 +0100