In this work, he discusses how nuclear weapons change the landscape of international relations amongst great powers and lesser powers. Every saturday hear about special editorial projects, new product information, and upcoming events. Kissinger examines the relation between technology and strategy and the issues of allout and limited warfare. Published by the council on foreign nuclear weapons and foreign policy, by henry a. Pdf nuclear weapons and foreign policy download full. The paradoxes of nuclear politics with political scientist. Nuclear weapons and us foreign policy the aspen institute. Henry kissingers tacticalnuclear shadow the new yorker. Nuclear weapons and foreign policy work by kissinger. Nuclear weapons and foreign policy henry kissinger. Top 10 books on nuclear weapons and arms control foreign policy. It carried the imprimatur of the council on foreign relations, which.
This is a major contribution to a subject of high, indeed the highest, importance. It is in this context that shivshankar menons latest book, choices. Foreign policy news is a selffinanced initiative providing a venue and forum for political analysts and experts to disseminate analysis of major political and businessrelated events in the world, shed light on particulars of u. Stewart brand at a 2010 debate, does the world need nuclear energy. A nuclear weapon also called an atom bomb, nuke, atomic bomb, nuclear warhead, abomb, or nuclear bomb is an explosive device that derives its destructive force from nuclear reactions, either fission fission bomb or from a combination of fission and fusion reactions thermonuclear bomb. His book, regimes of ethnicity and nationhood in germany, russia, and turkey was published by cambridge. Nuclear weapons and foreign policy by henry kissinger. The iran reader research articles on nuclear policy. Weve compiled a diverse list of some of the best books about nuclear weapons. From wellloved classics to warnings from the past few years, we hope that this selection sheds some light on the need to prevent the spread and further use of nuclear weapons.
Kissingers nuclear weapons and foreign policy 1957 established him as an authority on u. Kori schake is a research fellow at the hoover institution. Nuclear weapons news, research and analysis the conversation. Nuclear weapons and foreign policy by henry kissinger goodreads. Ever since the united states dropped atomic bombs on hiroshima and nagasaki, no nuclear weapons have been used in combat. Nuclear weapons and foreign policy oxford academic journals. Foreign policy news is a selffinanced initiative providing a venue and forum for political analysts and experts to disseminate. In a workshop in islamabad today, one of the pakistani presenters quoted from henry kissingers big splash on nuclear issues, nuclear weapons and foreign policy. The recently released politics of nuclear weapons by andrew futter is an admirable attempt to fill the need for such an educational resource. Nuclear weapons policy, focuses on nearterm policies to reduce nuclear weapons to the lowest possible level consistent with maintaining a credible deterrent. Nuclear weapons and foreign policy, international affairs, volume 34, issue 2, 1 april 1958, pages 216217, 2606728. Kissingers own book, grew out of his work over a period of eighteen months with a group of experts organized by the council on foreign relations and led by mr. After defining the problems involved in our survival in the nuclear age dr. His argument for limited nuclear war being not only possible, but under certain circumstances effective, is compelling.
Henry kissinger, nuclear weapons and foreign policy 1957. The nuclear taboo by nina tannenwald cambridge core. The pentagon believes using nuclear weapons could create conditions for decisive results and the restoration of strategic stability, according to a new nuclear doctrine adopted by the us. Menon has been involved in the highest levels of indias foreign policy decisionmaking for close to a decade, first as foreign secretary 200609 and then as national security advisor 201014. Prior to her appearance at the aspen security forum dr. Policy allows nuclear responses to nonnuclear attacks. While growing out of the discussions of a study group at the council on foreign relations it is clearly the product of extended analysis and reflection on the part of the author. Unlike nuclear weapons and foreign policy, arms and influence is a book that should be required reading for anyone studying international relations. His recent views on nuclear proliferation can be found in a 2005 newspaper article. It is both a necessary and dangerous book, but one which everyone opposed to war and to understand the threat facing the world today, should.
Since the creation of the nuclear bomb, many have feared that a nuclear war could lead to the end of life on earth as we currently know it. Nuclear weapons and foreign policy book by henry kissinger. This book, then, is about geopolitics and the future of international relations and us foreign policy toward both the middle east and other major powers. News about nuclear weapons, including commentary and archival articles published in the new york times. She has served in various policy roles on the national security council, the department of defense, and the state department. Schake has agreed to answer our questions about the role of nuclear weapons in american foreign policy. It begins by discussing the theory of the nuclear revolution, which holds that nuclear weapons revolutionized world politics due to their overwhelming destructive capacity. Extraparliamentary dissent in france and germany 1981 atomic obsession. Other existential risks include the decline of natural resources particularly water, human population growth beyond the earths carrying capacity, and nuclear weapons. They are nonfiction books which relate to uranium mining, nuclear weapons andor nuclear power. His analysis is partly to thank for the nonuse of nuclear weapons throughout the cold war and for the continuation of the taboo that surrounds nuclear weapons. A good textbook on nuclear weapons, one that synthesizes the vast research literature and complex policy debates, is not easy to find. The first section of this book features nuclear proliferation matters, which covers the argument that nuclear weapons proliferation is more likely to occur with the spread of civilian nuclear technology and that such nuclear proliferation constitutes a threat to international securitycertainly if there is nuclear weapons use, but even.
The article then identifies several ways in which this theory has been challenged in scholarship. Iran and the us holy code book of double standard morality. Nuclear weapons and foreign policy arms control wonk. The latest reporting suggests the united states and iran are inching closer to a deal on their nuclear program, but will they succeed and will it stick. Published by the council on foreign relations as the report of a high level working group, it was the democratic partys intellectual attack on the eisenhower administrations policy of responding to soviet aggression by means. Doyle, ii, a professor at texas state university, draws on his new book to argue that moral valuesa quest for prestige. Love him or hate him, kissinger is a monumental academic in foreign policy. The nuclear nonproliferation treaty has mostly succeeded in keeping more countries out. According to stockholm international peace research institute sipri, the worldwide total inventory of nuclear weapons as of 2019 stood at,865, of which 3,750 were deployed with operational forces. This ground breaking text provides the ideal introduction to the everchanging field of foreign policy.
It carried the imprimatur of the council on foreign relations, which convened a study group on these matters. Nuclear weapons policy council on foreign relations. Kissingers launching platform was the outgrowth of a council on foreign relations study group. She analyzes four critical instances where us leaders considered using nuclear weapons japan 1945, the korean war, the vietnam war, and the gulf war 1991 and examines how the nuclear taboo has repeatedly dissuaded us and other world leaders from resorting to these ultimate weapons. Other articles where nuclear weapons and foreign policy is discussed. Nuclear weapons and foreign policy foreign affairs. This limits all efforts to develop theories about nuclear strategy, as does the fact that serious nuclear crises have been few and far between. Nuclear war is a nowin situation, the bomb reminds us. Also offers perennially valid observations about the nature of relationships between revolutionary and status quo powers.
One mans walk through the nuclear age 1999 the atom besieged. He opposed secretary of state john foster dulless policy of planning nuclear massive retaliation to soviet attack, advocating instead a flexible response combining the use of. Inside the making of indias foreign policy, is a valuable addition. While it could be improved, the book has many praiseworthy qualities. Nowhere does he take stock of domestic and foreign attitudes toward these nuclear weapons in order to. In early 2019, more than 90% of the worlds,865 nuclear. He argues persuasively that the limited use of nuclear weapons need not escalate into cataclysmic nuclear exchange. This book was written by a then obscure at least to europeans harvard professor in 1957. Gordon dean, former chairman of the atomic energy commission. Kissinger had just published a book called nuclear weapons and foreign policy, which he then adapted, in the form of an article, for the quarterly foreign affairs. Nuclear weapons and foreign policy, though entirely dr. With an emphasis throughout on grounding theory in empirical examples, the. The basic premise of the book is that the united states should not rule out the use of nuclear weapons in foreign policy.
A fascinating exploration of the changes necessitated in foreign policy by the introduction of nuclear weapons. Both bomb types release large quantities of energy from relatively small amounts of matter. The central debate is one of structure versus agency. It is both a necessary and dangerous book, but one which everyone opposed to war and to understand the threat facing the world today, should read. Written in a clear, accessible, and jargonfree manner, the book also offers insights for. By the late 1960s, nuclear weapon strategists and arms controllers began to lob most of their heavy artillery via journal articles. Kissinger has a way writing that is succinct and to the point, he has the genius of explaining complicated subjects in simple terms. A selection of the most viewed stories this week on the monitors website.
Democracies are far more effective at combating national crises, but that hasnt stopped. Nuclear war became more likely this week robert andersen. Administrations have varied on their willingness to press that goal given that the united states has many foreign policy goals that sometimes conflict. This article is part of a series of short articles by analysts involved in the cyberspace solarium commission, among others, highlighting and commenting upon aspects of the commissions findings and conclusion cyberspace is the most complex sociotechnical system ever created, while nuclear weapons are the most destructive military tools in history. Smith nuclear weapons are the most powerful and destructive weapons held in the aresenals of any modern states. Nuclear weapons and american grand strategy helps policymakers wrestle with the latest challenges. Joseph cirincione, what should the world do with its nuclear weapons. South korea is adamant that kim is alive, and trump hints that he knows more than hes allowed say. The answer to this question depends in part on why iran and other states seek nuclear weapons. He called for embroidering nuclear deterrence with limited war fighting options. Kissinger examines the relation between technology and.