Thinking about the unthinkable in a highly proliferated world / principal author, Clark Murdock, Thomas Karako ; contributing authors, Ian Williams, Michael Dyer.

Other author/creatorKarako, Thomas.
Other author/creatorWilliams, Ian.
Other author/creatorDyer, Michael.
Other author/creatorCenter for Strategic and International Studies (Washington, D.C.)
Other author/creatorRowman and Littlefield, Inc.
SeriesCSIS reports
CSIS report. ^A357868
Contents Thinking About The Unthinkable In A Highly Proliferated World ; Contents; List of Tables; Acknowledgments; Executive Summary; Introduction; Chapter 1: The Path to a Highly Proliferated World; Defining the Assumed Future of 2030+; Trends and Events Driving the Evolution of a Highly Proliferated World; Taxonomy of Actors; Paths to a Highly Proliferated World: Regional Dynamics; The Pace of Proliferation and Its Impact; Differentiation of Capabilities; Chapter 2: Analysis of Tabletop Exercises; Summary of Tabletop Exercise Game Play; East Asia Tabletop Exercise Game Play
Contents Middle East Tabletop Exercise Game PlayAnalysis of Tabletop Exercises; Chapter 3: Rules of the Game; How a Highly Proliferated World Might Function; Rules of the Game in a Highly Proliferated World; Chapter 4: Key Deterrence Concepts; Deterrence; Alliances and Extended Deterrence; Strategic Stability; Chapter 5: Implications for the United States; America's Role in a Highly Proliferated World; Policy Credibility and Clarity; Nonproliferation and Counterproliferation; Nuclear Force Strategy and Posture; Chapter 6: Areas for Further Research; Appendix 1: Comparison of Past Thought Experiments
Abstract This study explores how a world with numerous nuclear states might function and what it would mean for our present conceptions of deterrence, for the place of the United States in the international order, and for international order itself.
General note"July 2016."
General note"A report of the CSIS International Security program."
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
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Source of descriptionOnline resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 18, 2016).
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LCCN 2021763845
ISBN9781442259706 (electronic bk.)
ISBN1442259701 (electronic bk.)