Special Issue on Extended Deterrence, Security Guarantees, and Nuclear Proliferation: Strategic Stability in the Gulf Region

Abstract

This special issue of Strategic Insights will continue our exploration of extended deterrence that began in our Fall 2009 issue. Its articles reflect the latest research as presented at the workshop on Extended Deterrence, Security Guarantees, and Nuclear Proliferation: Strategic Stability in the Gulf Region held at the Gulf Research Center, held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on October 4-5, 2009. The feature articles presented in this issue consider the role of nuclear weapons in sustaining or undermining the security of the Gulf region. Their focus is on three linked concepts: extended deterrence, security guarantees, and nuclear proliferation, and their aim is to consider what kinds of conditions will be required to insure that extended deterrence and security guarantees continue to promote regional stability in and around the Gulf, as they have (for the most part) in the past; and conversely, what can be done to avert nuclear proliferation among the Gulf states and their immediate neighbors, as well as among extremist groups that seek to operate there.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 01, 2009
Accession Number
ADA534512

Entities

People

  • Daniel J. Moran
  • James A. Russel

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Counter WMD

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Cold War
  • Conventional Warfare
  • Deterrence
  • Guarantees
  • Gulfs
  • International Organizations
  • Military Strategy
  • Nuclear Energy
  • Nuclear Proliferation
  • Nuclear Weapons
  • Persian Gulf
  • Saudi Arabia
  • Security
  • United Arab Emirates
  • United States
  • Ussr
  • Weapons

Readers

  • Academic Conference Management
  • Nuclear Non-Proliferation and International Security
  • Strategic Security Studies