Nuclear weapons

This Adelphi Paper examines the motives behind Libya's pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability, from Gadhafi's rise to power in 1969 through to the end of 2003.

This Adelphi Paper examines the motives behind Libya's pursuit of a nuclear weapons capability, from Gadhafi's rise to power in 1969 through to the end of 2003.

If the nuclear weapons club were to further expand, would America,s democratic allies in Northeast Asia be among the next entrants?

If the nuclear weapons club were to further expand, would America,s democratic allies in Northeast Asia be among the next entrants?

Some of Bill Clinton's most basic foreign policy elements - democratic peace, the post-Cold War peace dividend, geopolitics and state-society relations - are epitomized in the US-Russian Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Purchase Agreement.

Some of Bill Clinton's most basic foreign policy elements - democratic peace, the post-Cold War peace dividend, geopolitics and state-society relations - are epitomized in the US-Russian Highly Enriched Uranium (HEU) Purchase Agreement.

'Terrifying and timely, this is a book everyone should read and heed' - George Monbiot'Urgent, gripping and sobering, Six Minutes to Winter is a hair-raising wake-up call' - David Wallace-Wells'Powerful and insightful.

This book explores China's approach to the nuclear programs in Pakistan, Iran, and North Korea.

This book explores China's approach to the nuclear programs in Pakistan, Iran, and North Korea.

The most difficult challenge for a terrorist organization seeking to build a nuclear weapon or improvised nuclear device is obtaining fissile material, either plutonium or highly enriched uranium (HEU).

The most difficult challenge for a terrorist organization seeking to build a nuclear weapon or improvised nuclear device is obtaining fissile material, either plutonium or highly enriched uranium (HEU).

First published in 1986, the purpose of this dictionary is to clarify the technology behind nuclear jargon.

First published in 1986, the purpose of this dictionary is to clarify the technology behind nuclear jargon.

This tightly argued and profoundly thought provoking book tackles a huge subject: the coming of the nuclear age with bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, and the ways in which it has changed our lives since.

This tightly argued and profoundly thought provoking book tackles a huge subject: the coming of the nuclear age with bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, and the ways in which it has changed our lives since.

This text provides a concise thematic introduction to the evolution of British defence policy since the end of the second world war

This text provides a concise thematic introduction to the evolution of British defence policy since the end of the second world war

Originally published in 1994, Yair Evron opens the book with an account of the development of Israel's nuclear doctrine and the internal disagreements within the Israeli political and strategic elite over how nuclear policy should be conducted.

Originally published in 1994, Yair Evron opens the book with an account of the development of Israel's nuclear doctrine and the internal disagreements within the Israeli political and strategic elite over how nuclear policy should be conducted.

This edited volume addresses the main lessons and legacies of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis from a global perspective.

This edited volume addresses the main lessons and legacies of the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis from a global perspective.

The second edition of Strategic Studies: A Reader brings together key essays on strategic theory by some of the leading contributors to the field.

The second edition of Strategic Studies: A Reader brings together key essays on strategic theory by some of the leading contributors to the field.

The National Institute for Public Policy's new book, Minimum Deterrence: Examining the Evidence, is the first of its kind.

The National Institute for Public Policy's new book, Minimum Deterrence: Examining the Evidence, is the first of its kind.

China's nuclear capability is crucial for the balance of power in East Asia and the world.

China's nuclear capability is crucial for the balance of power in East Asia and the world.

South Asia is often viewed as a potential nuclear flashpoint and a probable source of nuclear terrorism.

South Asia is often viewed as a potential nuclear flashpoint and a probable source of nuclear terrorism.

This book examines the issue of nuclear disarmament in different strategic, political, and regional contexts.

This book examines the issue of nuclear disarmament in different strategic, political, and regional contexts.

This volume brings together a collection of leading international experts to revisit and review our understanding of the Cuban Missile Crisis, via a critical reappraisal of some of the key texts.

This volume brings together a collection of leading international experts to revisit and review our understanding of the Cuban Missile Crisis, via a critical reappraisal of some of the key texts.

This volume examines the trajectory of Pakistan's democratic transition and the implications of this change for its security.

This volume examines the trajectory of Pakistan's democratic transition and the implications of this change for its security.

President Obama has declared that the greatest terrorist threat which America faces is attacks by lone wolf terrorists.

President Obama has declared that the greatest terrorist threat which America faces is attacks by lone wolf terrorists.

Life and Times of the Atomic Bomb takes up the question of how the world found itself in the age of nuclear weapons - and how it has since tried to find a way out of it.

Life and Times of the Atomic Bomb takes up the question of how the world found itself in the age of nuclear weapons - and how it has since tried to find a way out of it.

The massive movement against nuclear weapons began with the invention of the atomic bomb in 1945 and lasted throughout the Cold War.

The massive movement against nuclear weapons began with the invention of the atomic bomb in 1945 and lasted throughout the Cold War.

Many countries have the capacity to construct nuclear weapons - even relatively poor and small ones, as the North Korean example shows us.

Many countries have the capacity to construct nuclear weapons - even relatively poor and small ones, as the North Korean example shows us.

This book examines violence in international affairs.

This book examines violence in international affairs.

The nuclear test explosions in India and Pakistan in 1998, followed by the outbreak of hostilities over Kashmir in 1999, marked a frightening new turn in the ancient, bitter enmity between the two nations.

The nuclear test explosions in India and Pakistan in 1998, followed by the outbreak of hostilities over Kashmir in 1999, marked a frightening new turn in the ancient, bitter enmity between the two nations.

This book examines the evolving threat of terrorism and draws on the latest research to assess future trends.

This book examines the evolving threat of terrorism and draws on the latest research to assess future trends.

This volume aims to improve understanding of nuclear security and the prevention of nuclear terrorism.