Readership: Scholars and students of international relations and strategic studies.
Edited by Hans Born, Senior Fellow, Research, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF), Bates Gill, Director, Stockholm International Peace Research Institute, and Heiner Hänggi, Assistant Director and Head of Research, Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF); Associate Professor of Political Science, University of St. Gallen, Switzerland
"This important book advances public knowledge of the domestic governance of nuclear weapons and weapon programmes. It tells us, to the extent possible given endemic secrecy, about the actors and processes involved in decisions pertaining to them ... The standard of analysis is high throughout." - William Walker, International Affairs
Preface Abbreviations 1: Hans Born, Heiner Hänggi and Bates Gill: Introduction 2: Peter D. Feaver and Kristin Thompson Sharp: The United States 3: Alexei Arbatov: Russia 4: John Simpson and Jenny Nielsen: United Kingdom 5: Bruno Tertrais: France 6: Bates Gill and Evan S. Medeiros: China 7: Avner Cohen: Israel 8: Waheguru Pal Singh Sidhu: India 9: Zafar Iqbal Cheema: Pakistan 10: Hans Born and Bates Gill: Conclusions About the Authors Index