Disarmament Scenarios
- Introduction
- Case Against Nuclear Weapons
- Moral
- Practical
- Global Scenarios
- Steps to Abolition
- Ending Extended
Nuclear Deterrence - No First Use
- De-alerting
- Deep Cuts
- Dismantlement
- Banning Nukes
- Other
- Geographic
- United States/Russia
- United Kingdom/France
- China
- India/Pakistan
- Israel
Disarmament Scenarios
Steps toward Abolition:
Ending Extended Nuclear Deterrence
INDEX
“Time to Phase out Extended Nuclear Deterrence” by Howard W. Hallman
“Extended Deterrence on the Way to a Nuclear Free-World” by George Perkovich
Geographic Application
Europe
NATO
Individual nations
Northeast Asia
Japan
South Korea
Taiwan
Australia
To further discussion, we invite articles on these and other aspects of extended nuclear deterrence. You can submit your article to hwhallman [at] zero-nukes.org as a Word attachment.
You may also make short comments on the articles in this section on our Blog.
Introduction
Extended nuclear deterrence is an aspect of cold war doctrine that continues in the 21st century. This occurs when a nuclear weapons state expresses a willingness to use nuclear weapons to protect an ally from attack by another nation. This is sometimes referred to as providing a “nuclear umbrella”.
We consider this to be an obsolete doctrine that should be phased out. This is expressed in an article by Howard Hallman. This article also refers to two reports that favors continuation of extended nuclear deterrence and rebuts their argument.
A middle ground is taken in a research paper by George Perkovich, who believes that the nuclear component of extended deterrence will remain as long as the United States has nuclear weapons and alliance commitments. However, he sees this as reduced role on the way to a nuclear-free world.
We make reference to other reports and articles on extended nuclear deterrence and provide space for discussion of the U.S. “nuclear umbrella” in Europe, Northeast Asia, Australia, and the Middle East.
Other Resources
Recent years have seen a variety of writings on extended nuclear deterrence. We refer to some of them here.
“Contemporary extended nuclear deterrence – contemporary theory and practice.” An annotated bibliography from the Global Collaborative, a community of civil society organizations working together to solve global problems. It is an initiative of the Nautilus Institute in Australia.
“Are Requirements for Extended Deterrence Changing?” Panel discussion at a 2009 Carnegie International Nonproliferation Conference.
Others to be added.
