Nik Hynek is Associate Professor at the Metropolitan University and Charles University Prague, Czech Republic. He is the author or editor of several books, including Human Security as Statecraft (Routledge 2012) and Statebuilding in Afghanistan (co-editor, Routledge 2011). Michal Smetana is Lecturer and Research Associate at the Institute of Political Studies, Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic.

• Foreword, Robert Jervis 1. Introduction: Nuclear Disarmament: Prague Moments and Analytical Remarks, Nik Hynek and Michal Smetana Part I: Strategic Perspectives 2. Nuclear Abolition: Strategic Context and Constrains, T.V. Paul 3. Trust-Building in Nuclear Disarmamentm, Jan Ruzicka and Nicholas J. Wheeler 4. Nuclear Infrastructure, Strategic Hedging, and the Implications for Disarmament, Michal Smetana 5. Virtual Nuclear Deterrence and Strategic Stability, James M. Acton 6.Verification and Nuclear Disarmament, Andreas Persbo 7. Missile Defense and Deterrence in a Post-Nuclear World, Nik Hynek Part II: Political Perspectives 8. Normative Strategies for Disarmament, Nina Tannenwald 9. Advocacy Networks and Nuclear Weapon-Free World, Alyn Ware 10. NATO’s Zero: Cohesion, Security, and Globalization, Jan Ludvik 11. A World Order Critique of Nuclear Abolition, Elbridge Colby 12. Unintended Consequences of the Prague Speech, Linton Brooks Part III: Regional Perspectives 13. US Perspective on Nuclear Weapon-Free World, Hans M. Kristensen 14. Russian Perspective on Nuclear Disarmament and Post-Nuclear World, Nikolai Sokov 15. European Nuclear Nationalism: Disarmament Perspectives from the UK and France, Nick Ritchie and Benoit Pelopidas 16. Chinese Position on Disarmament and the Regional Security, Hui Zhang 17. India, Pakistan, and the Unlikely Dream of a Nuclear-Free South Asia, S. Paul Kapur and Sumit Ganguly 18. Israel, the Middle East, and the Ways of Overcoming the Security Dilemma, Dorte Hühnert, Bernd W. Kubbig, and Christian Weidlich

'How realistic is nuclear disarmament? Contributors to this volume offer a range of judgments backed by careful arguments and empirical evidence. They embrace different conceptual perspectives, but speak to one another across these divides. This is a must read for scholars and policymakers'. -- Richard Ned Lebow, King's College London, UK'A vigorous survey of current thinking on nuclear disarmament with a global range of views by distinguished and experienced analysts. From strategic, political, and regional perspectives they crisply assess this vital subject: pro and con, feasible or not, rewarding or not'. -- Patrick M. Morgan, University of California Irvine, USA