Stephen J. Cimbala is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of numerous works in the fields of international security, defense studies, nuclear arms control and other topics. He has consulted for various US government agencies and defense contractors.

• Introduction 1. Alternative Nuclear Regimes 2. Technology Innovation and Deterrence in the Future 3. Nuclear Abolition or Limitation? Choices and Risks 4. Nuclear First Use: Facing the Inevitable, or Playing with Fire? 5. U.S.-Russian Nuclear Force Reductions after Bush: Prospects and Implications 6. The Far Side: Theoretical (and Practical) Nuclear Worlds Ahead 7. Nuclear Proliferation in Asia: Containment or Chaos? 8. Russia’s Undersea Nuclear Deterrent: Vanishing or Modernizing? Conclusion

'Nuclear Weapons and Cooperative Security in the 21st Century: The New Disorder is the work of an author who thinks very seriously about the connection between nuclear devices and strategic practice. This very thoughtful work should be of interest to all who are concerned about the future role of nuclear weapons in the international system.' - Comparative Strategy, Oct 2010, 29, p383"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections." - C. W. Sherrill, CHOICE (August 2010)

Stephen J. Cimbala is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of numerous works in the fields of international security, defense studies, nuclear arms control and other topics. He has consulted for various US government agencies and defense contractors.

• Introduction 1. Alternative Nuclear Regimes 2. Technology Innovation and Deterrence in the Future 3. Nuclear Abolition or Limitation? Choices and Risks 4. Nuclear First Use: Facing the Inevitable, or Playing with Fire? 5. U.S.-Russian Nuclear Force Reductions after Bush: Prospects and Implications 6. The Far Side: Theoretical (and Practical) Nuclear Worlds Ahead 7. Nuclear Proliferation in Asia: Containment or Chaos? 8. Russia’s Undersea Nuclear Deterrent: Vanishing or Modernizing? Conclusion

'Nuclear Weapons and Cooperative Security in the 21st Century: The New Disorder is the work of an author who thinks very seriously about the connection between nuclear devices and strategic practice. This very thoughtful work should be of interest to all who are concerned about the future role of nuclear weapons in the international system.' - Comparative Strategy, Oct 2010, 29, p383"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections." - C. W. Sherrill, CHOICE (August 2010)

Stephen J. Cimbala is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Pennsylvania State University. He is the author of numerous works in the fields of international security, defense studies, nuclear arms control and other topics. He has consulted for various US government agencies and defense contractors.

• Introduction 1. Alternative Nuclear Regimes 2. Technology Innovation and Deterrence in the Future 3. Nuclear Abolition or Limitation? Choices and Risks 4. Nuclear First Use: Facing the Inevitable, or Playing with Fire? 5. U.S.-Russian Nuclear Force Reductions after Bush: Prospects and Implications 6. The Far Side: Theoretical (and Practical) Nuclear Worlds Ahead 7. Nuclear Proliferation in Asia: Containment or Chaos? 8. Russia’s Undersea Nuclear Deterrent: Vanishing or Modernizing? Conclusion

'Nuclear Weapons and Cooperative Security in the 21st Century: The New Disorder is the work of an author who thinks very seriously about the connection between nuclear devices and strategic practice. This very thoughtful work should be of interest to all who are concerned about the future role of nuclear weapons in the international system.' - Comparative Strategy, Oct 2010, 29, p383"Summing Up: Recommended. Upper-division undergraduate, graduate, and research collections." - C. W. Sherrill, CHOICE (August 2010)