Deterrence and the New Global Security Environment

<p>This collection of papers rigorously examines the current place of deterrence in international security relations delivering the best of contemporary thinking. This is a special issue of the leading journal <em>Contemporary Security Policy</em>.</p><p>It shows how and why nuclear deterrence was the central organizing mechanism for international security relations in the second half of the twentieth century. It has been replaced by a new global security environment in which the central role of deterrence both nuclear and otherwise appears to have diminished. The Cold War has been succeeded by a new state of play. </p><p>This book will be of interest to students of military and naval history and security studies.</p>