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Informationen zum Autor Editor: Andrew Futter is a senior lecturer at the University of Leicester, UK Contributors: Peter Burt, director of the UK Nuclear Information Service Catherine Eschle, senior lecturer, University of Strathclyde Toby Fenwick, research associate at the Centre Forum and former RAF officer Jonathan Hogg, senior lecturer, University of Liverpool David Jarvis, associate fellow at the Royal United Services Institute, founder of the UK Project on Nuclear Issues, and former UK Liaison Officer at US STRATCOM Lukasz Kulesa, research director of the European Leadership Network and former head of the Non-proliferation and Arms Control Project at the Polish Institute of International Affairs Nick Ritchie, senior lecturer, University of York Daniel Salisbury, research associate at the Centre for Science and Security Studies, King's College London Shatabhisha Shetty, deputy director of the and co-founder of the European Leadership Network Kristan Stoddart, senior lecturer at Aberystwyth University William Walker, emeritus professor at the University of St Andrews Heather Williams, MacArthur Postdoctoral Fellow at King's College London and former Nuclear Policy analyst at Chatham House Henrietta Wilson, independent analyst and associate at the UK Nuclear Information Service Klappentext This volume provides a study of the current UK nuclear program and related issues that reflect the complexity of the Trident weapons system and the changing nature of deterrence. Presenting the political, cultural, technical, and strategic aspects of Trident it provides a thoughtful overview of the UK's complex relationship with nuclear weapons. Zusammenfassung This volume provides a study of the current UK nuclear program and related issues that reflect the complexity of the Trident weapons system and the changing nature of deterrence. Presenting the political, cultural, technical, and strategic aspects of Trident it provides a thoughtful overview of the UK’s complex relationship with nuclear weapons. Inhaltsverzeichnis Foreword by Sir Lawrence Freedman Introduction: the Trident debate renewed - Andrew Futter Part I - British nuclear strategy: history and culture 1. 70 years of British nuclear debates: a brief history - Daniel Salisbury 2. The UK nuclear deterrent: a system of systems - David Jarvis 3. UK Trident renewal: antecedents and decision-making - Kristan Stoddart 4. The silence of British nuclear culture - Jon Hogg Part II - Trident renewal: the wider context 5. The heterogeneity of UK military views on nuclear weapons - Henrietta Wilson 6. The Trident renewal decision, the UK and the NPT - Shatabhisha Shetty & Lukasz Kulesa 7. The legality and legitimacy of Trident renewal - William Walker 8. Trident and the special relationship - Heather Williams 9. Dangerous and inhumane: the implications for UK nuclear policy of international strategies to apply humanitarian law and prohibit nuclear weapons - Rebecca Johnson 10. Bairns not bombs: the Scottish anti-nuclear movement and the British nuclear st ...
