Nuclear Weapons and the Future of American Grand Strategy

For over eight decades, nuclear weapons have cast a shadow over world politics, transforming US grand strategy in the process. New technological innovations, especially in the digital world, threaten to further upend the international system and America’s place in it once again. How should we unders...

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Published in:SAIS review (Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies) 2019-07, Vol.39 (2), p.5-16
Main Author: Gavin, Francis J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Arms control & disarmament
Balance of power
Bombings
Innovations
International relations
Military technology
Missiles
Nuclear tests
Nuclear weapons
Politics
Technological change
Treaties
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Summary:For over eight decades, nuclear weapons have cast a shadow over world politics, transforming US grand strategy in the process. New technological innovations, especially in the digital world, threaten to further upend the international system and America’s place in it once again. How should we understand the role technological change has and will continue to play in strategy and statecraft? This essay explores lessons from when the United States and the world first came to terms with the bomb, in order to better understand the choices that will face us in the years and decades ahead.
ISSN:1945-4716
1945-4724
1945-4724
DOI:10.1353/sais.2019.0012