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Arms Control and Disarmament 50 Years of Experience in Nuclear Education Edited by Paolo Foradori, Giampiero Giacomello and Alessandro Pascolini Arms Control and Disarmament Paolo Foradori • Giampiero Giacomello Alessandro Pascolini Editors Arms Control and Disarmament 50 Years of Experience in Nuclear Education Editors Paolo Foradori Giampiero Giacomello School of International Studies Department of Political and Social University of Trento Sciences Trento, Italy University of Bologna Bologna, Italy Alessandro Pascolini Department of Physics and Astronomy “Galileo Galilei” University of Padua Padua, Italy ISBN 978-3-319-62258-3 ISBN 978-3-319-62259-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-62259-0 Library of Congress Control Number: 2017955412 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the pub- lisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publisher remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institu- tional affiliations. Cover illustration: Enzo Brandi / EyeEm - Getty Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland To all the friends of ISODARCO C ontents Part I Early Attempts to Arms Control 1 1 Technological Aspects of World Security 5 Bernard T. Feld 2 Anti-ballistic Missiles 13 Francesco Calogero 3 International Relations and Game Theory 39 Anatol Rapoport 4 The Origins of MIRV 51 Herbert F. York 5 The Importance of Agreements 65 Thomas Schelling 6 The Fallacy of Thinking Conventionally about Nuclear Weapons 79 Hans J. Morgenthau vii viii CoNTENTS 7 Strategic Arms Limitation and Military-Strategic Concepts 91 Michail A. Milstein Part II The Hard Times, 1978–1989 105 8 Radiation Hazards in Fission Fuel Cycles 109 Joseph Rotblat 9 The Dilemma of European Theatre Nuclear Arms Control 125 Lawrence Freedman 10 Nuclear Arms Control: Obstacles to Agreement 143 George Bunn 11 International Systemic Features Inhibiting Disarmament and Arms Control 153 David Carlton 12 The Problem of the Nuclear First-Use Option 161 Cui Liru 13 The Problem of Extended Deterrence in NATO 169 Jane M.o. Sharp 14 Minimum Deterrence and International Security 183 Richard H. Ullman CoNTENT S ix Part III After the Cold War 211 15 Weapons on Earth and in Space: Global Security in the New International Situation 215 Richard L. Garwin 16 The Non-proliferation Treaty and the German Choice Not to Proliferate 239 Harald Müller 17 US-Russian Cooperation on Fissile Material Security and Disposition 255 Frank von Hippel and oleg Bukharin 18 The New Verification Game and Technologies at Our Disposal 273 Patricia Lewis 19 Nuclear Deterrence, Disarmament and  Non-proliferation 291 Alexei G. Arbatov 20 Nuclear Abolition or Nuclear Umbrella? Choices and Contradictions in US Proposals 305 Matthew Evangelista Conclusion: ISODARCO as an Epistemic Community 329 Afterword: Historical Notes on ISODARCO 341 Selected Bibliography 351 Index 363 L A ist of Cronyms ABM Anti-ballistic Missile ACDA Arms Control and Disarmament Agency AEC Atomic Energy Commission ARPA Advanced Research Project Agency ASAT Anti-Satellite Weapon ASW Anti-Submarine Warfare BAMBI Ballistic Anti-Missile Boost Interceptor BMD Ballistic Missile Defence BWC Biological Weapons Convention CD Conference on Disarmament CERN European organization for Nuclear Research CFE Conventional Forces in Europe CIA Central Intelligence Agency CIS Commonwealth of Independent States ComSat Communication Satellite CPSU Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union CSCE Conference on Security and Cooperation in Europe CTBT Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty CWC Chemical Weapons Convention DNPE Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Education DPRK Democratic People’s Republic of Korea DSAT Defence Against ASAT DSP Defense Support Program EC European Community xi xii LIST oF ACRoNYMS EFTA European Free Trade Area eif Entry Into Force EMP Electromagnetic Pulse ESA European Space Agency EURAToM European Atomic Energy Community FBS Forward-based System FMCT Fissile Material Cut-off Treaty FoBS Fractional orbital Ballistic System FRP Fire-resistant Pit FSU Former Soviet Union GCD General and Complete Disarmament GEo Geostationary orbit GLCM Ground-launched Cruise Missiles GPS Global Positioning System HEU Highly-enriched Uranium IAEA International Atomic Energy Agency ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missile IDCSP Initial Defense Communication Satellite Program IGo Inter-governmental organization IMS International Monitoring System IMU Inertial Measurement Unit INF Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces INS Inertial Navigation System Io International organization IPP Industrial Partnering Program IRBM Intermediate-Range Ballistic Missiles ISoDARCo International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts ISTC International Science and Technology Centre LEo Low Earth orbit LEU Low-Enrichment Uranium LoW Launch-on-Warning LRTNF Long-Range Theatre Nuclear Forces LUA Launch-under-Attack MAD Mutually Assured Destruction MAR Multi-Function Array Radar MBFR Mutual and Balanced Force Reductions MDA Missile Defense Act MinAtom Russia’s Ministry of Atomic Energy

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This volume is a collection of contributions by world-leading experts in the nuclear field who participated in the educational activities of the International School on Disarmament and Research on Conflicts (ISODARCO). It features some of most prominent scholars and practitioners who contributed in
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