Individual Democratic Institutions Research Fellowships 1994-1996

The research reports reproduced here are the responsibility of the individual authors. Their reproduction does not imply any form of official or unofficial endorsement by NATO. The reports are offered in unedited form, as presented by their authors, with a view to make their findings available to a wide audience. The Role Of Nuclear Weapons And Its Possible Future Missions Igor SUTYAGIN [Back to Index] Chapter I. Origins Of Nuclear Strategies Of The "Nuclear Club" Members - Brief Overview It would be very fruitful for discussion of the possible functions and roles of the nuclear weapons in the current rapidly changing international environment and in the future to study the reasonings the country which at last have obtained their own nuclear weapons had at the very beginning or early stages of their national military nuclear programs. The following is the case study (inevitably very brief and, due to that reason, fragmental) or, taking into consideration its size, the overview of such the reasonings and nuclear strategies of the five "Nuclear Club" official members. The cases of some other countries will be discussed in brief as well.