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 (Moscow, Russia - 1996) Contents Chapter I. Origins Of Nuclear Strategies Of The "Nuclear Club" Members - Brief Overview

I.1. The United States I.2. The Soviet Union I.3. The Great Britain I.4. France I.5. The People's Republic of China I.6. Other countries Chapter II. Nuclear Deterrence - The Clear Matter? II.1. Nuclear deterrence as an universal instrument II.2. How the West used nuclear weapons against itself II.3. The Soviet-Chinese conflict of 1969 Chapter III. Can The Nuclear Deterrence Be Improved? Notes Bibliography