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"This book is the first scholarly book to take a comprehensive look at Germany's nuclear weapons policies in the 21st century. German foreign and security policy is facing a profound reorientation. Great power competition between the United States and both a revanchist Russia and a rising China, the return of war and nuclear threats to Europe, and the emergence of new technologies all force Germany to adapt. German policymakers and scholars increasingly speak of a pivotal Zeitenwende, an epochal turning point in history. How does Germany adapt its nuclear policies to these changing conditions? The volume brings together internationally renowned nuclear scholars and policy analysts from Germany and abroad. Focussing on German nuclear deterrence, arms control and disarmament as well as nonproliferation policies, the contributors assess how German leaders have navigated continuity and change, domestically and abroad. The volume concludes that Germany remains bound by dependence on the United States and its own conservatism. Within these parameters, German leaders have adapted slowly to change and continue to balance seemingly contradictory deterrence and disarmament goals. This book will be of much interest to students of nuclear proliferation, security studies, German politics and International Relations, as well as policymakers"--

Strategische Stabilität im 21. Jahrhundert muss neu gedacht werden, um alle relevanten Akteure einzubeziehen und neuen technologischen Herausforderungen zu begegnen. Die USA, Russland, China und Europa pflegen jeweils unterschiedliche nationale bzw. regionale Definitionen und Perspektiven auf strategische Stabilität sowie Bedrohungswahrnehmungen. Insbesondere die Asymmetrie in Fähigkeiten zwischen den USA und Russland auf der einen Seite und China auf der anderen Seite erfordert innovative Konzepte in der Rüstungskontrolle. Deutschland kann als Vermittler zwischen den Großmächten eine wichtige Rolle spielen.

Strategic Stability in the 21st Century needs to be rethought in order to involve all relevant actors and to meet new technological challenges. The USA, Russia, China, and Europe each have different definitions of and perspectives on Strategic Stability and related threat perceptions. In particular, the asymmetry between US and Russian capabilities, on the one hand, and Chinese capabilities, on the other, requires innovative arms control concepts. Germany could play an important role as a mediator between the major powers.