’...provides a valuable, authoritative and detailed assessment of the US-Russian strategic nuclear relationship...the author has published a study that provides a useful survey and summary, together with analytical insights, into the complex and important issues of strategic-nuclear weapons.’ Slavic Review ’...a useful study which provides concise summaries of Russian and American nuclear weapons policies...’ The Journal of Slavic Military Studies

• The strategic paradox; The United States: a strategic power in the 21st century?; Russian strategic arms policy after the Cold War; Strategic nuclear weapons of the former Soviet Union outside Russia; Strategic arms control after the Cold War; Co-operative threat reduction: safe and secure dismantlement of nuclear weapons; Co-operative threat reduction: dealing with nuclear proliferation; The nuclear challenge; Bibliography; Index.