Global Issues

Britain, Trident and the Challenges Ahead

By: Nick Ritchie

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Hardcover | 24 December 2012 | Edition Number 1

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President Obama and the UK Labour and Coalition governments have all backed the renewed momentum for serious progress towards a world free of nuclear weapons. At the same time, the UK finds itself embarked on a controversial and expensive programme to renew its Trident nuclear weapons system. Why is the UK still committed to nuclear weapons, what are the prospects for a change in UK policy, and what does the UK process tell about the prospects for nuclear disarmament? Nick Ritchie answers these questions and more by exploring the 'enablers' of the Trident replacement process, in particular a commitment to nuclear deterrence, the role of national identity, the 'special relationship' with the US, and the submarine-building industry. He also analyses the key 'resistances', including the logic of nuclear disarmament, cost, public opinion, and alternative nuclear weapons policies.

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Acknowledgements	p. viii
List of Abbreviations	p. ix
Introduction	p. 1
Context
British Nuclear Weapons after the Cold War	p. 9
Reykjavik Revisited	p. 22
Trident Renewal	p. 33
Enablers
Deterrence	p. 51
Identity	p. 74
A Very Special Nuclear Relationship	p. 92
The Submarine-Building Industry	p. 107
Resistances
Nuclear Disarmament	p. 121
Cost	p. 144
Options	p. 164
Towards a Nuclear Weapons-Free World	p. 189
Notes	p. 200
Index	p. 233
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