TY - BOOK ED - NIDS International Symposium on Security Affairs ED - Boeicho Boei Kenkyujo (Japan) TI - Major powers' nuclear policies and international order in the 21st c entury: 2009 NIDS International Symposium on Security Affairs SN - 9784939034718 PY - 2010/// CY - [Tokyo] PB - National Institute for Defense Studies KW - Nuclear disarmament KW - Congresses KW - Nuclear weapons KW - Government policy KW - Japan KW - United States KW - Russia (Federation) KW - Congr esses KW - China KW - India KW - Great Britain KW - National security KW - East Asia KW - Security, International N1 - "Date of publication: July 2010"--T.p. verso; Includes bibliographical references; The role of nuclear weapons in the 21st century / Morton H. Halperin -- Agenda for Japan-US strategic consultations / Yukio Satoh -- The Ob ama administration's nuclear policy and implications for East Asian sec urity / M. Elaine Bunn -- Russia's nuclear policy / Yury E. Federov -- China's nuclear policy and international order in the 21st century / Li ping Xia -- India's nuclear policy / Rajesh Rajagopalan -- The "forward leaning" nuclear state : the UK and nuclear weapons in an era of strat egic uncertainties / John Simpson -- Nuclear deterrence and disarmament : the view from Paris / Bruno Tertrais; Also available online in PDF format from National Institute for Secu rity Studies (Japan) web site. Adobe Acrobat Reader required N2 - This is a report of the proceedings of the 12th International Sympos ium on Security Affairs hosted by the National Institute for Defense St udies (NIDS) on 18 November 2009. At the symposium, entitled "Major Pow ers' Nuclear Policies and International Order in the 21st Century," dis tinguished experts from China, France, India, Japan, Russia, the UK and the US explored the role of nuclear weapons and the future of internat ional order from various viewpoints. These issues represent some of the greatest challenges the international community faces in the 21st cent ury UR - http://www.nids.go.jp/english/event/symposium/e2009.html ER -