{"product_id":"the-arms-control-paradox-amy-j-ph-d-nelson-9781503647763","title":"The Arms Control Paradox: Managing Uncertainty in an Insecure World","description":"\u003cp\u003eArms control is eroding amid a rapidly changing and increasingly uncertain security environment. In addition to a spate of treaty withdrawals and demises that have occurred since 2002, major powers are militarizing space, and private actors are developing technologies at lightning speed. Thus, there is an urgent need for arms control agreements that incorporate multiple actors and weapons to mitigate uncertainty; yet, conditions of increasing uncertainty make reaching such agreements extremely challenging, if nearly impossible. This is what Amy J. Nelson calls the arms control paradox. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Drawing on years of research and policy experience, Nelson explores why traditional arms control strategies often fall short in today's security environment. Most past agreements were built on assumptions of transparency, reciprocity, and predictability that no longer hold in a multipolar world shaped by advanced technologies and strategic opacity. By focusing narrowly on eliminating known dangers through rigid verification and technical controls, arms control has inadvertently neglected uncertainty management--the ability to acclimate to the unknown. This book proposes an adaptive approach: one that focuses on managing ambiguity rather than eliminating it and reflects how real-world decisions unfold under pressure. \u003ci\u003eThe Arms Control Paradox\u003c\/i\u003e provides valuable insights and policy-relevant guidelines for twenty-first-century arms control. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Amy J. PH. D. Nelson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1503647765\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781503647763\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Stanford University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/15\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 240\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover","brand":"Amy J. PH. D. Nelson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48588438634751,"sku":"9781503647763","price":105.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-arms-control-paradox-amy-j-ph-d-nelson-9781503647763","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}