ABSTRACT
As a preface, it is necessary to offer a confession about the assignment that confronted the contributors—or rather, the obstacles they faced in evaluating the morality of nuclear deterrence at a time of extraordinary change. The chapters in After the Cold War capture the contributors' latest thinking about the moral status of nuclear deterrence in the newly evolving international system of the 1990s. As a preface, it is necessary to offer a confession about the assignment that confronted the contributors-or rather, the obstacles they faced in evaluating the morality of nuclear deterrence at a time of extraordinary change. Much of the discussion at the conference focused on whether the new political climate and the new world order that was evolving would fundamentally change the character of nuclear deterrence policy and the moral debates surrounding it. There was little or no dissent concerning the proposition that the time has come to drastically reduce the nuclear arsenals of both superpowers. .
