Counterproliferation, conventional counterforce and nuclear war / James J. Wirtz -- NATO's non-proliferation and deterrence policies: mixed signals and the norm of WMD non-use / Henning Riecke -- Iran and Iraq as rational crisis actors: dangers and dynamics of survivable nuclear war / Carolyn C. James -- Beliefs, culture, proliferation and use of nuclear weapons / Beatrice Heuser -- The international system and the use of weapons of mass destruction / Yannis A. Stivachtis -- The impact of revolution in military affairs / Patrick Morgan -- The methodology of mass destruction: assessing threats in the new world order / John Mueller and Karl Mueller -- Rogue rage: can we prevent mass destruction? / Eric Herring.