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The Trump Administration’s Nuclear Posture Review: Back to Great Power Competition
The Nuclear Posture Review (NPR) covers all aspects of nuclear weapons policy – the role of nuclear weapons, the conditions under which the United States would consider the use of these weapons, the operational aspects of nuclear planning, force ...
Anna Péczeli
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Shared Responsibilities for Nuclear Disarmament: A Global Debate [PDF]
Presents Sagan's 2009 paper calling for rethinking the balance of responsibilities and the relationship between articles in the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty with seven response papers by international scholars about how to pursue nuclear ...
Achilles Zaluar +7 more
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Adhesions’ high occurrence rates and high morbidity render them a critical challenge to be addressed. Current prevention methods, such as physical barriers, have many limitations, resulting in inconsistent safety and efficacy. This study demonstrates the potential for sprayable polymeric materials as an adhesion barrier.
Robert J. Morris III +7 more
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Hope Becomes Law: The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons in the Asia-Pacific Region
The Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) entered into force on January 2021, but has a long way to go towards institutionalisation and its intended impact on the dominant presumption of the legitimacy of nuclear weapons.
Richard Tanter
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The US and Extended Deterrence [PDF]
AbstractThe U.S. provides extended nuclear deterrence to allies in Europe, Asia, and elsewhere. The 2018 NPR signals several potentially destabilizing policies, including lowering the threshold for use and adding low-yield capabilities, and it emphasizes the need for nuclear superiority. This chapter argues that the U.S. is changing its nuclear posture
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Japan’s Nuclear Hedge: Beyond "Allergy" and Breakout [PDF]
This chapter examines the future of Japan’s hedged dependence on U.S. extended deterrence and encourages more imaginative thinking about potential outcomes and strategic implications as the second nuclear age ...
Samuels, Richard J., Schoff, James L.
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Optical Diversity and Nanostructural Organization in the Colored Scales of Sternotomis
Vivid colors in Sternotomis beetles originate from nanoscale photonic architectures embedded within individual scales. Here, we provide a comparative optical and structural analysis of 57 scale types that reveal how ordered, quasi‐ordered, and disordered 3D networks tune color, saturation, and angular response.
Viola Bauernfeind +5 more
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France’s Nuclear Defence Strategy towards the Prospects for European Nuclear Deterrence
The crisis of multilateralism and the growing strategic and military rivalry between superpowers is changing the stability and balance of forces in the world.
Tomasz Młynarski
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The Nuclear Straightjacket: American Extended Deterrence and Nonproliferation [PDF]
In this chapter, I discuss the future of US extended nuclear deterrence and the possibility of change in nuclear weapons and alliance policies. While several chapters in this book document and analyze the limits of extended deterrence arrangements, the ...
Pelopidas, Benoît
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Dry soft Ti3C2Tx MXene electroencephalography (EEG) electrodes provide low impedance (2.1 ± 1.8 kΩ at 10 Hz), long‐term stability, and enable safe simultaneous EEG and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). Across scalp sites, hair types, and recording paradigms, including steady state visual evoked potentials (SSVEP), clinical EEG, and mobile EEG ...
Sneha Shankar +17 more
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