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Beyond nuclear deterrence

Science, 2022
In October 1962, the United States and the Soviet Union squared off in what game theorist and Nobel laureate Thomas Schelling described as a nuclear game of “chicken” that threatened humanity’s survival. The Cuban Missile Crisis spurred six decades of efforts to limit the spread of nuclear weapons and inspired a generation of scientists to think ...
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Terrorism and Nuclear Deterrence

The Adelphi Papers, 2005
The very mention of nuclear terrorism is enough to rouse strong reactions, and understandably so, because it combines the most terrifying weapons and the most threatening of people in a single phrase. The possibility that terrorists could obtain and use nuclear weapons deserves careful analysis, but discussion has all too often been contaminated with ...
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The Critique of Nuclear Deterrence

The Adelphi Papers, 1983
The purpose of this Paper is to enumerate some of the main grounds for concern about nuclear deterrence and also to try to suggest where the critique of nuclear deterrence leads.
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Nuclear deterrence

2023
Abstract How might AI-enabled capabilities weaken or strengthen deterrence? The chapter considers the potential implications of AI and autonomy for nuclear deterrence theory and practice. It argues that AI and autonomy could decrease nuclear stability and increase the tendency for escalation to nuclear use, thereby undermining deterrence.
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The Quirks of Nuclear Deterrence

International Relations, 2010
From 1945 to 1949 the USA was the world’s only nuclear power. Although the nuclear arsenal was overestimated both in terms of size and readiness by the US military in its war plans, atom bombs came to be seen as the essential counter to conventional Soviet forces.
Andrew Brown, Lorna Arnold
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