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Nuclear Deterrence

Abstract This chapter considers the history of NATO nuclear deterrence and related issues of decision-making, arms control, and risk- and responsibility-sharing. The chapter takes note of the origins of US nuclear commitments to NATO Europe, nuclear-sharing arrangements, the development of British and French nuclear forces, and the role ...
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Minimal Nuclear Deterrence

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 1988
This article develops a rational theory of minimal nuclear deterrence: What is the minimal amount of weapons needed to maintain a stable balance of power? By searching for the requirements of minimal nuclear deterrence, we hope to gain a better understanding of how to proceed with arms reduction without compromising the value of deterrence.
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Nuclear Deterrence Theory

1990
Applying advances in game theory to the study of nuclear deterrence, Robert Powell examines the foundations of deterrence theory. Game-theoretic analysis allows the author to explore some of the most complex and problematic issues in deterrence theory, including the effects of first-strike advantages, limited retaliation, and the number of nuclear ...
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Domestic Consensus and Nuclear Deterrence

The Adelphi Papers, 1983
Over the past eighteen months, a substantial breakdown has taken place in the domestic consensus on nuclear policies in Europe and the United States. In Europe, mass demonstrations have occurred against the deployment of new US cruise and Pershing II ballistic missiles. These include not only young protesters, ecologists, and other cause-adopters. Many
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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 Superiority or Mutually Assured Deterrence: The Development of the US Nuclear Deterrent

International Journal, 2005
The nuclear strategy of the United States originated in the uncertain and dangerous twilight period between the end of World War II and the start of what was later coined the Cold War. It was at this point that Washington began to formulate a coherent strategy, a lengthy and controversial endeavour due to the particular-some would say revolutionary ...
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Demystifying Nuclear Deterrence

2016
By the late 1940s, nuclear arms molded the relationships between the Soviet Union and the USA. While the former was testing its first fission bomb late in August 1949, the latter had already stockpiled in its arsenals more than 200 atomic warheads. But for many Americans this was not enough.
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Nuclear Deterrence Revisited

1998
Deterrence is defined as the ‘act or process of deterring; especially the restraint and discouragement of crime by fear (as by the exemplary punishment of convicted offenders)’.1 In international politics deterrence is used as an instrument to convince other states that the use of violence is not appropriate or worthwhile.2 Nuclear deterrence is the ...
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Nuclear deterrence: Bankrupt ideology

Policy Sciences, 1983
This article argues that nuclear deterrence is a contemporary ideology (an elaborately-developed set of convictions, socio-politically central, stable over time, idealistic in intent, widely and emotionally embraced). And vulnerable. Vulnerable to the critique of the social scientist who can raise questions about the reliability of nuclear deterrence ...
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Confidence in Nuclear Deterrence

Science, 1999
One must admire the determination and idealism expressed by Sidney Drell et al. (Policy Forum, Science 's Compass, 19 Feb. p. [1119][1]) for trying to achieve the controversial political goal of a Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT). However, the U.S.
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