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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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Nuclear Deterrence

2010
The Hertog Global Strategy Initiative is a research program that employs historical analysis to confront present and future problems in world politics. Each summer, invited experts and select students gather at Columbia University for twelve weeks of intensive study, independent research, and collaborative writing on a critical issue in international ...
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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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Beyond nuclear deterrence

Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, 1975
Scientists ask for help in persuading all governments to renounce without conditions the use of nuclear ...
Sin-Itiro Tomonaga, Hideki Yukawa
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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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On Defense by Nuclear Deterrence

Canadian Journal of Philosophy Supplementary Volume, 1986
War winning, however, is impossible precisely because of the fact that there is no defense now against all-out nuclear use and probably not for the foreseeable future. A nuclear war could therefore be controlled and won only if one side consciously chose to lose the war, an event as unlikely in the future as it has been rare or nonexistent in the past.
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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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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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On Extended Nuclear Deterrence

Diplomacy & Statecraft, 2018
This analysis discusses the central challenges that countries face when they practice extended nuclear deterrence.
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The Geopolitics of Nuclear Deterrence

1985
Is a geopolitics of nuclear deterrence possible? The very posing of this question raises the cardinal issue, faced by analysis. The answer must be sought, in the first instance, by setting aside the particular historic theories of geopolitics—of Mahan, Mackinder, Kjellen, Spykman or Gottman, as such—but in utilizing, nevertheless, the fundamental ...
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