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Terrorism and Nuclear Deterrence
The Adelphi Papers, 2005The 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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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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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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Sociocultural Models of Nuclear Deterrence
IEEE Transactions on Computational Social Systems, 2017Through the development of a computational sociocultural model, we demonstrate the potential utility of a rapid-modeling approach for exploring the dynamics of nuclear deterrence. We review the past literature, showing how our model is influenced by both the domestic politics and constructivist paradigm models of nuclear deterrence.
Geoffrey P. Morgan +3 more
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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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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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Domestic Consensus and Nuclear Deterrence
The Adelphi Papers, 1983Over 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 Superiority or Mutually Assured Deterrence: The Development of the US Nuclear Deterrent
International Journal, 2005The 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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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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Blackfriars, 1962
Probably very few people accept the ‘political’ arguments against British participation in the nuclear deterrent system; the arguments that British unilateral nuclear disarmament will encourage an Afro-Asian movement leading to multilateral disarmament, and that, whether or not the present Western deterrent is immoral, Britain is entitled to withdraw ...
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Probably very few people accept the ‘political’ arguments against British participation in the nuclear deterrent system; the arguments that British unilateral nuclear disarmament will encourage an Afro-Asian movement leading to multilateral disarmament, and that, whether or not the present Western deterrent is immoral, Britain is entitled to withdraw ...
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Under the Umbrella: Nuclear Crises, Extended Deterrence, and Public Opinion
Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2022David M Allison +2 more
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On Nuclear Deterrence and Risk
Inference: International Review of Science, 2018If mutually assured destruction (MAD) requires madmen to fail, Jean-Pierre Dupuy explains, it also requires madmen to succeed. When it comes to nuclear strategy, madmen are needed all around.
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