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SALT and Soviet Nuclear Doctrine

International Security, 1978
The euphoria in some quarters of the American strategic community following the SALT I accords was largely based upon the inference that Soviet agreement to a virtual ABM ban signified fundamental agreement on strategic nuclear doctrine. Many concluded that this provided a hopeful basis for further collaboration in strategic nuclear arms control ...
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Catholic Doctrine and Nuclear Dogmatics

Science, Technology, & Human Values, 1983
Martin Luther once wrote, "If I preach the Gospel fully and completely, and in every particular, only excepting the besetting issue of the age, I might as well not preach it at all." Some idea like this may have been what led the National Conference of Catholic Bishops to prepare their pastoral letter on nuclear weapons.1 The fear of nuclear holocaust ...
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Contours of Pakistan's nuclear doctrine

Strategic Analysis, 2000
(2000). Contours of Pakistan's nuclear doctrine. Strategic Analysis: Vol. 24, No. 3, pp. 623-626.
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India's Nuclear Doctrine: A Critical Analysis

Strategic Analysis, 2009
Abstract Although the broad contours of India's nuclear doctrine were announced within the days of May 1998 nuclear tests, the formal doctrine was made public only five years later. This article will critically examine the evolution of India's nuclear doctrine in terms of the 1999 Kargil conflict and the 2001–2002 military confrontation with Pakistan ...
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Chinese Nuclear Doctrine, Weapons and Policies

Pacific Focus, 2013
As the governments of the United States and Russia reduce their nuclear weapons inventories through negotiated arms control agreements, the Chinese government remains outside this strategic weapons trend while also continuing to modernize the People's Republic of China (PRC)'s nuclear weapons arsenal.
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Theater Nuclear Weapons: Doctrines and Postures

World Politics, 1976
Few people in any NATO country are satisfied with the existing theater nuclear posture and doctrine—yet radical revision is politically impossible. There is a marked absence of consensus within NATO on the proper functions of theater nuclear weapons: to Europeans they are, above all, a near-guarantee of a wider war and symbolic of American commitment ...
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Legal Aspects of Nuclear Weapons Doctrines

2020
Whilst the 1968 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) requires States to take effective measures for a cessation of the nuclear arms race, and the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW) calls for a near-term prohibition of nuclear armament, these goals are far from being fulfilled.
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India's Nuclear Doctrine and Command Structure

Armed Forces & Society, 2007
India finalized its nuclear command structure and formalized its nuclear doctrine in January 2003, nearly five years after coming out of the nuclear closet and openly declaring itself as a nuclear-weapon state. While a clearly enunciated nuclear doctrine and command structure are seen by some as essential in enhancing regional stability and assuaging ...
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Pakistan’s Post-test Nuclear Use Doctrine

2016
This chapter provides an in-depth analysis of the debate on the impact of this development, particularly on the issue of whether overt nuclearisation has injected a dose of stability in an otherwise unstable region or has added more instability. It proceeds in the following manner.
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American nuclear doctrine

Survival, 1980
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