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Nuclear Weapons and Coercive Diplomacy

, 2017
Are nuclear weapons useful for coercive diplomacy? Since 1945, most strategic thinking about nuclear weapons has focused on deterrence - using nuclear threats to prevent attacks against the nation's territory and interests.
Todd S Sechser, M. Fuhrmann
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Leaders in Search of the Bomb: Institutional Incentives for Nuclear Decisions [PDF]

, 2016
Nuclear weapons hold a strong allure for many leaders. These weapons are more than tools of national security; rather, they represent international normative symbols of modernity and national identity.
Cone, Paige Price
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The use of nuclear weapons under the doctrine of self-defence [PDF]

, 2020
The lawful use of nuclear weapons in self-defence sits in a precarious and fraught position amongst lawyers, states and scholars, primarily due to their indiscriminate destructive nature.
Laing, Jessica
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The Threat of Nuclear Bombing and Incitement to Genocide

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
Since the war in Gaza began, there has been a growing chorus calling for using nuclear weapons. This raises the question: Should those individuals calling for the use of nuclear weapons in Gaza be prosecuted for violating the statute of incitement to ...
Vincent Intondi
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Comment on "Learning to Build the Bomb" [PDF]

arXiv, 2008
According to Alisa Carrigan's opinion in Physics Today Dec 2007, to prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons, certain rules should be set to prevent the spread of a particular kind of knowledge. Here, I argue that a knowledge blockade does not work, and it is not a suitable means to establish a sustainable peace.
arxiv  

A history of US nuclear weapons in South Korea

, 2017
During the Cold War, the United States deployed nuclear weapons in South Korea continuously for 33 years, from 1958 to 1991. The South Korean-based nuclear arsenal peaked at an all-time high of approximately 950 warheads in 1967.
Hans M. Kristensen, R. Norris
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Good Chaps and Guardrails: Backstopping Democracy with a Reverse Salisbury Convention for the House of Lords

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract The ‘good chaps’ theory of government relies on officeholders understanding and adhering to implicit lines preventing corruption and abuse of power. Boris Johnson's prime ministership showed some weaknesses in this approach. Recent global experience, especially with the re‐election of Donald Trump, suggests the UK may need stronger backstops ...
Tom Nicholls
wiley   +1 more source

Nuclear Weapons. [PDF]

, 1982
NUCLEAR WEAPONS. INITIATIVE STATUTE. This measure identifies the people\u27s concern about the danger of nuclear war between the United States and the Soviet Union and states findings and declarations regarding this.

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Japan Should Scrutinise the Credibility of the US Nuclear Umbrella: An Interview with Shigeru Ishiba

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2018
Shigeru Ishiba is a heavyweight in Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party and served as Defence Minister from 2007 to 2008. In this interview, he shares his views on the role of nuclear weapons in US–Japan alliance and Japan’s security policy.
Fumihiko Yoshida
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Hans Bethe and the Global Energy Problems [PDF]

arXiv, 2005
Bethe's view-point on the global energy problems is presented. Bethe claimed that the nuclear power is a necessity in future. Nuclear energetic must be based on breeder reactors. Bethe considered the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons as the main problem of long-range future of nuclear energetics.
arxiv