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The Primacy of Processes and the Causes of the Russo‐Ukrainian War: A Rejoinder to ‘Patrimonial Imperialism’

open access: yesJournal for the Theory of Social Behaviour, Volume 56, Issue 1, March 2026.
ABSTRACT Pierzynski and Joseph explain the Russo‐Ukrainian war through systemic and individual‐level accounts but argue these are incomplete without addressing Russia's internal structure, which they term ‘patrimonial imperialism’. While their taxonomy mirrors the traditional IR ‘levels of analysis’, I suggest it obscures relational and historical ...
Heikki Patomäki
wiley   +1 more source

Scientific Ritual: The Institutional Review Boards for Human Clinical Trials in Israel

open access: yesMedical Anthropology Quarterly, Volume 40, Issue 1, March 2026.
Abstract This ethnographic study analyzes Israeli Institutional Review Boards (IRBs’) main practices and discourses. I describe IRB operations as bureaucratic rituals derived from idealized scientific values, with physician‐scientist members serving as gatekeepers who perform boundary work to preserve professional independence.
Hedva Eyal
wiley   +1 more source

Nuclear Weapons

The Arms Race and Arms Control 1984, 2015
Nuclear Weapons: A Very Short Introduction explains the history and politics of the bomb, from the technology of nuclear weapons, to the revolutionary implications of the H-bomb, and the politics of nuclear deterrence. The issues are set against a backdrop of the changing international landscape, from the early days of development through the Cold War.
Raymond L. Murray, Keith E. Holbert
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

Nuclear Weapons

2012
Since the end of World War II, nuclear weapons have fascinated humanity, providing a sense of security for many while also inspiring great fear. The first and only uses of nuclear weapons to date, against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in August 1945, were harbingers of a new and seemingly dangerous era. Although the influence of nuclear
semanticscholar   +3 more sources

The Treaty on the Non-proliferation of Nuclear Weapons

Nuclear Weapons, 2021
The Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the NPT, rests on three interrelated and mutually reinforcing pillars: nonproliferation, disarmament, and the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. In the 45 years since its entry into force, the NPT has

semanticscholar   +1 more source

Forum: Nonuse of Nuclear Weapons in World Politics: Toward the Third Generation of “Nuclear Taboo” Research

, 2021
That nuclear weapons have not been used in war since 1945 is one of the most intriguing research puzzles in the field of international relations.
Michal Smetana, Carmen Wunderlich
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Greater Goods: Morality and Attitudes toward the Use of Nuclear Weapons

Journal of Conflict Resolution, 2020
Recent research into the public’s attitude toward the use of nuclear weapons repeats long-standing mistakes in how international relations theorists think about morality.
Brian C. Rathbun, Rachel E. Stein
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Mortality among U.S. military participants at eight aboveground nuclear weapons test series

International Journal of Radiation Biology, 2020
Background Approximately 235,000 military personnel participated at one of 230 U.S. atmospheric nuclear weapons tests from 1945 through 1962. At the Nevada Test Site (NTS), the atomic veterans participated in military maneuvers, observed nuclear weapons ...
J. Boice   +6 more
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