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Citizen Scientist: Frank von Hippel’s Adventures in Nuclear Arms Control: PART 2. Engaging with nuclear-weapons policy

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2020
This section covers von Hippel’s first engagement with nuclear-weapons issues, starting with a review of a US Secretary of Defense’s claim that a Soviet nuclear first strike on US nuclear weapons would kill only 15,000–25,000 people, through his efforts ...
Frank von Hippel, Tomoko Kurokawa
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Measuring public knowledge on nuclear weapons in the post-Cold War: dimensionality and measurement invariance across eight European countries

Measurement Instruments for the Social Sciences, 2021
Research on public opinion and international security has extensively examined attitudes toward nuclear weapons, but the diffusion of basic knowledge about nuclear weapons among the everyday citizens has nevertheless been mostly missed.
Fabrício M. Fialho
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Re-examining the 1996 ICJ Advisory Opinion: Concerning the Legality of Nuclear Weapons

Cadmus, 2012
The primary objections raised against total elimination of nuclear weapons are built around a few arguments mostly of non-technical nature.Nuclear weapons and the strategies for their use have resulted in the establishment of a vicious circle within ...
Jasjit Singh
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Kazakhstan’s Irreversible Disarmament

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
Kazakhstan presents an interesting and important real-life case of disarmament irreversibility. When the Soviet Union collapsed, Kazakhstan inherited the fourth largest nuclear arsenal in the world – more than a thousand nuclear warheads, dozens of heavy
Togzhan Kassenova
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Beyond Arms Control: Cooperative Nuclear Weapons Reductions – A New Paradigm to Roll Back Nuclear Weapons and Increase Security and Stability

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament, 2020
Arms control treaties have served admirably to control and limit nuclear weapons for several decades. The provisions and limits, however, have proven to be inflexible, often limited in scope to specific systems and countries, and difficult and time ...
William M. Moon
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Nuclear Confrontations [PDF]

, 2016
The effect of nuclear weapons has long been debated. Some argue that these weapons have a stabilizing effect on already volatile regions and rivals, while others fear that it will only further escalate tensions.
Prasad, Amrutha
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Early synapsids neurosensory diversity revealed by CT and synchrotron scanning

The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.
Abstract Non‐mammaliaform synapsids (NMS) represent the closest relatives of today's mammals among the early amniotes. Exploring their brain and nervous system is key to understanding how mammals evolved. Here, using CT and Synchrotron scanning, we document for the first time three extreme cases of neurosensory and behavioral adaptations that probe ...
J. Benoit, R. Araujo, E. S. Lund, A. Bolton, T. Lafferty, Z. Macungo, V. Fernandez   +6 more
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How Useful Are Nuclear Weapons in Practice? Case-Study: The War in Ukraine

Journal for Peace and Nuclear Disarmament
The debate about nuclear weapons has been based on abstract notions. The war in Ukraine is a fascinating case-study for testing these decades-old abstract theories.
Tom Sauer
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To protect and preserve? Explaining the gap between structural and superficial racial equality regimes in North Atlantic Rim universities

British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines how UK and US universities manage racial equality regimes through governance structures that prioritise institutional reputation over substantive racial justice reform. Drawing on Bourdieu's field, habitus and capital theory, the study demonstrates how universities neutralise racial justice efforts through bureaucratic ...
David Roberts
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Aligning Pay With Purpose: ESG‐Linked Compensation and ESG Decoupling

Business Strategy and the Environment, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study investigates the relationship between ESG‐linked executive compensation and ESG decoupling and examines the moderating role of CSR committees in this association. Using a global dataset of 36,055 firm‐year observations across 40 countries and 32 industries from 2005 to 2023, we find that ESG‐linked executive compensation is ...
Yasser Eliwa, Ahmed Saleh, Ahmed Hassan Ahmed   +2 more
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