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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Nuclear strategy"”.
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ESCALATE TO DE-ESCALATE: SPECULATION ON RUSSIAN NUCLEAR STRATEGY
… possesses an "escalate to de-escalate" strategy. This research approaches the question through analysis of official doctrine, statements, nuclear capabilities and military exercises of the Russian Federation following the Cold War. The Russian Federation develops weapons for the …
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Shifting Away From Cold War Nuclear Thinking? Nuclear Strategy under the Obama Administration
… contributed to the ongoing debate over U.S. nuclear strategy by providing a working definition of Cold War nuclear thinking. Despite the Obama administration’s pledge to shift away from the legacies of the Cold War, this concept still seems to be relevant to describe many aspects of the …
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The relevance of STS to peach research: the need for a third voice on nuclear strategy
… critical, normative study of the problems of the nuclear era. Peace research is an evolving discipline which attempts to form an integrated, critical analysis of problems posed by nuclear weapons. This thesis examines the response of peace research to the "scientization" of military strategy, i.e, …
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Peacekeeper: a Case Study of Strategic Debate
… illuminate the range of options for U.S. nuclear deployments and the nuclear strategy of the United States. This examination reveals that U.S. strategy and planning policies, and consequently have lacked a sufficiently full appreciation of strategy and defense as more than deterrence.
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U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy: a Post-Soviet Reappraisal
… is international interest in the acquisition of nuclear weapons. Both Russia and China, among others, maintain and continue to modernize arsenals of nuclear weapons. The U.S. response to these security challenges has traditionally subordinated ballistic missile defense to nuclear deterrence. …
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Ronald Reagan's Strategic Defense Initiative and transatlantic relations, 1983-86
… exploits SDI’s position at the intersection of nuclear strategy, political ideology, Cold War diplomacy, and industrial politics to offer a multifaceted, multi-national, and primary source-based analysis of US-European relations during the Reagan Presidency. The picture of the transatlantic …
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A Shield in the Sky: The Vertical Geopolitics of Transcontinental Air Defense
… as the country's delivery mechanism for nuclear weapons. However, at the same time that politicians, academics, and military officials debated the offensive uses for aircraft a second debate occurred describing how best to use military means to defend the North American continent. Those …
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Is nuclear deterrence rational?
… I give a brief history of the concept of "nuclear deterrence." Next I discuss ways of approaching the subject that conform to popular views. I reject the Scripture's "an eye for an eye" principle as a basis for nuclear strategy decisions and claim that a utilitarian model is acceptable. In …
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Beyond the Rubicon: Command and Control in Regional Nuclear Powers
… of command and control systems in emerging nuclear powers? Why do some states implement robust administrative, physical, and technical controls over their nuclear arsenals, while others limit safeguards against nuclear use?</p> <p>The nature of a state’s nuclear command and control systems …
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Warfare by Other Means: The Rhetoric of War and Sport in the Twentieth Century
… Infinite Jest (1996) satirise the logic of nuclear strategy by employing the formal properties of information theory in their language, collapsing the distinctions between war and sport when each is subjected to computational representation. The final chapter analyses the ‘military shooter’ …
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Chinese Nuclear Policy
Nuclear weapons are a critical element of the People's Liberation Army and China's core military strategies of active defense and anti-access/area denial. Chinese nuclear policy will play a pivotal role in the future of China as it struggles to reduce the military superiority of the United States …
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The evolution of China’s nuclear weapons program and doctrine and its implications for international security
… policies are changing. This includes its nuclear weapons program and nuclear deterrent policy, viewed as a critical guarantor of Beijing’s security and a tool that supports its growing regional and global interests. China’s evolving nuclear program and doctrine have multidimensional …