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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"U.S. nuclear policy"”.
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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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Just War Theory in the Nuclear Age
… theory is still applicable to questions in the nuclear age. The principles of jus ad bellum and jus in bello can be applied to the use of nuclear weapons – both for employment during warfare and for deterrence purposes. Pacifistic voices call for further reductions in the U.S. nuclear arsenal …
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Gold Standard or Case-by-Case: Which Method Is Best for the Nonproliferation Regime?
With the Manhattan Project in the 1940s, U.S. nuclear technology created the first nuclear bombs, which promptly ended World War II. What to do with this new technology with regard to nuclear armaments never seemed hard to comprehend, as the world witnessed the advent of the nuclear arms race that …
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Persia Rising: Iran's Nuclear Program
… knowledge, and capability to develop and build nuclear weapons. The purpose of this thesis is to examine Iran's nuclear program and potential U.S. policy responses to the threat of a nuclear Iran. An examination of Iran's history, strategic culture, religion, governmental structure and society …