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Showing 1 to 20 of 23 for “"nuclear deterrence"”.
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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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A Network Approach to Nuclear Deterrence
This paper expands upon current deterrence literature by utilizing network analysis to represent deterrence relations based on the possession of nuclear weapons between states in the international system instead of traditional game theoretical models. Four networks are created representing ties of …
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Minimal nuclear deterrence : a nuclear arsenal reduction plan for the United States
… political climate has called for reductions to nuclear arsenals around the world. This thesis researches how potential deep cuts to the United States' large strategic nuclear arsenal would affect its current nuclear deterrence goals. First, case studies on pre-1960 United States, 1964-2012 …
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House of the Rising Sun: a Glimpse Into the Future of Japanese Nuclear Deterrence
… of this thesis is to examine what shape a nuclear force structure would take should Japan seek to develop a nuclear deterrence option given an aggressive move made by one of its neighbors, such as if China staged an invasion of Taiwan. It is my contention that this force structure would be …
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Attitudes to nuclear defence. An investigation of processes of change in elite and non-elite belief systems.
The recent developments in negotiations to reduce nuclear weapons in Europe mark a watershed in attitudes towards nuclear deterrence and security. On the one side lie all the old beliefs and assumptions about nuclear defence and security that have been common parlance for the last forty years and …
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Assessing Quantum Magnetometry as an EmergingDetection Modality for Strategic Anti-Submarine Warfare
… have been a subject of much consternation in the nuclear deterrence communities as people fear they might erode secure second strike capabilities. One such emerging technology is the idea of ‘quantum magnetometry’—magnetic field sensors which use quantum principles in order to obtain more precise …
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The Strategic Bomber in the Nuclear Age
… bomber is the only vehicle to have delivered a nuclear warhead in a time of war. With this milestone, the bomber became inexorably linked with nuclear deterrence. Since then the strategic bomber has struggled to find its purpose outside the mission of strategic nuclear delivery. The influences …
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Strategic deferment: A study of the rogue state, status quo state relationship with a focus on the United States and North Korea
<p>The existing nuclear deterrence literature has, as a whole, overlooked rogue states, and especially North Korea. In the first half of this paper, I present a game-theoretic model that demonstrates the differences between how a rogue state acts with and without nuclear weapons. The second half of …
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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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Nuclear Weapons: Prospects For Deterrence and Proliferation in the Modern Era
Since the success of the Manhattan Project the nuclear weapon has dominated the international politics and strategies of the great powers. The ending of the Cold War seemed to promise a lessening of the importance of nuclear weapons. However, a dominating feature of this time has been concern over …
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The Eisenhower administration and the concept of massive retaliation
… Chapter II presents the case for the policy of nuclear deterrence, while Chapter III gives the argument against the policy. Chapter IV is a brief conclusion. Throughout the thesis an attempt has been made to penult individuals to speak for themselves so that the reader may reach an independent …
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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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The double edged sword : the role of nuclear weapons in South Asia
This thesis exammes the consequences of nuclear proliferation on South Asia, specifically whether India and Pakistan are moving towards a stable nuclear balance. The thesis uses comparative case study methods to examine the role of nuclear weapons in crises and the lessons learnt from those crises. …
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The double edged sword : the role of nuclear weapons in South Asia
This thesis exammes the consequences of nuclear proliferation on South Asia, specifically whether India and Pakistan are moving towards a stable nuclear balance. The thesis uses comparative case study methods to examine the role of nuclear weapons in crises and the lessons learnt from those crises. …
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Unintended Survivability: Comparative Reactions to Israel's Nuclear Posture
… regional perspectives on the impact of Israel's nuclear monopoly on nuclear decisions in the Middle East. This Dissertation addresses the question as to why regional actors have taken divergent nuclear paths relative to Israel's nuclear posture. The point of departure for this inquiry is whether …
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Saharan Fallout: French Explosions In Algeria And The Politics Of Nuclear Risk During African Decolonization (1960–66)
… and 1966, French forces began to prove their nuclear weapon capabilities by conducting seventeen nuclear explosions in the Algerian Sahara. This dissertation pursues an international history of French nuclear ambitions and the resistance and the criticism that they faced at regional, …
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From the Humanitarian Impact Initiative to the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons: A Novel Approach to Nuclear Disarmament
… present thesis analyzes current developments in nuclear disarmament, specifically the humanitarian impact initiative that culminated in the adoption of the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons (TPNW, the Treaty) by 122 members of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly in July 2017. …
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Insiders and outsiders : nuclear arms control experts in Cold War America
… presents a history of the community of nuclear arms control experts in the United States during the middle and later years of the Cold War, the age of thermonuclear ballistic missiles. Arms control experts were, in many interesting ways, both insiders and outsiders to the American …
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