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The Extended Nuclear Deterrence Myth


The Extended Nuclear Deterrence Myth

But when deterrence fails, we will very quickly discover that there is no “nuclear umbrella.” The United States has no capacity to defend us ...

Nuclear deterrence is a myth. And a lethal one at that - The Guardian

Deterrence theory maintains, in short, that each side will scare the pants off the other with the prospect of the most hideous, unimaginable ...

Nuclear Deterrence Destabilized - Chatham House

The Cold War logic of nuclear deterrence maintains that nuclear-armed states will not attack one another because of fear of massive retaliation, or mutually ...

The Myth of “Just” Nuclear Deterrence: Time for a New Strategy to ...

At a minimum, nuclear deterrence is an insufficient strategy for preventing the use of nuclear weapons. In today's world, instead of a ...

No First Use: Myths vs. Realities

Extended deterrence is about much more than just nuclear weapons. Forward deployments of U.S. conventional forces paired with strong and unwavering political ...

NPR15.3: The Myth of Nuclear Deterrence

It has also often been used as a justification for possessing nuclear weapons. Nuclear deterrence, however, is based on an unexamined notion: the belief that ...

Joan Rohlfing on “The Myth of 'Just' Nuclear Deterrence.”

In today's world, instead of a considered, deliberate decision to use nuclear weapons, a mistake, misperception, accident, cyber exploit, ...

The Fallacy of Nuclear Deterrence

20 Andrew Brown and Lorna Arnold, "The Quirks of Nuclear Deterrence…, p. 306. 21 Ward Wilson, Five Myths about Nuclear Weapons (Boston: Houghton Mifflin ...

Revisiting Extended Nuclear Deterrence: Relevance & Challenges

Japan and South Korea are the two allies that come under the declared extended deterrence policy of the United States. Emerging Challenges to “ ...

Extended Deterrence and Extended Nuclear Deterrence in a ...

The stability that extended nuclear deterrence is intended to establish depends on all parties accepting the same nuclear use, response and escalation rules, ...

Human Rationality and Nuclear Deterrence - Chatham House

Deterrence has been defined in various ways, but at its root it means seeking to induce caution in others by threats of pain – in this case, through the use of ...

Deterrence theory - Wikipedia

Nuclear deterrence theory · Part of a state's nuclear arsenal must appear to be able to survive an attack by the adversary and be used for a retaliatory second ...

Busting Myths about Nuclear Deterrence - Air University

Hence, as long as nuclear weapons exist, the United States must maintain a safe, secure, and effective arsenal—both to deter potential adversaries and to assure ...

Extended Nuclear Deterrence | Nautilus Institute for Security and ...

This policy, based on the threat of retaliation, served as the foundation for what is now called extended deterrence. Extended deterrence remains an important ...

THE MYTH OF NUCLEAR DETERRENCE - Taylor & Francis Online

Nuclear deterrence, however, is based on an unexamined notion: the belief that the threat to destroy cities provides decisive leverage.

Media Release: It's time to END our reliance on Extended Nuclear ...

... nuclear weapons on our behalf and to abandon the myth of Extended Nuclear Deterrence (END) once and for all. Section 1.25 of the Review ...

NUCLEAR DETERRENCE THEORY - 'classic' AustLII

The words. 'nuclear deterrence' and 'nuclear terror' have a common origin because deterrence relies on the threat of terror. The theory has brought humanity to ...

The myth of nuclear deterrence - ResearchGate

Nuclear deterrence, however, is based on an unexamined notion: the belief that the threat to destroy cities provides decisive leverage. An examination of ...

Nuclear Elimination after the War in Ukraine

Extended nuclear deterrence is a myth. The problem is that the foreign policy establishments of most allies full-heartedly believe in this myth. Extended ...

Two Myths about Counterforce - War on the Rocks

China's and Russia's nuclear forces are, and will remain, sufficiently survivable that preemptive strikes on them would not succeed in ...