Whether to worry: nuclear weapons in the Russia-Ukraine war/
ARCENEAUX Giles David
Whether to worry: nuclear weapons in the Russia-Ukraine war/ Giles David Arceneaux - 2023
Russia’s war in Ukraine directly speaks to a core theory in nuclear politics: the theory of the nuclear revolution. Whereas this theory argues that nuclear weapons inhibit conflict and competition in international politics, skeptics of the nuclear revolution argue that competition endures in a nuclear world, and that nuclear weapons can even enable such competition. This article argues that the Russia-Ukraine war challenges expectations of the theory of the nuclear revolution, while largely supporting arguments made by the nuclear revolution skeptics.
UKRAINE--NUCLEAR WEAPONS
Whether to worry: nuclear weapons in the Russia-Ukraine war/ Giles David Arceneaux - 2023
Russia’s war in Ukraine directly speaks to a core theory in nuclear politics: the theory of the nuclear revolution. Whereas this theory argues that nuclear weapons inhibit conflict and competition in international politics, skeptics of the nuclear revolution argue that competition endures in a nuclear world, and that nuclear weapons can even enable such competition. This article argues that the Russia-Ukraine war challenges expectations of the theory of the nuclear revolution, while largely supporting arguments made by the nuclear revolution skeptics.
UKRAINE--NUCLEAR WEAPONS