Why states won't give nuclear weapons to terrorists / Keir A. Lieber and Daryl G. Press.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublication details: 2013Subject(s): In: International Security Vol 38 No 1, Summer 2013, pp.80-104 (68)Summary: Terrorist use of nuclear weapons is considered by many as the greatest threat to U.S. security. This article explains why the logic supporting this assumption is flawed, why deterrence is a sound policy, and why America should publicise its very high levels of success in attributing high lethality terrorist attacks (those in which more than ten people were killed either in America or in a major ally.)
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Terrorist use of nuclear weapons is considered by many as the greatest threat to U.S. security. This article explains why the logic supporting this assumption is flawed, why deterrence is a sound policy, and why America should publicise its very high levels of success in attributing high lethality terrorist attacks (those in which more than ten people were killed either in America or in a major ally.)

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