Diplomatic communication and resilient governance: problems of governing nuclear weapons
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DOI: 10.1057/s41268-018-0133-5
Abstract: This article examines the resilience of governance. My descriptive argument identifies variations of resilience by analysing the evolution of contestation and decontestation of governance-constituting institutions in the foreground and background layers of governance. My explanatory… read more here.
Keywords: nuclear weapons; communication; governance; communication resilient ... See more keywords
Friction at the atomic level
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DOI: 10.1080/00107514.2019.1606039
Abstract: Readers younger than forty will have little or no memory of the Cold War, but for almost half a century the rivalry between the West and the Soviet Block dominated world politics. Probably the most… read more here.
Keywords: story; bomb; physics; book ... See more keywords
Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Practical Drawbacks and Opportunity Costs
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DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2018.1427365
Abstract: It is worth asking whether short-range, low-yield nuclear weapons really serve Pakistan’s interests. read more here.
Keywords: pakistan tactical; weapons practical; practical drawbacks; drawbacks opportunity ... See more keywords
Arms, Influence and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons
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DOI: 10.1080/00396338.2019.1614786
Abstract: The TPNW challenges the legitimacy of nuclear deterrence, but it would not eliminate deterrence in practice. read more here.
Keywords: arms influence; influence treaty; prohibition nuclear; treaty prohibition ... See more keywords
Worldwide deployments of nuclear weapons, 2017
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DOI: 10.1080/00963402.2017.1363995
Abstract: ABSTRACT The authors estimate that as of mid-2017, there are nearly 15,000 nuclear weapons in the world, located at some 107 sites in 14 countries. Roughly, 9400 of these weapons are in military arsenals; the… read more here.
Keywords: nuclear weapons; deployments nuclear; worldwide deployments; weapons 2017 ... See more keywords
A history of US nuclear weapons in South Korea
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DOI: 10.1080/00963402.2017.1388656
Abstract: ABSTRACT During the Cold War, the United States deployed nuclear weapons in South Korea continuously for 33 years, from 1958 to 1991. The South Korean-based nuclear arsenal peaked at an all-time high of approximately 950… read more here.
Keywords: south korea; weapons south; history nuclear; united states ... See more keywords
North Korean verification: Good enough for government work?
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DOI: 10.1080/00963402.2018.1507787
Abstract: ABSTRACT North Korea’s nuclear weapons program is built on a mountain of deception and denial – calling into question whether Pyongyang can be trusted to follow through on any nuclear deal it might strike. On… read more here.
Keywords: verification good; north korean; korean verification; north korea ... See more keywords
Why nuclear weapons should be a major focus of the 2020 campaign
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DOI: 10.1080/00963402.2019.1702274
Abstract: The proverbial alien beamed down to Earth would find the situation quizzical indeed: The political debates and campaigns involved in selecting the most powerful person on the planet – the US presid... read more here.
Keywords: weapons major; focus 2020; nuclear weapons; 2020 campaign ... See more keywords
Beatrice Fihn: How to implement the nuclear weapons ban treaty
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DOI: 10.1080/00963402.2020.1846423
Abstract: ICAN’s Beatrice Fihn (left) and ICAN coordinator Daniel Hogsta at a press conference after the group won the Nobel Peace Prize in October 2017. Early in October 2017, about two weeks after US Presi... read more here.
Keywords: implement nuclear; fihn implement; beatrice fihn; weapons ban ... See more keywords
Introduction: Near-misses, close calls, and early warnings
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DOI: 10.1080/00963402.2023.2202526
Abstract: Unexploded nuclear bombs still lie off American coasts, embedded in swamps, or down on the seabed. These are just a few examples of America’s 32, officially recognized “Broken Arrows”—the Pentagon’s terminology for the unintentional launches,… read more here.
Keywords: broken arrows; nuclear weapons; close calls; calls early ... See more keywords
Managing Proliferation: National, Regional, and Global Security in the New Age of Nuclear Weapons
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DOI: 10.1080/09546553.2016.1255070
Abstract: On January 6, 2016, the government of North Korea announced that it had exploded a hydrogen bomb (‘‘H-Bomb’’)—its fourth nuclear weapons test in the last decade. Much of the world responded to the latest test… read more here.
Keywords: national regional; regional global; managing proliferation; north korea ... See more keywords