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   Articles with "nuclear weapons" as a keyword



Playing doomsday: Video games and the politics of nuclear weapons

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recommendations! Published in 2025 at "Review of International Studies"

DOI: 10.1017/s0260210525000087

Abstract: Abstract This article examines how nuclear weapons are depicted in video games. While the literature has explored the social and symbolic meanings of nuclear weapons and how they have been represented in popular culture, existing… read more here.

Keywords: video games; games politics; nuclear weapons; doomsday video ... See more keywords

Diplomatic communication and resilient governance: problems of governing nuclear weapons

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "Journal of International Relations and Development"

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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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Contemporary Physics"

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
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Pakistan’s Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Practical Drawbacks and Opportunity Costs

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recommendations! Published in 2018 at "Survival"

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
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Arms, Influence and the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons

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recommendations! Published in 2019 at "Survival"

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
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Worldwide deployments of nuclear weapons, 2017

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists"

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
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A history of US nuclear weapons in South Korea

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recommendations! Published in 2017 at "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists"

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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recommendations! Published in 2018 at "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists"

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
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Why nuclear weapons should be a major focus of the 2020 campaign

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists"

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
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Beatrice Fihn: How to implement the nuclear weapons ban treaty

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recommendations! Published in 2020 at "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists"

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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recommendations! Published in 2023 at "Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists"

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