Nuclear Metamorphoses
... military use. The goal of such influence is to eliminate first-strike opportunities and incentives and to enhance stability in its clear strategic sense (as opposed to idealistic “peace for the world” interpretation). In the “golden age” of arms control—from the mid-1980s to the late 2000s—nuclear deterrence reigned supreme in international security, the threat of nuclear war, at least between the great powers, approached zero, and nuclear weapons virtually vanished from the focus of global political and public attention. It even came down to a loss of any public interest in limiting nuclear weapons, like one does may not care about health when having no medical problems. It turned ...
08.08.2023
