RT @blagden_david: Good luck convincing South Koreans, Poles, Australians, and even Germans and Japanese that they don’t need their own nuk…
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Also a wider problem: central to effectiveness of deterrence is others' belief that you *might* use weapon in some circs, not just bluffing. NFU declaration & general atmosphere of anti-nuclear sentiment runs risk of signalling general unwillingness to
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Good luck convincing South Koreans, Poles, Australians, and even Germans and Japanese that they don’t need their own nukes if you publicly declare that Uncle Sam won’t use on their behalf against conventional aggression. Christine Leah has written on this:
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Avail. soon via #Springer - The Consequences of American Nuclear Disarmament (2017) https://t.co/UPNi84zulJ