Details view: Eliminating all nuclear weapons would make the world less safe

Eliminating all nuclear weapons would make the world less safe SupportiveArgument1 #55131 The process and result of full nuclear disarmament makes for a world that is less stable than the current one.

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▲	Issue	Nuclear challenges for the international community?
▲	Position	Nuclear disarmament
▲	Issue	Is full nuclear disarmament desirable?
▲	Position	Full nuclear disarmament is undesirable
■	SupportiveArgument	Eliminating all nuclear weapons would make the world less safe
●	SupportiveArgument	Outcome of full elimination would be less safe
●	SupportiveArgument	Process of elimination would be less safe
●	OpposingArgument	Nuclear weapons raise the threshold for war, but not 100%
●	Premise	Process of eliminatiion has undesirable consequences
►	Inconsistency	Full nuclear disarmament is desirable
►	Relevance	Only partial nuclear disarmament is desirable
►	Relevance	Maybe the alternatives also carry a risk of catastrophy > 0
►	Relevance	A NWC would be counterproductive
◄	Inconsistency	High risk that existing weapons will be used by accident or design

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Author: George Perkovich and James M. Acton, Carnegie Endowment
Cited by: François Dongier 3:15 PM Friday 2 April 2010 GMT
Also cited at: 128421
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http://www.carnegieendowment.org/publications/index.cfm?fa=view&id=40425

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Entered by:- David Price
Entry date (GMT): 3/21/2010 6:50:00 PM
Last edit date (GMT): 4/18/2010 4:06:00 PM
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