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Author: George P. Shultz, William J. Perry, Henry A. Kissinger, Sam Nunn
Cited by: David Price 7:39 PM 21 March 2010 GMT
Citerank: (7) 55141Doctrine of mutual Soviet-American deterrence is obsoleteThe end of the Cold War made the doctrine of mutual Soviet-American deterrence obsolete.1198CE71, 55144Non-State terrorists aren't amenable to a deterrence strategyThe traditional strategy of deterrence—i.e. the threat of a nuclear response to a nuclear attack—may be irrelevant to (or even, in extreme cases, welcomed by) some terrorist groups.8FFB597, 55145New nuclear weapons states lack historic step-by-step safeguardsNew nuclear states do not have the benefit of years of step-by-step safeguards put in effect during the Cold War to prevent nuclear accidents, misjudgments or unauthorized launches.1198CE71, 128366Non-State terrorists aren't amenable to a deterrence strategyThe traditional strategy of deterrence—i.e. the threat of a nuclear response to a nuclear attack—may be irrelevant to (or even, in extreme cases, welcomed by) some terrorist groups.8FFB597, 128446Increased risk that non-state terrorists will acquire nuclear weapons1198CE71, 128539Doctrine of mutual Soviet-American deterrence is obsoleteThe end of the Cold War made the doctrine of mutual Soviet-American deterrence obsolete.1198CE71, 128837New nuclear weapons states lack historic step-by-step safeguardsNew nuclear states do not have the benefit of years of step-by-step safeguards put in effect during the Cold War to prevent nuclear accidents, misjudgments or unauthorized launches.1198CE71 URL:
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