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Higher risk that reconstituted nuclear weapons will be used
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In the event of nuclear rearmament, the state that has reconstituted its nuclear weapons first has overwhelming incentives to use them.
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Nuclear Politics »
Nuclear Politics
Nuclear Politics☜Since the Trinity test in New Mexico in 1945, Russia, the UK, France and China have joined the US as nuclear weapon states—with India, Pakistan, Israel and North Korea also thought to possess a nuclear weapons capability. Help us map the issues around civil and military nuclear proliferation.☜F1CEB7
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Nuclear challenges for the international community? »
Nuclear challenges for the international community?
Nuclear challenges for the international community?☜What are the key challenges for the international community with respect to nuclear proliferation? And how can the international community respond effectively to those challenges?☜FFB597
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Nuclear disarmament »
Nuclear disarmament
Nuclear disarmament☜The international community needs to make progress towards the goal of nuclear disarmament—and, eventually, persuade all of the existing nuclear weapon states give up their weapons.☜59C6EF
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Is full nuclear disarmament desirable? »
Is full nuclear disarmament desirable?
Is full nuclear disarmament desirable?☜Is full nuclear disarmament a wise goal for the international community to pursue? ☜FFB597
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Full nuclear disarmament is undesirable »
Full nuclear disarmament is undesirable
Full nuclear disarmament is undesirable☜The full elimination of all nuclear weapons is not a desirable goal.☜59C6EF
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Eliminating all nuclear weapons would make the world less safe »
Eliminating all nuclear weapons would make the world less safe
Eliminating all nuclear weapons would make the world less safe☜The process and result of full nuclear disarmament makes for a world that is less stable than the current one.☜98CE71
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Outcome of full elimination would be less safe »
Outcome of full elimination would be less safe
Outcome of full elimination would be less safe☜The outcome of eliminating all nuclear weapons has undesirable consequences.☜98CE71
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A feasible nuclear weapons free world would be unstable »
A feasible nuclear weapons free world would be unstable
A feasible nuclear weapons free world would be unstable☜The only feasible nuclear free world is a world in which all nuclear weapons have been destroyed, yet the knowledge to make them remains. Such a world is less stable than the current world, where some states have nuclear weapons and mostly secure second-strike capability.☜98CE71
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Higher risk that reconstituted nuclear weapons will be used
Higher risk that reconstituted nuclear weapons will be used☜In the event of nuclear rearmament, the state that has reconstituted its nuclear weapons first has overwhelming incentives to use them.☜98CE71
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Expectation of fast and certain victory »
Expectation of fast and certain victory
Expectation of fast and certain victory☜When a nuclear weapon state is up against a state without nuclear weapons, it can expect a fast, easy, and decisive victory by using its nuclear weapons.☜98CE71
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Less concerns about destruction and nuclear fallout »
Less concerns about destruction and nuclear fallout
Less concerns about destruction and nuclear fallout☜As long as the total number of nuclear warheads is small, leaders may not consider the levels of destruction and nuclear fallout potentially possible as prohibitive.☜98CE71
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No fear of nuclear retaliation »
No fear of nuclear retaliation
No fear of nuclear retaliation☜When a nuclear weapons state is up against a state without nuclear weapons, it need not fear its own annihilation. So the major deterrent against their use is absent.☜98CE71
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Strong first-strike incentives »
Strong first-strike incentives
Strong first-strike incentives☜While in a nuclear arms or mobilization race, the state to reconstitute its nuclear weapons first has an incentive to attack its adversary before the adversary has also reconstituted its nuclear weapons.☜98CE71
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