Blogs Posts on "Nuclear Weapons"

Can nuclear terrorists be deterred? by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 21, 2009THE DEPROLIFERATOR — As you no doubt know, deterrence is the product of a balance of power — nuclear arsenals, in other words, that are roughly equal. Constrained by the eye-for-an-eye principle, but to the umpteenth power, states armed w...

The wellspring of a new, clear nuclear vision by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 16, 2009THE DEPROLIFERATOR — Few fields are as lacking in fresh perspectives as nuclear weapons. Entire decades have been spent by nuclear strategists deliberating which state would strike first and how many weapons the victim would have left to retali...

Jesuits breach the perimeter! And “negative security assurances” by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 12, 2009THE DEPROLIFERATOR — Nuclear disarmament is usually approached from three directions. They who pursue the middle way might, by definition, be capable of appreciating the charms of those following the two paths which diverge from it. But chances...

Nuclear Weapons Should Be Abolished? by Hectic Capiznon Bloggers 2009 on Nov 10, 2009With the invention of nuclear arms, we human beings brought ourselves face-to-face with the prospect of extinguishing the human race by our own hand. A decision to abolish nuclear weapons would represent a decision to survive. This quest for survival...

Nuclear-power fuel too close to nuclear-weapon fuel for comfort by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 8, 2009THE DEPROLIFERATOR — Recent statements by its chief representative to the International Atomic Energy Agency suggest that Iran may be backing away from an agreement to ships it low-enriched nuclear fuel to Russia for further enriching. Even, th...

When will the U.S. and Russia stop acting like it’s still the Cold War? by Scholars & Rogues on Nov 5, 2009THE DEPROLIFERATOR — Sometimes it seems as if neither the United States nor Russia got the message that the Cold War ended almost two decades ago. Previously I wrote about the Dooomsday Device, a back-up defense system that Russia developed in...

ISRAEL AND THE WEST: A NUCLEAR ROMANCE by Socialist Unity on Nov 4, 2009by Noah Tucker 21st Century Socialism Only one Middle Eastern country possesses nuclear weapons. The atomic material for its 200 or more nuclear warheads was produced by means of assistance from the West; and the military aircraft, submarines and cru...

The Feline Diaries: Day Four by The Random Gambit on Nov 4, 2009This morning was a peaceful one. Due to the peacefulness I experience upon waking, I suspected that the civil unrest might have ended. I only thought this way because it was the first time that I had been awake for more than thirty seconds without a...

An Interview with Nick Clegg by The Third Estate on Oct 28, 2009In an exclusive interview with The Third Estate, Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg sets out his vision for change It can’t be easy, being the leader of Britain’s third major political party. Caught between a disintegrating New Labour and a resur...

How Star Wars begat the Doomsday Device by Scholars & Rogues on Oct 25, 2009If you start a war, we may die but the rockets will fly automatically. Thus spake the man who was profiled in William Taubman’s masterwork Khrushchev: The Man and His Era. The Russian premier was addressing U.S. diplomat Averell Harriman, who s...