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Zero : Surprising and unambiguous policy relevance of the cuban missile crisis

23 Oct 2012

When — but remains absent — is an optimal quotient of fear Schell published The Fate of the Earth (1982), much of the and loathing that motivates people, their leaders and the developed world was gripped by nuclear fear, as the mechanisms of global governance to move decisively and United States and the Soviet Union seemed to be heading rapidly to zero nuclear weapons. [...] In the wake of the Cold War, the vast majority of people in the developed world are Psychologically, a close approximation to Kahn’s oblivious to the continuing nuclear threat; most give the prerequisite for starting the engine of zero nuclear matter little or no thought at all. [...] The report authors survey the 4. Many of these debates about the details of how to achieve zero seem existing mechanisms of global governance, determining the pros and to us like arguing how to configure the lounge chairs on the deck of the cons of zero nuclear weapons in a wide variety of scenarios. [...] In other 67 years of the non-use of nuclear weapons and in the words, what if a country in possession of one or more absence of the high drama of the global Cold War, those who argue for the goal of zero nuclear weapons are forced to play a role analogous to that of Chicken Little, telling 10. [...] The following is the text of Castro’s Armageddon letter to Khrushchev, in the full, official Cuban translation: Dear Comrade Khrushchev: From an analysis of the situation and the reports in our possession, I consider that the aggression is almost imminent within the next 24 to 72 hours.
government politics international security diplomacy government policy international relations nuclear disarmament nuclear warfare nuclear winter war weather nuclear policy military equipment nuclear weapon defence treaty npt the centre for international governance innovation treaty on the non-proliferation of nuclear weapons atomic fidel castro cuban missile crisis missile crisis herman kahn kahn dr. strangelove the fog of war cuban missile crisis, 1962

Authors

Blight, James G

Pages
20
Published in
Canada

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