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Topics include the changing character of war, destructive capabilities of weapons, nuclear weapons, human consequences of war, soldiers after was, children and war, child soldiers, civilian casualties (collateral and targeted), Guatemala,... more
In 2009, after US president Barack Obama received the Nobel Peace Prize for, amongst others, his commitment to long-term nuclear disarmament (BBC,2009), Time Magazine published an article titled “Want Peace? Give the Nuke a Nobel”. This... more
This paper reflects upon unconscious conflicts that pave the way for nuclear warfare and the destruction of human life on a worldwide scale. Attention is drawn in particular to the problem of establishing an effective, publicly... more
The representation of modern warfare has always been problematic, but depicting nuclear war seems to be an almost impossible task for writers, inasmuch as a real nuclear conflict has never taken place, so that there is no “real” model... more
------> Now available as open-source e-book at https://scholarcommons.sc.edu/uscpress_pub/7/ <------ _Unvarnishing Reality_ draws original insight to the literature, politics, history, and culture of the cold war by closely examining... more
Until recently the international security environment had come to reflect a relative calm among major powers. The numerous proxy wars of the Cold war had largely gone silent. The number of armed conflicts between regional powers reduced... more
Nuclear ethics is an interdisciplinary field of academic study in which diverse domestic and international problems associated with nuclear weapons policy are examined through one or more applied moral frame- works. Although nuclear ethics... more
The Russian Federation is currently and will remain, for the foreseeable future, the country that possesses the second largest number of nuclear warheads. This highly armed state has, like the Soviet Union before it and the US today, an... more
The year 1954 saw the first public detonation of an H-bomb, a weapon whose radioactive fallout challenged the existing spatialized notions of targeting and post attack recovery by making a whole country vulnerable to the vagaries of... more
Perhaps the most controversial aspect of the plan to overhaul the nation’s nuclear arsenal is the replacement program for the intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) force, the land-based leg of the nuclear triad that also includes... more
See the above BOOKS. Here, TEXT REMOVED (because of possible freedoms restrictions in Europe) (An earlier version was published in 2018 as chapter 8 in the book "Justice First") Should Ukraine and Russian governments accept or not... more
Cuts in conventional forces and renewed claims on the Falklands raise the question whether there may be any role for nuclear weapons in their defence. This paper examines British nuclear doctrine to see whether that may be the case.
Draft article that later was adapted into a part of my book, _Unvarnishing Reality_.
In a message, recorded on October 15, 2010, Fidel Castro stated: “The use of nuclear weapons in a new war would mean the end of humanity,” adding: “Each and every government in the world has the obligation to respect the right to life... more
The article addresses the contemporary risks of limited nuclear war and its threat for societies. It offers a critical analysis based on the difference between the strategy of a global destructive war following classical application of... more
This article argues that Adorno’s resistance to thinking in terms of the “Atomic Age” should warn us against too quickly adopting the term “Anthropocene” in relation to climate change. Rather than fixating on the sublime imagery of the... more
Há 20 anos, em 25 de janeiro de 1995, o lançamento de um pequeno foguete de pesquisa científica de uma ilha ao largo da costa noroeste da Noruega acionou o sistema de alerta antecipado de ataque nuclear da Rússia.
"Des experts du très sérieux think tank Chatam House s'inquiètent de la vulnérabilité numérique de l'écosystème de la force de dissuasion nucléaire britannique"
O delicado equilíbrio de poder mundial multipolar atual pode fazer com que a ideia de que seria possível um Estado vencer uma guerra nuclear volte à mente de estrategistas e políticos, após longo tempo ter sido abandonada pela realidade... more
Ever since the election of Narendra Modi as Prime Minister, India has constantly been on a quest for showcasing and exhibiting its larger than life persona and proving to an audience at home and abroad, its aspirations for greater power... more
What is the relationship between the stability of the nuclear balance among nuclear-armed states and the incidence of conventional warfare? The stability-instability paradox suggests that the more stable the strategic nuclear balance, the... more
You're searching for the truth. What sources of information should you use and trust ? Brian Martin recommends reflecting on a topic that you know a lot about and taking note of which information sources were useful or misleading. To... more
Numerous international competitors see the use of force as a solution to their challenges. In relations between Russia and NATO, China and Japan, Iran and Saudi Arabia, power plays unfold with unpredictable repercussions.
This article aims to present what was said by the late scientist Stephen Hawking who stated in 2018 that the human species could be driven to extinction in 100 years and that, due to this, he would force human beings to leave the Earth,... more
The probability of nuclear war is a major factor in many important policy questions, but it has gotten little scholarly attention. This paper presents a model for calculating the total probability of nuclear war. The model is based on 14... more
Nuclear weapons can serve as a reliable deterrence of war among nations to a great extent, but with an exception of its own. This answer effectively assesses the extent of reliability of the "Nuclear Deterrence Strategy" and its... more
This paper presents reflections on the use of risk analysis for understanding and informing policy decisions about nuclear war. A quantitative evaluation of risk arguably should be central to many important nuclear weapons decisions, such... more
The total impact of nuclear war is a major factor in many important policy questions, but it has gotten little scholarly attention. This paper presents a model for calculating the total impacts of nuclear war. The model includes physical,... more
Even when concerns about nuclear weapons are pushed out of the headlines, events have a way of reminding us that they loom in the background. With nuclear arms control facing an uncertain future and nuclear weapon states either expanding... more
Este artigo tem por objetivo apresentar o que foi dito pelo falecido cientista Stephen Hawking que afirmou em 2018 que a espécie humana poderia ser levada à extinção em 100 anos e que, devido a isto, forçaria os seres humanos a saírem da... more
Español: Desde la Crisis de Suez de 1956 hasta la Crisis Cubana de 1962, las tensiones entre Estados Unidos y la Unión Soviética no dejaron de crecer, hasta el punto de que la guerra era una posibilidad cotidiana. Aunque el gobierno... more
Nuclear Arms Control has been a high-politics issue in the world of international security. The United States has participated in numerous arms control and non-proliferation efforts over the past 60 years. It is the tool that has... more
This article analyzes how shelters act as a form of concrete governmentality. Shelters, like other forms of preparedness, are political acts in the absence of a disaster. They are materializations and visualizations of risk calculations.... more
Cet article vise à présenter ce qu'a dit le regretté scientifique Stephen Hawking qui a déclaré en 2018 que l'espèce humaine pourrait être amenée à l'extinction dans 100 ans et que, de ce fait, il forcerait les êtres humains à quitter la... more