Nuclear deterrence

Reigniting a Nuclear Arms Race is the Wrong Take-Home from Ukraine

by David P. Barash

A simplistic assumption of nuclear deterrence – that having nuclear weapons protects a nation against aggression – has frequently failed in practice. The Ukraine invasion should be a call to rethink deterrence and move toward abolishing nuclear weapons. 

The Madness of Nuclear Deterrence

by Mikhail Gorbachev

The dangers have only become more acute in the decades since I tried to convince Thatcher.

The deterrence myth

by David P Barash

Nuclear deterrence continues to dominate international relations. Yet there is no proof it ever worked, nor that it ever will.