Geopolitical tensions and Nato membership have put the nuclear question back on the table.
Articles on Nuclear deterrent
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All nuclear powers test missiles. Why do China’s tests provoke such a fierce response?
The treaty is the last of the agreements put in place after the cold war to lapse.
The voices of the Hibakusha offer not only memory, but also moral clarity in an age of growing peril.
Missile defense systems are nothing new. History shows that even if they work as advertised – a big if – they’re a bad idea if your aim is to make your country safer from nuclear attack.
The Cuban missile crisis showed the virtue of communication between leaders. India and Pakistan need to heed the lesson.
Pakistan believes an Indian ‘military incursion’ is imminent, following a terror attack last week in Kashmir. Will nuclear deterrence be enough to prevent war again?
For the foreseeable future a conventional approach to defence, perhaps backed by British and French nuclear assets, remains the most realistic option for Europe.
Abandoning Ukraine means bracing for global nuclear proliferation.
A digest of some of the best of our recent coverage of the conflict in Ukraine.
The Russian president has lowered the bar for Russia resorting to using nuclear weapons. Now it’s up to the west to respond.
The prospect of a nuclear holocaust has receded since the end of the cold war. But maybe the world should take it more seriously.
What are tactical nuclear weapons and would Russia resort to using them in Ukraine?
While many countries have tested anti-satellite missiles, France has committed itself not to do so. For what reasons, and with what consequences?
Tactical nuclear weapons were designed to be used on the battlefield rather than for strategic defense, but that doesn’t mean there’s a plausible case for using them.
Policymakers often think of their decisions about nuclear weapons as moral, a nuclear ethicist explains – which is key to understanding their motives.
Using nuclear weapons in Ukraine would be difficult and risky for Russia.
The policy introduced the chilling concept of ‘escalate to de-escalate’.
Kwame Nkrumah and Ali Mazrui associated nuclear weapons with imperialism and racism, but proposed different approaches to address the problem they present.
A nuclear exchange, which would unleash untold destruction on both countries’ civilian populations, remains a possibility.
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