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...Darren C.Zook Copyright © 2000 World Policy Institute 2000 Darren C. Zook teaches South A sian history a n d politics a t the University o f California a t Berkeley. A Culture of Deterrence Nuclear Myths and Cultural Chauvinism in South Asia Darren C...

...). Deterrence and the ABM R etreading the O ld C alculus Robert A. Levine What kind of “rationality ” is required governments of Russia and China, and prob­ of the party to be deterred? ably with most of what are called “rogue — Thomas C. Schelling...

... of this is written in stone, es­ taining a process of abolishing nuclear weap­ pecially given emerging constraints on U.S. ons will require rejection of deterrence.3 military spending. Popular movements com­ In the early days of the nuclear age, mitted to nuclear abolition and U.S. allies elaboration...

... in the tempts to portray them otherwise. The concept of deterrence, growing concern “Bush Doctrine” was enunciated in the over the spread of weapons of mass destruc­ 2002 National Security Strategy of the United tion (w m d ), and the demonstrated potential States of America, which describes...

... Press of Kansas in March 2003■ Toward Universal Empire The Dangerous Quest for Absolute Security David C. Hendrickson When the attacks of September 11 came, War—containment and deterrence. It is also the jolt was so sudden and unexpected as to contrary to a long...

... preemption and de-emphasized the reactive with the Bush policy, and they are not terri­ strategies of deterrence and containment. bly far apart on the remedy. He promoted forceful interdiction, preemp­ A Dissenter’s Guide to Foreign Policy 103 tive...

...) Zook, Darren C.; "A Culture of Deterrence: Nuclear Myths and Cultural Chau­ Meyer, Karl E.; "As Much as I Dare" (XVIL3) vinism in South Asia” (XVII:1) Meyer, Karl E.; “An Edwardian Warning: The Unraveling of a Colossus" (XVII:4...

... with im­ rewriting, finally released its annual report punity against passive targets. Deterrence is to Congress on China’s military power in neglected. mid-July.1 However, in failing to compare There are many deterrents to war be­ systematically China’s capabilities with yond mere balance...

... that the American people do not understand the reality of the nuclear weapons policies our leaders are following and that, if they did, they would broadly repu­ diate them. Our policy of nuclear deterrence puts in the hands of the American Presi­ dent— acting alone, without public debate...

..." Levine, Robert A.; "Deterrence and the ABM: Retreading the Old (XVIII: 1) Calculus" (XVIII:3) Wucker, Michele; "Passing the Buck: No Chapter 11 for Bankrupt Lifton, Robert Jay; "Illusions...

... reaction to the threat posed by Kingdom compromised many of its tradi­ international terrorism can best be described tional civil liberties and is today a signifi­ as a judicious combination of deterrence and cantly more restrictive country than three containment. The extensive powers of inves­...

... of sentencing has little or no behavioral effect. Simply hiking up penalties doesn’t change criminality rates. Deterrence, as practiced by many Western democracies since the 1970s, has largely been a failure. Procedural justice thus tracks the moral force of the law—its tendency to induce compliance...

... ideology, but rather from a judi­ another 1,000 under construction. The plan cious attempt to craft a viable deterrent ca­ is to have 5,000 operational centrifuges pability against an evolving range of threats. within two years. This would give Iran the Despite its dogmatic rhetoric, continuing...

... weeks of George W. North Koreans, or only in a multilateral set­ Bush’s presidency, Colin Powell noted that ting? Engage or isolate, bargain or coerce? some “promising elements were left on the Deterrence or preemption? Regime change table” by the Clinton administration. The or security...

.... Calovskis’ co-accused included Nikita Kuzmin, a Russian arrested in California in 2010, and Mihai Ionut Paunescu, a Romanian arrested in Romania in 2013, illustrating the global nature of the problem. The deterrent message would be even more powerful if there were more effective ways of tracking online...

... Bismarck on the need to keep Ger­ quently and persuasively against the war on many’s boot on the Poles forever, indeco­ Iraq, upholding the continuing validity of rously pointing to various acts of aggression deterrence and condemning as unnecessary in the past 200 years that bear out his thesis...

... surprise therefore that the use of secrecy in government is on the back foot and struggling to justify itself. The new threats to national security are no longer only about the competing interests of nation states. How to counter them is not about deterrence or developing and building appropriate...

... the parties involved toward calami­ larly uncomfortable fact lay the origins of tous hostilities. the so-called theory of nuclear deterrence, ac­ cording to which each side in the Cold War Anticipating Inadvertent Conflict sought...

...: A Brazilian View 77 the rules of the international community. principle of offensive deterrence, which does The actions of the current administration re­ not exclude the possibility of being the first flect this ambivalence and demonstrate an party to use...

... secretary William Perry was asked The possibility of negotiated limits is why Pyongyang is seeking to develop long- real. North Korea is keenly aware that an at­ range ballistic missiles. “I believe their pri­ tack on the United States would lead to dev­ mary reason is security, is deterrence,” he...