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How would you explain the future of ‘Nuclear Deterrence’? Do you think that ‘preventive war’ is a good substitute for Nuclear Deterrence?

  • UPSC 2012
  • 20 marks
  • Key Concepts in International Relations

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Nuclear deterrence rests on persuading an adversary that any attack will invite unacceptable retaliation; its foundation is a survivable second strike. Bernard Brodie's insight of 1946, that armed forces now exist to avert wars rather than win them, still holds. What is changing is the setting in which deterrence must work, and that change is…

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  • The future of nuclear deterrence
  • Is preventive war a good substitute?
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