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Apparently, nuclear weapons being in the hands of human beings, with all of their emotions and flaws, makes nuclear brinkmanship "risky" Who knew?

"The Psychology of Nuclear Brinkmanship"

"As the field of international relations seeks to update theories of nuclear strategy and the utility of #nuclear weapons in the wake of the notable return to great power conflict, we highlight the centrality of the conscious choice that leaders must undertake in deciding to use nuclear weapons. Human emotions can introduce chance into bargaining in ways that contradict the expectations of the rational cost-benefit assumptions that undergird #deterrence theory."

@nuclearhumanities @sts #nuclearpolicy #nuclearwar #nuclearstrategy

https://direct.mit.edu/isec/article/47/3/9/114669/The-Psychology-of-Nuclear-Brinkmanship

Benoît Pelopidas of SciencesPO offers some sound advice on inquiries into nuclear disarmament.

"Nuclear injustice: Suggestions in support of a research agenda"

"First, it overstates the stabilizing effects of possessing nuclear weapons and the sustainability of a nuclear-armed world by misattributing the absence of unwanted nuclear explosions so far to the success of (control) practices of nuclear deterrence only while factors independent from those control practices or the failures of such control practices (i.e., luck) have been demonstrated to be necessary to avoid catastrophe in key episodes of global nuclear history. Second, their approach similarly assumes that possessing nuclear weapons has been peace-inducive for the possessors"

@nuclearhumanities @sts #nuclear #nuclearweapons #nuclearpolicy #nucleardisarmament #ColdWar #LongPeace

https://thebulletin.org/2023/02/nuclear-injustice-suggestions-in-support-of-a-research-agenda/