IISS: Deterrence during disarmament

9 May 2011 09:16 AM

The International Institute for Strategic Studies highlights a publication which illustrates how the superpowers retain vast nuclear stockpiles and, despite the benefits for non-proliferation & budgeting, they are wary of cutting them, fearing that fewer warheads means less strategic stability. 

In the latest Adelphi Book, leading scholar James Acton knocks down those arguments, one by one.  


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