SECURITY ENVIRONMENT AND NUCLEAR BALANCE DURING THE COLD WAR
Accepted
25 March 2026
Available Online
15 November 2013
Abstract
IN THE THEORIES OF INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, THE PLURALITY OF PERSPECTIVES AND SHADES CANNOT MAKE ABSTRACTION OF POLITICAL REALISM, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT DEALS WITH THE REALITY OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS. THE BALANCE OF NUCLEAR POWER HAS REMAINED ON AN UNDISPUTABLE PLANETARY STABILITY. EVEN THOUGH THE DOCTRINES HAVE PROMOTED A SERIES OF APOCALYPTIC VARIANTS IN ORDER TO DISCOURAGE THE OPPONENT TO BE THE FIRST TO USE A NUCLEAR WEAPON, THE LATEST RESEARCHES, R IGHT AFTER 1989, HAVE SHOWN ALL ALONG THAT NO SUPERPOWER HAS INTENDED TO BE THE FIRST TO EXECUTE THE NUCLEAR STRIKE. FURTHERMORE, A NUMBER OF RECENTLY PUBLISHED STUDIES SUSTAIN THAT THE BALANCE OF THE NUCLEAR THEORY IS NOT THE ONLY EXPLANATION OF THE LACK OF AN APOCALYPTIC WAR. THE ANALYSIS OF THE NUCLEAR TRIAD, THE SKELETON OF THE MILITARY POWER OF THE MILITARY SUPERPOWERS WILL ALWAYS BE SUPPLEMENTED BY TAKING INTO ACCOUNT THE NON-STRATEGIC NUCLEAR WEAPONS AND ESPECIALLY WITH THE RESONANCES OF THE LACK OF POLITICAL AND LEGAL GUARANTEES OF MISSILE SHIELDS.
Keywords
NUCLEAR SUPERPOWER
POLITICAL REALISM
SALT I
SALT II
ABMT
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