NUCLEAR ASSURANCE AND THE MONITORING THE OUTER SPACE
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Accepted
27 March 2026
Available Online
15 March 2015
Abstract
STRATEGIC STABILITY HAS TWO DIMENSIONS: STABILITY THROUGH THE BALANCE OF ARMS RACE AND CRISIS STABILITY, IN AN ENVIRONMENT CHARACTERIZED BY A HIGH LEVEL OF DISTRUST AND HOSTILITY. NUCLEAR GUARANTEE IS A FORM OF ASSURANCE IN INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, CUSTOMIZED ACCORDING TO THE CONTEXT IN WHICH THE PROVISION MUST WORK. ASSURANCE APPEARS IN TWO FORMS - ASSURANCE/POSITIVE GUARANTEE AND NEGATIVE ASSURANCE. THE ASIA-PACIFIC REGION BECOMES A STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENT OF POW ER CHANGE AND UNCERTAINTY. IN THE CASE OF SOUTH KOREA IS GOING TO DEVELOP ITS OWN INDIGENOUS NUCLEAR ARSENAL, JAPAN WILL PROCEED IN A SIMILAR MANNER, BEING LIKELY THAT AUSTRALIA SHOULD DO THE SAME. APART FROM THE AMERICAN AND RUSSIAN ACTIVITIES IN SPACE, O VER 60 STATES NATIONAL CONSORTIUMS, COMMERCIAL BODIES AND ACADEMICAL INSTITUTION HAVE MANY ACTIVITIES IN SPACE. THE SPACE FRAGMENTS ISSUE HAS SERIOUS CONSEQUENCES UPON THE MILITARY AND INTELLIGENCE SATELLITES SYSTEMS; THE PROBABILITY OF A CATASTROPHICALLY COLLISION - ACCIDENTAL OR INTENDED - BEING GREAT.
Keywords
STRATEGIC STABILITY
NUCLEAR GUARANTEE
THE SPACE FREAGMENTS
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