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A New Nuclear Age

Why It Matters

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The Importance of Nuclear Weapons in the International System

Andrey Scanan: Nuclear deterrence is the idea that if I have nuclear weapons, I can stop you from doing something you would otherwise do. As we just increase these numbers, he says, the world tends to get more dangerous. He thinks there's a pessimist side and an optimistic side in the nuclear weapons debate.

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