Power Problems

Nuclear Weapons, Strategic Stability, and Ukraine

Nov 15, 2022

40:28

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Limiting Nuclear War

05:01

Strategic Stability

01:51

Strategic Stability, Crisis Stability and Arms Race Stability

04:43

Introduction

3min

Putin, Low-Yield Nuclear Weapons in Ukraine?

5min

Putin's Nuclear Weapons

3min

Strategic Stability

2min

Strategic Stability, Crisis Stability and Arms Race Stability

5min

NATO's Nuclear Possibilities Look Stable

3min

The Nuclear Revolution

5min

Limiting Nuclear War

5min

Is Putin the Unipolar Power in 1938?

3min

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The Delicate Balance Theory and the Mad Theory - Where Does the Ness Land?

4min

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Ukraine

4min

Jasen Castillo, associate professor of international affairs at Texas A&M University, discusses the role of nuclear weapons and deterrence in the ongoing war in Ukraine.

Show Notes:

Jasen Castillo bio
Jasen Castillo, “The Nuclear Risks in Russia’s War with Ukraine Are Real,” Chicago Tribune, October 31, 2022.
Jasen Castillo, “The Cold Comfort of Mutually Assured Destruction,” War on the Rocks, June 16, 2021.
Luke Henkhaus, “What Does Ukraine’s Counteroffensive Mean for the Wider War?” Texas A&M Today, September 20, 2022

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