Geopolitics
Holding Fire
Deterrence, the treaty, the states that gave it up, and a night in September 1983
Brodie and Snyder · Article IX · Pretoria, Kyiv and Tripoli · Petrov · 4 chapters · 16 min read
A weapon built to go unused, a treaty that is really a bargain, the countries that gave it up, and five missiles that were not there.
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Living With the Bomb
- 01What the Bomb PreventsOn a weapon built to go unused, and the small wars it leaves room for.
- 02A Club Closed by the CalendarOn a treaty that is less a ban than a bargain, and the argument about who has kept it.
- 03The Countries That Gave It UpOn three countries that gave the bomb up, and the lesson others drew.
- 04Five Missiles That Were Not ThereOn a night in 1983, and what the near misses do and do not prove.