Category: War
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Putting Thugs In Control
From the media and the announcements of various politicians, it is easy to see large areas of Syria and Iraq as being populated only by […]
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The Problems In Ukraine
The image on the right shows the voting pattern for the 2012 Ukrainian elections. The blue is for the ‘Party of Regions’ and the magenta […]
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Deterrence: Terrorists
Firstly, it is important to point out that nuclear weapons are terror weapons. They have limited military value and are design to kill large numbers […]
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Nuclear Deterrence: Cuban Missile Crisis
I am not going to give a full account of the crisis, since it has been detailed elsewhere1. However, I would like to point out […]
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Nuclear Weapons: Ending The War With Japan
Ending The War With Japan First of all some pictures: You may think that these are pictures of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. However, they are Tokyo […]
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Nuclear Weapons: Keeping the peace for 60 years?
One of the arguments for nuclear weapons is that they have ‘kept the peace’ for the last 60 years. Deterring an event is not the […]
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Witch Burning and Nuclear Deterrence
This is the first in a series of posts about nuclear deterrence. Although there are records of witch burning in Europe since very early, there […]
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Odd Socks And The Dangers Of Nuclear Proliferation
Before talking about nuclear proliferation I am going to explain a concept which people may have covered at school – odd socks in a drawer. […]
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Nuclear Proliferation
In light of what is happening in Iran and North Korea it seems strange that there has been very little mentioned about the link between […]
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Thorium and Proliferation
I will probably write about the Thorium cycle a bit more at some later point. There seems to be a growing number of people who […]
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