Political 205 Class 7 Nuclear Deterrence

Question 1

who did the debate on the interpretation of the impact weapon on grand strategy

Answer 1

it was between Bernard Brodie vs William Broden

Question 1

what did Broden argue

Answer 1

Braden argued that nuclear weapon are bigger artillery

Question 2

Brodie argue ?

Answer 2

that nuclear weapon represented a fundamental change in IR and war. Nuclear war are irrational. Nuclear superiority non existent.

Question 3

what is second-strike capacity?

Answer 3

if they can survive the first strike and be sure to retaliate

Question 4

what is the crystal ball effect ?

Answer 4

they make consequence very understandable

Question 5

what is stability-insstablity paradox?

Answer 5

it it the outcome of 2 nuclear weapon arsenal cancelling each other
ex: 1999 India-Pakistan Border conflict

Question 6

why do nuclear weapon matter?

Answer 6

1) nukes prevent conquest of state, but not attacks
ex: Isarel and Syria in Lebanon 1982-83
2)creation of security
3)swagger appeal (status)

Question 7

what are the dangerous illusion of nuclear unusablity

Answer 7

1)nuke made war unthinkable, but war still happens
2)common problems such as environment have made war irrelevant
3) economic interdependence has made war unthinkable

Question 8

risk of exercising Nuclear Weapons

Answer 8

1) threats and use would acceleration nuclear proliferation
2)only sate survival is worth the cost of risking a nuclear war