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The World Doesn't Need Any More Nuclear Strategies

| Feb. 06, 2018

The Trump administration's Nuclear Posture Review answers questions nobody should be asking

The non-use of nuclear weapons since 1945 is a great achievement that we take for granted all too often. Although the number of states possessing nuclear weapons has slowly increased over the past seven decades, no country has used a nuclear weapon since 1945, and despite some worrisome incidents, I know of no case where a nuclear-armed state ever came really close to firing a nuclear bomb at another country. Continuing this lucky streak for as long as possible — ideally, forever — should be a paramount goal for all human beings....

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For Academic Citation: Walt, Stephen M.“The World Doesn't Need Any More Nuclear Strategies.” Foreign Policy, February 6, 2018.

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Stephen Walt