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Security studies

the argument that mutual nuclear deterrence is not automatic but depends on retaliatory forces surviving a surprise first strike.

In security studies, delicate balance of terror refers to the argument that mutual nuclear deterrence is not automatic but depends on retaliatory forces surviving a surprise first strike. This meaning comes from Wohlstetter (1959) in Foreign Affairs.[1]

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argument3 fields · 3 citationsjingle · one word, three constructs balance4 fields · 5 citationsjingle · one word, four constructs deterrence3 fields · 3 citationsinvariant · one construct, three systems

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Wohlstetter, A. (1959). The Delicate Balance of Terror. Foreign Affairs, 37(2), 211. https://doi.org/10.2307/20029345

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