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mutually assured destruction: a standalone construct

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mutually assureddestruction1 CONSTRUCTMutually assuredJERVIS · INTERNATIONAL

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International relations

the condition in which each nuclear power can destroy the other after absorbing a first strike, making superiority meaningless.

In international relations, mutually assured destruction refers to the condition in which each nuclear power can destroy the other after absorbing a first strike, making superiority meaningless. This meaning comes from Jervis (1979) in Political Science Quarterly.[1]

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  1. Jervis, R. (1979). Why Nuclear Superiority Doesn't Matter. Political Science Quarterly, 94(4), 617-634. https://doi.org/10.2307/2149629

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