The nature and consequences of a nuclear war: lessons for prevention from Ukraine 2022
- PMID: 35836374
- DOI: 10.1080/13623699.2022.2093571
The nature and consequences of a nuclear war: lessons for prevention from Ukraine 2022
Abstract
This article attempts to put the Ukrainian conflict in the wider context of nuclear weapons possession and potential use, to point out how its conduct should affect public perception of such use, and the urgency for effective nuclear arms control measures including a determined resolve to implement the United Nations' 2017 Treaty on the Prevention of Nuclear Weapons.
Keywords: Nuclear weapons detonation; TPNW; arms control prospects; flaws in nuclear deterrence theory; nuclear winter.
Comment in
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The war in Ukraine: part of a fragile jigsaw.Med Confl Surviv. 2022 Sep;38(3):167-169. doi: 10.1080/13623699.2022.2117732. Med Confl Surviv. 2022. PMID: 36129317 No abstract available.
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