Nuclear weapons are constrained by narrative, political, economic, and stakeholder factors; war is not simply weaponry or resources.
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Nuclear Restraint
Nuclear weapons are constrained by narrative, political, economic, and stakeholder factors; war is not simply weaponry or resources.
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Nuclear use is constrained by troop morale, public opinion, political will, enemy morale, narrative control, political landscape, and resource marshalling.
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"So, that discussion, that political discussion determines the contours of this fight. Economic means that as this fight is still happening, nations are still..."
"okay when you do anything all right when you do anything sorry when you do anything you have to worry about certain factors okay..."
Relevant Lectures And Readings
A source-grounded reading of Jiang’s law of escalation: the actor with the biggest weapon can still lose if the weaker actor has calibration, legitimacy, options, and a way to make the bully destroy himself.
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