The Ten Aporias of Our Time. The Theory and Practice of Nuclear Deterrence
... to harden, but to sober the aggressor and force it to cease the attack and switch to talks” [ 34 ]. One way or another, the time has come for Moscow to officially unequivocally clarify this question, which has become the central subject of U.S.—Russia nuclear deterrence relations. True, there is another opinion on that matter. All nuclear states without exception maintain some measure of vagueness in their doctrines, believing it to be conducive to deterrence. This is also Russia’s policy, and its ...