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→Post-Cold War American nuclear primacy fantasies
{{quotebox|During the Cold War, many [[scholar]]s and [[policy]] analysts believed that [[MAD]] made the world relatively stable and [[peace]]ful because it induced great caution in [[international politics]], discouraged the use of nuclear threats to resolve disputes, and generally restrained the [[superpower]]s' [[behavior]]. … This debate may now seem like ancient history…
{{quotebox|During the Cold War, many [[scholar]]s and [[policy]] analysts believed that [[MAD]] made the world relatively stable and [[peace]]ful because it induced great caution in [[international politics]], discouraged the use of nuclear threats to resolve disputes, and generally restrained the [[superpower]]s' [[behavior]]. … This debate may now seem like ancient history…
Today, for the first time in almost 50 years, the [[United States]] stands on the verge of attaining nuclear primacy. It will probably soon be possible for the United States to destroy the long-range nuclear arsenals of Russia or China with a first strike. … Unless Washington’s policies change … Russia and China -- and the rest of the world -- will live in the shadow of U.S. nuclear primacy for many years to come.<ref>https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/fa/fa_marapr06/fa_marapr06d.html</ref>}}
Today, for the first time in almost 50 years, the [[United States]] stands on the verge of attaining nuclear primacy. It will probably soon be possible for the United States to destroy the long-range nuclear arsenals of Russia or China with a first strike. … Unless [[Washington, D.C.|Washington's]] policies change … [[Russia]] and [[China]] -- and the rest of the world -- will live in the shadow of [[U.S. nuclear primacy]] for many years to come.<ref>https://ciaotest.cc.columbia.edu/olj/fa/fa_marapr06/fa_marapr06d.html</ref>}}
Such musings gave rise to ideas that nuclear exchange was no longer necessarily “suicidal,” and that “we” could "[[win]]" a [[nuclear war]].
Such musings gave rise to ideas that nuclear exchange was no longer necessarily “suicidal,” and that “we” could "[[win]]" a [[nuclear war]].