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Is stability just nuclear?

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This new article seems to focus on stability in the nuclear context, i.e. in terms of risks of nuclear conflict. The term is most often used in describing relations among nuclear powers, but it is not intrinsically limited to that context. I'm not against retaining that focus, but the article might start by defining stability in more general terms. NPguy (talk) 02:41, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

  • The broad strategic stability is a very vague term, so I am not sure if anything meaningful can be said about this alsmost common-sense combination of two generic words. If you have any ideas and sources, we might want to write another article and refer to is here through {{Other uses}}. The sources I have focus on the narrow sense of the concept. I will add a phrase saying that the broader meaning does indeed exist. --Викидим (talk) 02:03, 2 December 2021 (UTC)[reply]

Types of stability

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Back in the Cold War I learned about two types of stability. Crisis stability is focused on whether states have incentives to escalate or strike first. Arms race stability is about states have incentives to compete in terms of the number and type of weapons they possess. It would be useful for this article to address both concepts. Paul Nitze wrote about both, notably in the context of the Strategic Defense Initiative. NPguy (talk) 02:49, 22 November 2021 (UTC)[reply]

To Do (Colby & Gerson)

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These are mostly notes to myself, but everyone is welcome to use them, as always. References are for the book "Strategic Stability: Contending Interpretations".

  1. Used to be discussed as "stability of deterrence"[1]
  2. Albert Wohlstetter's "Delicate Balance of Terror": actually January 1959 in Foreign Affairs, 1958 at the pre-conference on "measures to safeguard against surprise attack" in Washington, the actual conference was in Geneva) [2]

Sfns

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  1. ^ Scheling 2013, p. vii.
  2. ^ Scheling 2013, p. v.

Викидим (talk) 07:55, 2 March 2024 (UTC)[reply]