A nuclear response to nuclear terror : reflections of nuclear preemption
By: KOKOSHIN, Andrei
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ArticlePublisher: Thousand Oaks : SAGE, September 2006The Annals of The American Academy of Political and Social Science 607, p. 59-63Abstract: The threat of nuclear terrorism in the United States has led its leadership to contemplate an extreme military responsenamely, nuclear preemption. To some preemption proponents, nuclear weapons are no longer considered the option of last resort. This article argues that reducing the nuclear threshold for some international actors and not others is perhaps just as dangerous as the proliferation the nuclear preemption doctrine is trying counter. The nuclear "taboo" has once again ceased to exist.
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The threat of nuclear terrorism in the United States has led its leadership to contemplate an extreme military responsenamely, nuclear preemption. To some preemption proponents, nuclear weapons are no longer considered the option of last resort. This article argues that reducing the nuclear threshold for some international actors and not others is perhaps just as dangerous as the proliferation the nuclear preemption doctrine is trying counter. The nuclear "taboo" has once again ceased to exist.
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