The Prospects for Global Nuclear Disarmament
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Predicting the future can be a risky business, but predicting the future of nuclear disarmament is especially difficult, linked as it is to the core security concerns of very powerful countries. Not only is the subject imperfectly defined but it is constantly evolving under the influence of forces that are too numerous and too complex to allow for any confident projections. Yet because the issue remains vital to the future of international security, indeed, the future of our planet, it surely merits some close attention at centres of academic excellence, this one in particular. I will therefore take this opportunity to identify some useful navigation points.
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