A Statement of Concern by the Council of the New Zealand Ecological Society (Inc. ) Preamble The New Zealand Ecological Society is a scientific society formed in 1951 "to promote the study of ecology and the application of ecological knowledge in all its aspects". It draws its membership primarily from research and teaching institutions. On three occasions in its history the Society has prepare...

We present the first study of the global impacts of a regional nuclear war with an Earth system model including atmospheric chemistry, ocean dynamics, and interactive sea ice and land components. A limited, regional nuclear war between India and Pakistan in which each side detonates 50 15 kt weapons could produce about 5 Tg of black carbon (BC). This would self-loft to the stratosphere, where i...

T.V. Paul is Associate Professor of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal, Canada. He is the author of Asymmetric Conflicts: War Initiation by Weaker Powers (Cambridge University Press, 1994), and co-editor and contributor to the volumes The Absolute Weapon Revisited: Nuclear Arms and the Emerging International Order (The University of Michigan Press, 1998) and International Order an...

This article revisits the Cold War-era concept of ‘catalytic nuclear war,’ considered by many as unworkable, and reconceptualizes it in light technological change, well improved understanding human psychology other factors. It argues modern digital era, catalyzing chain reaction counter-retaliation dynamics set motion deliberate action a non-state or third-party actor is fast becoming more acce...

04.09.2023: Leder - In January, 2023, the Science and Security Board of Bulletin Atomic Scientists moved hands Doomsday Clock forward to 90 s before midnight, reflecting growing risk nuclear war (1).

BACKGROUND The proliferation of nuclear technology in the politically volatile Middle East greatly increases the likelihood of a catastrophic nuclear war. It is widely accepted, while not openly declared, that Israel has nuclear weapons, and that Iran has enriched enough nuclear material to build them. The medical consequences of a nuclear exchange between Iran and Israel in the near future are...

The Russian aggression against Ukraine has unleashed new fears of a nuclear war and also due to direct indirect threats by the side. As consequence, it seems appropriate re-open debate about legality threat or use weapons, led somewhat inconclusive results ICJ Opinion 1996 on ‘Legality Threat Use Nuclear Weapons’. If some elements rationality are left in this war, weapons will not be employed U...

The paper drew parallels between the Russo- Ukraine war and Second World War Cold War. A contextual these events eras were described in study. similarities pointed out, a conjecture was reviewed, comparison of NATO Russia’s National Interests studied side by as it concerns nations border states with Russia. study relied on documentary data. data sourced from government annual departmental repor...

Will emerging technology increase the possibility of nuclear war? Given multitude ways intersects with weapons, critical thinking about an imagined future that goes beyond net assessment, myopic mirror-imaging, and extrapolation present trends should be a core task policymakers. This article builds on notion “future counterfactuals” to construct imaginative yet realistic scenarios consider exch...