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Nuclear salience in decline? [WP1035]

Nuclear salience in decline? [WP1035]
Date
Sunday 27 - Wednesday 30 June, 2010
Venue
Wiston House

Wilton Park
Wiston House, Steyning
West Sussex
BN44 3DZ
+44 (0) 1903 815 020

For more information see Your stay at Wilton Park

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Event no.
WP1035
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This Conference asked the following questions:

  • What is the political and military utility of nuclear weapons and how is it changing?
  • Can a decline in nuclear salience be identified, and to what extent is it a conscious, planned process?
  •  In what states is it most, and least, pronounced?
  • What salience do non-nuclear states attribute to nuclear weapons, and what are the perspectives on drawdown and reduced salience among such states with a US security guarantee?
  • What of those aspiring to such a guarantee, such as Georgia and Ukraine?
  • What is the prospect of a ‘deterrent marketplace’?

Contacts

Mark Smith: Programme Director

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Mark Smith: Programme manager