Nuclear salience in decline? [WP1035]

• Defence and security

• Date: Sunday 27 - Wednesday 30 June, 2010
• Venue: Wiston House

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

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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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