The War in Ukraine and Global Nuclear Order

Author(s): Alexander K. Bollfrass, Stephen Herzog
Journal Title: Survival
Publisher(s): Taylor & Francis
Publication Year: 2022

Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine has neither exposed the international nuclear-governance regime as toothless nor brought it to the verge of collapse. The global nuclear order's history shows its resilience to rogue acts by great powers. In this Survival article, CSS' Alexander K. Bollfrass and Stephen Herzog argue that nuclear targeting, deterrent threats and associated risk-reduction efforts are hardly new phenomena and the main consequence of the war is renewed public awareness of the often unpalatable role nuclear weapons play in international politics.

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