Have nuclear weapons helped to maintain global peace?

Benoît Pelopidas (1)

1 CERI - Centre de recherches internationales (Sciences Po, CNRS)

Though national and regional conflicts and international terrorism remain rife, since 1945 the world has not been subjected to truly pan-regional or trans-continental war. Over the following pages four experts in international security debate the role nuclear arsenals may have played in curbing large-scale conflict.

Keywords: international security; nuclear weapons

Keywords: conflicts; peace

Domains: Political science

Benoît Pelopidas. Have nuclear weapons helped to maintain global peace?. BBC World Histories, 2017, 2017/6, pp.38-46. ⟨hal-03399673⟩