Article
Australia’s stance on nuclear deterrence leaves it on the wrong side of history
Publisher
Arms control
Nuclear weapons
Defence
Description
There has been much hand-wringing at the thought of Donald Trump becoming US president. If, by some miracle, Trump succeeds in November, he will have his hand on the nuclear trigger.
But this concern, while great political fodder, is dangerously simplistic. It presupposes there are “safe hands” when it comes to nuclear weapons. There are not.
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The Conversation Media Group 2016
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open
Post date:
26 Aug 2016
