Week 3 Discussion

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Thomas C. Schelling claimed that nuclear weapons rendered war “unthinkable.” Should the world ban the possession and use of nuclear weapons, or should it trust the nuclear powers themselves to control these weapons? Should non-nuclear states have a voice in what nuclear states do with their own weapons? How do disarmament and arms control differ from each other? How well have disarmament and arms control agreements worked in the past?

Discussion 3

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Thomas C. Schelling claimed that nuclear weapons rendered war “unthinkable.” Should the world ban the possession and use of nuclear weapons, or should it trust the nuclear powers themselves to control these weapons? Should non-nuclear states have a voice in what nuclear states do with their own weapons? How do disarmament and arms control differ from each other? How well have disarmament and arms control agreements worked in the past?