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The present basic philosophy is nuclear deterrence.
Joseph Rotblat / Physicist
Deterrence
Nuclear
Nuclear Deterrence
Philosophy
Basic
Present
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You can distill deterrence down to two factors: capability and will.
Chris Gibson /
Capability
Deterrence
Factors
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We have got thousands of nuclear weapons in order to achieve deterrence.
John Spratt / Former U.s. Representative
Achieve
Deterrence
Nuclear
Order
Weapons
Thousands
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Some amount of fear of nuclear weapons is necessary for nuclear deterrence to work.
Michael Shellenberger /
Deterrence
Nuclear Weapons
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Deterrence itself is not a preeminent value; the primary values are safety and morality.
Herman Kahn / Strategist
Deterrence
Morality
Primaries
Safety
Itself
Primary
Value
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The only thing that kept the Cold War cold was the mutual deterrence afforded by nuclear weapons.
Chung Mong-Joon /
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Cold
Cold War
Deterrence
Mutual
Nuclear
Nuclear Weapons
Weapons
Afforded
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Nuclear deterrence doesn't work outside of the Russian - U.S. context; Saddam Hussein showed that.
Charles Horner /
Deterrence
Hussein
Nuclear
Saddam
Context
Saddam Hussein
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When you talk about peace through strength, what you're talking about is the concept of deterrence.
Chris Gibson /
Deterrence
Talking
Talk
Concept
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Democrats always assure us that deterrence will work, but when the time comes to deter, they're against it.
Ann Coulter / Commentator
Conservative
Democrat
Deterrence
Time Work Always
Assure
Democrats
Deter
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NATO's deterrence has always been adequate, and I'm not worried about the physical security of my country. Not at all.
Kersti Kaljulaid /
Adequate
Deterrence
Nato
Worried
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The Blue and White government, led by me, will assemble the strongest security cabinet against terrorism and restore deterrence.
Benny Gantz /
Blue
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Terrorism
Assemble
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Restore
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The nature of nuclear weapons makes it impossible to either ban the bomb or wipe out an enemy's arsenal. Nuclear deterrence was unavoidable.
Michael Shellenberger /
Arsenal
Deterrence
Weapons
Wipe
Ban
Bomb
Unavoidable
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When you have a regime that would be happier in the afterlife than in this life, this is not a regime that is subject to classic theories of deterrence.
John Bolton / Lawyer
Afterlife
Classic
Deterrence
Would Be
Happier
Regime
Subject
Theories
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A great amount has been talked and written about what constitutes a sufficient balance and what really is meant by the concepts of 'balance' and 'deterrence'.
Alva Myrdal / Swedish Politician
Amount
Balance
Concepts
Deterrence
Sufficient
Meant
Talked
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We defended our allies in Europe for 40 years during the worst days of the Cold War - very threatening days of the Cold War - and nothing happened. So deterrence does work.
Zbigniew Brzezinski / Former National Security Advisor
War
Allies
Cold
Cold War
Deterrence
Europe
Threatening
Worst
Years
Does
Days
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So, we need to delegitimize the nuclear weapon, and by de-legitimizing... meaning trying to develop a different system of security that does not depend on nuclear deterrence.
Mohamed Elbaradei / Diplomat
Deterrence
Nuclear
Depend
Weapon
Nuclear Weapon
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The only peace that can be made with a dictator is once that must be based on deterrence. For today, the dictator may be your friend, but tomorrow he will need you as an enemy.
Natan Sharansky / Israeli Politician
Peace
Deterrence
Dictator
Enemy
Today
Tomorrow
Based
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The way that one feels about the story line of 'Deterrence' can tell us, I believe, about each person's conservatism or liberalism and precisely how tolerant he or she is of racism.
Rod Lurie / Director
Conservatism
Deterrence
Liberalism
Racism
He Or She
Believe Way I Believe
Precisely
Tolerant
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A proper criminal justice system exacts justice - that is, punishes criminals for their crimes. Rehabilitation and deterrence are worthy goals, but they are secondary to retribution.
Michael J. Knowles /
Criminal Justice
Criminal Justice System
Deterrence
Justice
Rehabilitation
Retribution
Worthy
Crimes
Goals
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Secondary
System
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What has kept the world safe from the bomb since 1945 has not been deterrence, in the sense of fear of specific weapons, so much as it's been memory. The memory of what happened at Hiroshima.
John Hersey / Writer
War
Deterrence
Happened
Hiroshima
Hiroshima And Nagasaki
Memories
Safe
Weapons
Since
Bomb
Memory
Sense
Specific
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The whole idea of deterrence is to convince your enemy that you are willing and able to make it so painful for them to continue on a threatening or bellicose course that they change their behavior.
Martha Mcsally / United States Representative
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Behavior
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Enemy
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Threatening
Whole
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Since most cyberwar is conducted covertly, governments avoid any public acknowledgment of their own abilities and shy away from engaging in any sort of 'cyber diplomacy.' Statecraft conducted in secret fails to create public norms for deterrence.
Jared Cohen /
Acknowledgment
Cyber
Deterrence
Diplomacy
Engaging
Shy
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Governments
Norms
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Deterrence is still fundamentally about influencing an actor's decisions. It is about a solid policy foundation. It is about credible capabilities. It is about what the U.S. and our allies as a whole can bring to bear in both a military and a nonmilitary sense.
C. Robert Kehler /
Allies
Credible
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Foundation
Military
Policy
Whole
Decisions
Actor
Bear
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No punishment has ever possessed enough power of deterrence to prevent the commission of crimes. On the contrary, whatever the punishment, once a specific crime has appeared for the first time, its reappearance is more likely than its initial emergence could ever have been.
Hannah Arendt / Philosopher
Contrary
Crime
Criminals
Deterrence
Emergence
Enough
First Time
Firsts
Possessed
Punishment
Appeared
Commission
Whatever
Initial
Likely
On The Contrary
Prevent
Specific
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Obviously, the Philippines or any regional state can never match Chinese defense spending, but we will have to develop minimum deterrence capabilities that allow us to resist and inflict sufficient retaliation if China continues to undermine Philippine territorial integrity.
Miriam Defensor Santiago / Judge
China
Defense
Deterrence
Integrity
Minimum
Philippines
Retaliation
Spending
Sufficient
Territorial
Allow
Capabilities
State
Inflict
Match
Obviously
Resist
Regional
Undermine
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Japan's alliance with the U.S. will only grow in importance amid the increasingly difficult security situation surrounding our country, thus I think it is necessary to keep the marines in Okinawa, a geographically strategic location from the standpoint of maintaining deterrence.
Yoshihiko Noda / Former Prime Minister Of Japan
Deterrence
Importance
Japan
Location
Maintaining
Security
Situation
Standpoint
Strategic
Alliance
Increasingly
Necessary
Surrounding
Thus
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Even in the most peaceful communities, an appetite for violence shows up in dreams, fantasies, sports, play, literature, movies and television. And, so long as we don't transform into angels, violence and the threat of violence - as in punishment and deterrence - is needed to rein in our worst instincts.
Paul Bloom / Professor
Appetite
Deterrence
Needed
Peaceful
Punishment
Television
Worst
Angels
Instincts
Communities
Fantasies
Rein
Transform
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We welcome the Obama administration's policy called the 'pivot to Asia' because it is a contributing factor to the safety and peace of the region. I think this pivot policy is playing an indispensable role in enhancing the deterrence of the U.S.-Japan alliance as well as ensuring peace and security in the Asia-Pacific region.
Shinzo Abe / Prime Minister Of Japan
Administration
Asia
Contributing
Deterrence
Indispensable
Safety
Welcome
Alliance
Enhancing
Ensuring
Factor
Region
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