Nuclear Hostages

Cooper, Chester L.

doi:10.2307/1148397

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“…Chester Cooper, former assistant director of the Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Institute for Energy Analysis, speculated that in certain Third World situations, this coercion could have the positive effect of containing belligerence by allowing weak states to threaten strong ones with unacceptable damage. 9 Recent events in the Middle East, however, suggest that the presence of nuclear energy among opponents may exacerbate rather than enhance stability. Certainly the costs of war would increase should plants be destroyed.…”

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