All about the bomb? Cold War influences on ‘Modern Deterrence’
by Gareth WApril 30, 2019
Every generation sees themselves living through the most complex of times. Such perceptions can lead to an oversimplification of the past and the influence it has on our future. This is the position today regarding the Cold War experience of deterrence in some quarters. Yet those who found themselves planning for and executing deterrence activities during the Cold War certainly found them complex and challenging problems.
It is worthwhile sketching the context of this for readers today. Technological advancement has achieved the democratisation and availability of formerly hard to obtain technologies. The rules based international order, which seemed unshakeable during the Cold War, is now routinely challenged and cannot be taken for granted. In the West, existential threats from state actors seem to have reduced. In their place has come increased pressure on societal and democratic norms fermented by adversaries harnessing new technology.
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