Who Is Getting Nuked? Nuclear Taboo, Adversary Types, and Atomic Dispositions

IF 2.2 2区社会学 Q1 INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

Security Studies Pub Date : 2023-01-01 DOI:10.1080/09636412.2023.2178968

Yogesh Joshi

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Abstract

Abstract Janina Dill, Scott Sagan and Benjamin Valentino have demonstrated how calculations over the morality of contending norms may influence public's readiness to use nuclear weapons. I argue that such atomic dispositions are highly contingent on the nature of the adversary. Public may react differently to various nuclear targets because adversaries evoke different levels of retributiveness. When deciding between the lives of fellow citizens and those of foreign noncombatants, a bargain is easier to reach against targets which evoke feelings of hatred and anger due to historical, cultural or domestic political reasons. Using the Indian case, I demonstrate why the variance in the character of the threat is a substantive issue. Specifically, I show why the India-China dyad exhibits a greater degree of normative prohibition compared to the India-Pakistan dyad.

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谁在被裸体？核禁忌、敌对类型和原子处置

摘要Janina Dill、Scott Sagan和Benjamin Valentino已经证明了对竞争规范的道德考量如何影响公众使用核武器的意愿。我认为，这种原子部署在很大程度上取决于对手的性质。公众对各种核目标的反应可能不同，因为对手会引起不同程度的报复。当在同胞和外国非战斗人员的生活之间做出决定时，对于因历史、文化或国内政治原因而引发仇恨和愤怒的目标，更容易达成协议。以印度为例，我证明了为什么威胁性质的差异是一个实质性问题。具体来说，我展示了为什么与印度-巴基斯坦二元体相比，印度-中国二元体表现出更大程度的规范性禁止。

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Security Studies INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS-

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2.70

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16.70%

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