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Deterrence

Experts Agree: Death Penalty Not a Deterrent

Tamar Abrams | Posted 06.18.2009 | Politics

Read More: Iran, Execution, Homicide, Traci Lacock, Crime, Saudi Arabia, Georgia, John Van De Kamp, Criminologists, Death Penalty, Michael Radelet, China, Troy Davis, Deterrence, U.S. Supreme Court, California, Politics News
Tamar Abrams

Only three countries in the world -- China, Iran and Saudi Arabia -- execute more prisoners than the U.S each year; a practice that costs the nation hundreds of millions of dollars annually.

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Obama's Nuclear Downpour

Ashley Rindsberg | Posted 12.11.2008 | World

Read More: India, Nuke, Bomb, Egypt, Umbrella, War, Middle East, Iran, Obama, Nuclear, Security, Israel, Deterrence, Policy, Iraq, World News
Ashley Rindsberg

President-elect Obama offering Israel the nuclear umbrella to implies that the Obama administration is on some level resigned to the possibility of a nuclear Iran.

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A Heartbeat Away from Controlling Our Nuclear Arsenal

Steven Crandell | Posted 10.03.2008 | Politics

Read More: Vice President, John McCain, Henry Kissinger, Ronald Reagan, Nuclear Weapons, Sarah Palin, US Leadership for a Nuclear Weapons-Free World, Joe Biden, George Schulz, Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Barack Obama, Deterrence, David Kreiger, Politics News
Steven Crandell

Nuclear weapons pose the ultimate test of presidential judgment. Once launched, these weapons change world history forever. More than 70 percent of ...

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We've Lost our Ability to Deter

Brandon Friedman | Posted 08.11.2008 | Politics

Read More: Russia, John McCain, Iraq, Deterrence, Georgia, Iraq Deployment, Deterrence Russia, McCain Russia, Politics News
Brandon Friedman

Deterrence -- our ability to influence other state actors with unacceptable damage through our might -- is what truly made us a world power. But now it seems as though we've lost that ability.

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Hey Pentagon, How Are Nuclear Weapons Working Out for You?

Russ Wellen | Posted 07.08.2008 | Politics

Read More: Nonproliferation, Nuclear Weapons, National Security, Disarmament, War, Arms Control, Hiroshima, Atomic Bomb, The Bomb, Peace, Deterrence, Politics News
Russ Wellen

While for many of us, nuclear weapons conjure up images of burning flesh, moral appeals are lost on the Pentagon. Its only concern is winning wars.

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Debunking the Death Penalty Deterrence Myth

John Holdridge and Cassandra Stubbs | Posted 01.07.2008 | Politics

Read More: Homicide Rate, Death Penalty, Capital Punishment, Deterrent Capital Punishment, Murder Rate, Deterrence, Politics News
John Holdridge and Cassandra Stubbs

New reports alleging that capital punishment has a deterrent effect on homicide rates have captured widespread media attention, which in turn has accorded them a degree of unjustified legitimacy in the public arena.

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