... way of doing this by using nuclear weapons as a form of deterent. is quote may be over 50 years old, but it still offersOn December 12th 2001, it was confirmed that American President George W. Bush plans to remove the United States of America from the Anti-Ballistic Missile treaty, signed with Russia in 1972, Deterrence is a theory of International relations based in Realism. Essentially, it tries to explain the situation of when two or more states threaten retaliation if attacked, in order to deter the attack. It is therefore possible to very simply state deterrence as "You hit me, I hit you." For this essay, two main questions have to be addressed, 'Has it worked?' and 'Does it make sense?' To answer these questions, I will firstly define what deterrence is, I will then examine some of the main arguments for and against it, in theory ...

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