mutual assured destruction
5 episodes mention this concept
NewEconomicThinkingJun 6, 2022The Failure of Statecraft: American Exceptionalism, NATO Enlargement, and the Path to Peace Through Diplomacy
GeopoliticsAmerican exceptionalismStatecraftDiplomacyConstructive engagement- NewEconomicThinkingMar 14, 2022
The US's Shift from Primacy to World Order: A Critique of American Foreign Policy as Security Policy
GeopoliticsPrimacy in World OrderWorld Order PolicyMulti-polarityZero-sum thinking - NewEconomicThinkingDec 6, 2021
China & U.S. - A Clash of Two Gilded Ages: Economic Paradoxes, Political Instability, and the Dangers of Misperception
GeopoliticsGilded AgeClash of CivilizationsCrony CapitalismPlutocracy - NewEconomicThinkingDec 15, 2020
The Unfathomable Willingness to Destroy the World: Nuclear Proliferation, Economic Drivers, and Human Irrationality
GeopoliticsNuclear proliferationMutual Assured Destruction (MAD)Nuclear winterCommand and control structures - NewEconomicThinkingDec 14, 2020
The Engineered Nuclear Danger: A History of Mutual Assured Destruction, Expert Conformity, and the Doomsday Machine
GeopoliticsMilitary-Industrial ComplexMutual Assured Destruction (MAD)Radical UncertaintyGame Theory
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Concepts that appear alongside mutual assured destruction across episodes.
- boom and bust cycles
- profit-sharing corruption
- perceptional factors (international relations)
- collective leadership
- plutocracy
- crony capitalism
- transformational payments
- global capitalism
- knowledge-intensive industry
- political stability
- common prosperity
- comparative advantage
- foreign direct investment (fdi)
- export-led growth
- middle-income trap
- gilded age
- clash of civilizations
- term limits
- structural factors (international relations)