mutual assured destruction (mad)
4 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 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
Knowledge Graph
Related concepts — line thickness indicates connection strength. Click any node to explore.
Related concepts
Concepts that appear alongside mutual assured destruction (mad) across episodes.
- nuclear winter
- intercontinental ballistic missiles (icbms)
- nuclear proliferation
- military-industrial complex
- collective unconscious
- bismarck playbook
- security policy vs. foreign policy
- world order policy
- submarine-launched ballistic missiles (slbms)
- we-they discourse (self and other)
- diplomacy
- zero-sum thinking
- command and control structures
- chain store paradox
- arms race
- neocon illusions
- sword of damocles
- first strike capability
- cognitive bias (funding bias)
- political economy of arms race