Here is an article from the days when the Guardian was still occasionally worth reading:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... n-roulette
I feel it is quite relevant at the present time.
An article from 2012 on nuclear brinksmanship
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Re: An article from 2012 on nuclear brinksmanship
Another article from the Grauniad, from 2012, wherein it is discussed the idea in American foreign policy circles that an Iranian nuclear weapon is undesirable precisel because it would be a deterrent in the region
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... deterrence

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfr ... deterrence