Are Nuclear Capabilities a Binary? Inquiry Into The Role of Nuclear Detonation Tests on the Countries’ Crisis Involvement Proclivities

• In Event: Explaining War

Brief Overview

I argue that aside from a multi-platform missile arsenal, and nuclear enrichment levels, a recent history of successful nuclear detonation tests shape a country’s nuclear capabilities and increase its proclivity to initiate interstate crises.

Author

• Cem Birol, Koç University