“Do this or I nuke you”
The problem of nuclear blackmail is not a trivial one. It occupied the thought of early Cold War theorists like Herman Kahn. And with more players, if one grows desperate, the dynamics could become unstable.
warontherocks.com/2017/02/blackm…
The problem of nuclear blackmail is not a trivial one. It occupied the thought of early Cold War theorists like Herman Kahn. And with more players, if one grows desperate, the dynamics could become unstable.
warontherocks.com/2017/02/blackm…
@NarangVipin has a new book out on an allied topic: how do states acquire nukes?
1) sprinters: get it fast, like China
2) hedgers: keep the option, like Japan
3) sheltered pursuit: use support of a patron, like North Korea
4) hiders: totally clandestine, like South Africa
1) sprinters: get it fast, like China
2) hedgers: keep the option, like Japan
3) sheltered pursuit: use support of a patron, like North Korea
4) hiders: totally clandestine, like South Africa
https://twitter.com/princetonupress/status/1484966362673987586
The topics are related because in the event a desperate Putin decides to (say) nuke an iceberg to show he is serious, then a number of countries that were previously on the cusp of going nuclear may do so to deter him from trying something.
Just like Germany deciding to rearm.
Just like Germany deciding to rearm.
It’s sci-fi, but I keep coming back to one thought: you can’t nuke a network.
Indeed, this was one of the early reasons to build the Internet: a system that was robust to nuclear attack.
Physical decentralization of the state itself may be a necessary security measure.
Indeed, this was one of the early reasons to build the Internet: a system that was robust to nuclear attack.
Physical decentralization of the state itself may be a necessary security measure.
We take for granted the fact that we can see nation states on a map, that the borders are visible.
We don’t think too much about the fact that we cannot easily see networks on a map, that the borders are largely invisible.
But that invisibility may be an asset.
We don’t think too much about the fact that we cannot easily see networks on a map, that the borders are largely invisible.
But that invisibility may be an asset.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1440557856990765067
If we put these ideas together, the concept of a physically distributed network state with private membership may provide security against a variety of physical attacks.
You can’t hit it all at once. And you can’t hit what you can’t see.
You can’t hit it all at once. And you can’t hit what you can’t see.
https://twitter.com/balajis/status/1440562180475088906
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