21 st century nuclear deterrence International Relations

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Introduction
The aim of the following report is to present the ideas of the ways how the nuclear
deterrence has changed over the years. In the 21st century it has gained lots of new strategies in
the contemporary times i.e. the 21st century. It is of huge importance to use this in the best ways
so the countries having nuclear power can keep their place in the international matters. This will
be helpful for them because many of their enemies attempt to find ways by which they can make
proper attacks on their adversaries (Miller, 2014).
The main themes and meaning of nuclear deterrence should be clarified at first. This is
one of the most important strategies that would prevent war. In this complicated international
scenario, most of the powerful countries have often opted for using their enemies to terrify and
get their claims (Miller, 2014). Sometimes, situations have worsened and countries have faced
wars against each other even few decades ago. However, the scenario has completely changed
over the times. Almost all the states using nuclear weapons have opted for this strategy so they
can stop war in the international scenario.
The United Nations had been established after the Second World War to make sure that
such world wars would not happen again in the future. Despite that many countries have gained
nuclear power because of their developments in science and technology. Many times it has been
questions if science is a boon or a bane. The answer of that question is still very much debatable.
However, powerful countries fo not intend to participate in wars because it will damage their
human resources and other things as well. In this scenario, nuclear countries often take the
measure of showing their nuclear power and posing them a warning so other powers do not get
engaged in war. Their main purpose is to maintain peaceful relations through arbitrative politics
and making third world countries secure from devastation and damages (Miller, 2014).

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Therefore, nuclear deterrence in the 21st century is barely a security measure indeed.
Countries will have to consider the fact that war only destroys the resources and they will have to
take the proper actions for the betterments of the situations regarding conflicts. The powerful
countries have been changing their strategies so they can take the proper measures to stop these
issues (Fuhrmann & Sechser, 2014). In the current scenario, it is very much crucial that all
countries to tighten up their securities to prevent terrorist attacks. In this essay, the changing
strategies of the nuclear deterrence will be discussed properly.
The evolution of nuclear deterrence
Nuclear deterrence is a very widely debated subject all over the world. Mainly the
powerful countries who have strong nuclear weapons at their disposal will look to implement
some strategies so they can stop the wars. After the Second World War, the world has gone
through several changes during different times. One of those periods was the era of cold war.
This cold war did not have any forceful face to face war situation but it depended on the foreign
policies between the two most powerful nations of the world- United States of America (USA)
and United States of Soviet Russia (USSR).
The military strategies taken up by these two most powerful states of the world have
evolved. The diplomatic relationship has worked as the key to maintain peace all over the world.
Many security threats have come up within the last few decades (Fuhrmann & Sechser, 2014). It
has been aggravated especially after 9/11 attacks at New York by Al-Qaeda terrorist group in the
year 2001. Therefore, it has become of huge importance to note that powerful countries will have
to strengthen their security programs with the help of nuclear weapons. The first use of nuclear
bombs by USA on two cities of Japan named Hiroshima and Nagasaki (Payne, 2015).

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Therefore, this attack did nothing but destroy the lives of numerous common civilians
due to this bombing (Lieber & Press, 2017). This is why countries must take some measures so
they can ensure they will be able to protect the lives of their common people. In India, many
instances have taken place regarding terrorism as well. In the last decade, many such incidents
have taken place in places like London, Paris, Belgium and other places at Europe including
USA as well. Therefore, it is quite clear that no country is safe from the hands of terrorism
nowadays. The instance of civil wars in countries like Syria is also a very important factor in this
topic (Payne, 2015).
Therefore, it is quite apparent that international politics has become quite a complicated
manner nowadays. Strong and powerful countries should come up to establish peace. The prior
role should be played by United Nations and its permanent security members like United
Kingdom, United States of America, France, Russia and China (United Nations Security
Council). The United Nations has also urged the powerful countries to refrain from nuclear wars
as much as they can. They believe that this world has been created with much toil by people
from various spheres (Lieber & Press, 2017). If nuclear war takes place, it will surely destroy the
lives of millions of people. Therefore, all these countries should be using their nuclear power to
threaten the potential terrorist groups to stop the wars (Russett, 2015).
Strategic thinking to stop wars
Nuclear deterrence has become a very crucial phenomenon in the current times because
countries make some strategies that are not limited to making strategies or strategic thinking, So,
proper strategies will have to be made by the countries and their diplomatic leaders so they can
clarify their purposes and progress towards their goal. Political factors are very much important