Scientists say humanity’s ability to avoid military self-annihilation depends on a single principle: Countries that develop nuclear weapons must not use them offensively. This makes the pact informally known as “mutually assured destruction” work. Perhaps even more important, the No First Use policy ensures that “defense” for a nuclear-armed power genuinely means defense – rather […]
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Nury Vittachi is managing editor of Fridayeveryday, a Hong Kong-based publication on Chinese culture. Previously, he was assistant editor at the South China Morning Post and at the Far Eastern Economic Review.