Today mutually assured destruction is entrenched and acknowledged, so Vladimir Putin's disturbing rhetoric will remain just that – rhetoric. By attacking the West with nuclear weapons he would ...

What will prevent direct nuclear confrontation?The escalating Israel–Iran conflict has pushed the planet to the brink of a global war.

According to the standard justification, nuclear weapons uniquely deter violence and serve as a foundation for global peace.

The White House is billing Friday’s relative quiet following a public and fiery clash between President Donald Trump and Elon Musk as a détente. Trump allies, ill at ease about the possibility ...

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I do think there's probably some kind of Mutually Assured Destruction doctrine at play that is going to lead to a detente, or rapprochement, out of necessity for both parties, maybe even as soon ...

But for the Left to accept the threat of mutually assured destruction, they're going to have to first see the other side bare its fangs a bit. Some noses must be (proverbially) bloodied.

The acronym is a reference to the Cold War era and the Rand-coined MAD, short for mutually assured destruction. Such evocative acronyms, reminiscent of nuclear tensions, are undeniably effective ...

‘Mutually assured destruction’: Trump’s and Musk’s quiet day is less détente than Cold War Megan Messerly, Adam Cancryn, Jack Detsch and Joe Gould Fri, June 6, 2025 at 7:54 PM UTC ...

But for the Left to accept the threat of mutually assured destruction, they're going to have to first see the other side bare its fangs a bit. Some noses must be (proverbially) bloodied.