Ukrayna Örneğinden Hareketle Nükleer Silahsızlanmanın Olası Sonuçlarına Dair Bir İnceleme

Nuclear weapons reduce the likelihood of war and conflict among nuclear-armed states. States that are in an inferior position in the military balance gain “absolute deterrence”, if they possess nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are, therefore, functional devices in calibrating deterrence asymmetry...

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Main Author: Eray ALIM
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Language:English
Published: Hale Şıvgın 2020-06-01
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description Nuclear weapons reduce the likelihood of war and conflict among nuclear-armed states. States that are in an inferior position in the military balance gain “absolute deterrence”, if they possess nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are, therefore, functional devices in calibrating deterrence asymmetry between weak and strong states in favor of the former. In this article’s case study, Russia-Ukraine relations, should be understood in this light. As witnessed during the 2014 Ukraine crisis, Russia violated Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity through military incursions into Crimea and Donbas. In the light of Russia’s military actions, discussions surrounding Ukraine’s elimination of its nuclear arsenal, which took place during the 1990’s, have surfaced again. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ukraine inherited the world’s third largest nuclear weapons stockpile, which it removed from its soil during a process that was completed in 1996. This work seeks to trace this process and analyze the potential impacts of Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament with reference to the 2014 crisis. By way of conclusion, it is argued in the context of the 2014 crisis that, denuclearization constitutes a potential national security risk for states (Ukraine) that face formidable nuclear-armed rivals (Russia).
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spelling doaj-art-b1c23b42878b4eb58e5bfb6070dfbb8e2025-02-03T10:44:01ZengHale ŞıvgınGazi Akademik Bakış1307-97781309-51372020-06-01132679112Ukrayna Örneğinden Hareketle Nükleer Silahsızlanmanın Olası Sonuçlarına Dair Bir İncelemeEray ALIMhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-7543-8021Nuclear weapons reduce the likelihood of war and conflict among nuclear-armed states. States that are in an inferior position in the military balance gain “absolute deterrence”, if they possess nuclear weapons. Nuclear weapons are, therefore, functional devices in calibrating deterrence asymmetry between weak and strong states in favor of the former. In this article’s case study, Russia-Ukraine relations, should be understood in this light. As witnessed during the 2014 Ukraine crisis, Russia violated Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity through military incursions into Crimea and Donbas. In the light of Russia’s military actions, discussions surrounding Ukraine’s elimination of its nuclear arsenal, which took place during the 1990’s, have surfaced again. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union, Ukraine inherited the world’s third largest nuclear weapons stockpile, which it removed from its soil during a process that was completed in 1996. This work seeks to trace this process and analyze the potential impacts of Ukraine’s nuclear disarmament with reference to the 2014 crisis. By way of conclusion, it is argued in the context of the 2014 crisis that, denuclearization constitutes a potential national security risk for states (Ukraine) that face formidable nuclear-armed rivals (Russia).https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1144211ukrainerussiaukraine crisisnuclear weaponsnuclear deterrence
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Ukrayna Örneğinden Hareketle Nükleer Silahsızlanmanın Olası Sonuçlarına Dair Bir İnceleme
Gazi Akademik Bakış
ukraine
russia
ukraine crisis
nuclear weapons
nuclear deterrence
title Ukrayna Örneğinden Hareketle Nükleer Silahsızlanmanın Olası Sonuçlarına Dair Bir İnceleme
title_full Ukrayna Örneğinden Hareketle Nükleer Silahsızlanmanın Olası Sonuçlarına Dair Bir İnceleme
title_fullStr Ukrayna Örneğinden Hareketle Nükleer Silahsızlanmanın Olası Sonuçlarına Dair Bir İnceleme
title_full_unstemmed Ukrayna Örneğinden Hareketle Nükleer Silahsızlanmanın Olası Sonuçlarına Dair Bir İnceleme
title_short Ukrayna Örneğinden Hareketle Nükleer Silahsızlanmanın Olası Sonuçlarına Dair Bir İnceleme
title_sort ukrayna orneginden hareketle nukleer silahsizlanmanin olasi sonuclarina dair bir inceleme
topic ukraine
russia
ukraine crisis
nuclear weapons
nuclear deterrence
url https://dergipark.org.tr/tr/download/article-file/1144211
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