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  2. World problems
  3. Risk of unintentional nuclear war

Risk of unintentional nuclear war

  • Erroneous precipitation of nuclear conflict

Broader

Nuclear legacy
Unpresentable
Threat of war
Yet to rate

Narrower

Risk of unintentional war generated by the arms race
Presentable
Risk of unintentional nuclear war generated by the strategy of deterrence
Presentable
Risk of unintentional nuclear war due to international crises
Presentable
Risk of unintentional nuclear war due to accidents
Presentable
Risk of unintentional global nuclear war due to nuclear proliferation
Presentable
Risk of unintentional nuclear war from strategic misjudgement
Yet to rate

Aggravated by

Proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology
Excellent
Missile proliferation
Yet to rate
Meteorites as hazards
Yet to rate
Irresponsible policy-making
Yet to rate

Related

Risk of intentional nuclear war
Presentable

Strategy

Negotiating convention for the elimination of nuclear weapons
Excellent
Preventing nuclear proliferation
Presentable
Risking unintentional nuclear war
Yet to rate
Reducing risk of unintentional nuclear war
Yet to rate
Quelling pervasive fear of nuclear war
Yet to rate

Value

War
Yet to rate
Unintentional
Yet to rate
Risk-aversion
Yet to rate
Risk
Yet to rate
Error
Yet to rate
Conflict
Yet to rate

Reference

Catrina, Christian and Frei, Daniel: Risks of Unintentional Nuclear War

SDG

Sustainable Development Goal #16: Peace and Justice Strong InstitutionsSustainable Development Goal #17: Partnerships to achieve the Goal

Metadata

Database
World problems
Type
(F) Fuzzy exceptional problems
Biological classification
N/A
Subject
  • Defence » Conflict
  • Defence » War
  • Societal problems » Hazards
    • Content quality
    Yet to rate
     Yet to rate
    Language
    English
    1A4N
    F0466
    DOCID
    11604660
    D7NID
    132648
    Last update
    Jan 6, 2021
    Official link
    https://encyclopedia.uia.org/problem/risk-unintentional-nuclear-war