It cannot be said with certainty whether the idea to put the other cheek up after receiving a slap on one is still celebrated or not. However, it can be safely assumed that if there were a choice between returning the slap to the perpetrator and giving him another chance to repeat the attack, few would choose the latter. Arguably, it was the New Testament that first proposed this idea, which was then followed and propagated to the public at large to varying degrees by leaders around the world. The idea of non-violence has taken many different shapes and forms as it has translated into the real world. It is interesting to investigate how an idea that leaders and thinkers like Gandhi and Tolstoy held so close to their hearts came to be under the purview of strategy. To many, pacifism is a tool of the weak as it dissociates from the idea of using strength in its conventional form. It is argued; those lacking the traditional means to confront the established authority seek refuge in...
Put simply, nuclear proliferation refers to the spread of nuclear weapons in the world. Given their lethal powers, nuclear weapons attract a great amount of space in the discussions involving strategy. Complex as it is, strategy unfolds multiple and often contrasting aspects of nuclear weapons and their spread. With a multitude of divergences in terms of stands one takes on nuclear weapons, there is a broad understanding that nuclear proliferation is not in the larger good of the global community. It is here that the question of proliferation and the ways of preventing it come up. This discussion will take into account the journey to limit proliferation and challenges involved in the same. It will also try to delve into some systemic factors that make non-proliferation difficult. Before we go forward, it will be helpful to go through the basics of the nuclear world order along with some terminologies regarding the same. The United states of America became the first country to have succ...