Jean-Pierre Dupuy is Professor Emeritus of Social and Political Philosophy at the École Polytechnique in Paris and Professor of Political Science at Stanford University. He chairs the Ethics Committee of the French High Authority on Nuclear Safety and Security, and is the Director of the Research Program of Imitatio, a San Francisco foundation devoted to the dissemination and discussion of René Girard’s mimetic theory.Source
In response to “MAD-Made World”On Nuclear Deterrence and RiskIf mutually assured destruction (MAD) requires madmen to fail, Jean-Pierre Dupuy explains, it also requires madmen to succeed. When it comes to nuclear strategy, madmen are needed all around. The Logic of MADActing crazy can incite crazy actions in return. As a nuclear strategy, the madman theory fails because acting like a madman could lead to your adversary losing his head.Pushing ButtonsThere is a profound difference between Richard Nixon’s strategic madness and Donald Trump’s factual madness. To be mad is to be capable of...…In response to “MAD-Made World”On Nuclear Deterrence and RiskIf mutually assured destruction (MAD) requires madmen to fail, Jean-Pierre Dupuy explains, it also requires madmen to succeed. When it comes to nuclear strategy, madmen are needed all around. The Logic of MADActing crazy can incite crazy actions in return. As a nuclear strategy, the madman theory fails because acting like a madman could lead to your adversary losing his head.Pushing ButtonsThere is a profound difference between Richard Nixon’s strategic madness and Donald Trump’s factual madness. To be mad is to be capable of...WW…
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