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NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE AS A DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD: IMPLICATIONS OF STRATEGIC HEDGING FOR THE DISARMAMENT REGIME Michal Smetana Institute of Political Studies Charles University in Prague ISA Annual Convention 2015, New Orleans

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NUCLEAR INFRASTRUCTURE AS A

DOUBLE-EDGED SWORD: IMPLICATIONS

OF STRATEGIC HEDGING FOR THE

DISARMAMENT REGIME

Michal Smetana

Institute of Political Studies

Charles University in Prague

ISA Annual Convention 2015, New Orleans

Nuclear infrastructure: post-abolition reconstitution capability

strategic hedging practices

safety, security and reliability

dismantlement and disposal

verification

strategic logic •reconstitution race •virtual proliferation

normative logic •counter-stigmatization •distributive justice

strategic hedging practices

safety, security and reliability

dismantlement and disposal

verification

strategic logic • reconstitution race • virtual

proliferation

normative logic • counter-

stigmatization • distributive justice

"VIRTUAL IRREVERSIBILITY"

Michal Smetana

Institute of Political Studies

Charles University in Prague

E-mail: [email protected]

Web: http://cuni.academia.edu/MichalSmetana