- PII
- S0205-95920000616-4-1
- DOI
- 10.31857/S20000616-4-1
- Publication type
- Article
- Status
- Published
- Authors
- Abstract
- Perspective trends in psychological researches of strategic stability and nuclear deterrence in international relations are considered in the article. A conceptual language for problem's description is analyzed; the specific character of psychological peculiarities of nuclear confrontation - virtuality of nuclear threat, phenomenon of risk and trust, peculiarities of "lose-lose" relationships, psychological peculiarities of political leaders - is defined. An international review on the problem is given. The most important scientific problems - intergroup relations "lose-lose", socio-psychological aspects of nuclear terrorism, interpretation of nuclear threat in mass's consciousness, psychological mechanisms of trust and risk in nuclear confrontation - are marked out in the conclusion.
- Keywords
- international security, strategic stability, nuclear deterrence, equality of security, nuclear confl ict, nuclear crisis, nuclear threshold, political and psychological problems, political psychology, balance, dynamic range, ambiguity, negotiations, escalation, crisis management, group decision, risk, trust, virtuality
- Date of publication
- 01.03.2011
- Number of purchasers
- 1
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- 607