Sentence examples for notions of deterrence from inspiring English sources

Traditional notions of deterrence do not apply.

His speech here before the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace was the latest signal that the administration was moving in its closing months to embrace more far-reaching notions of deterrence and self-defense.

The essence of all the arguments in favor of war with Iraq is that the cold war doctrine of containment, predicated on rational action by the Soviet Union, has limited effect in a world where the threat is shadowy terrorist organizations and their "rogue state" allies like Iraq, who are not susceptible to traditional notions of deterrence.

This offers no support for the notion of deterrence.

The large number of corporate trials over the last two years may be putting that notion of deterrence itself on trial.

Failure to do so would send the wrong message and undermine the notion of deterrence, particularly as it applies to so-called white-collar crime.

If the U.S. develops a system to protect America and its allies from terrorist missiles, goes Blair's perverse notion of deterrence, it will somehow lessen the value of nuclear weapons held by Britain, which is not a terrorist nation.

The notion of nuclear deterrence -- and, by implication, massive retaliation -- still enjoys bipartisan support, but some critics say the uncertainty about what might deter a so-called rogue state makes missile defenses necessary.

In fact, Judaism also endorses the notion of general deterrence.

She didn't buy into SDI hardly at all, but she was very much committed to the traditional notion of nuclear deterrence.

Some top officials buy into sane, defensive notions of mutual nuclear deterrence.