Possession of nuclear weapons – between legality and legitimization
Journal: Mezinárodní a srovnávací právní revue/International and Comparative Law Review
Year: 2016

Summary Recently in Russian policy there was a return to the Cold War practices, which include, inter alia, nuclear deterrence, and even threatening to use nuclear weapons. That policy, however, is carried out in the changed international space compared with the times of the Cold War. The period of detente in relations between world powers was dominated inter alia by discussion on the humanitarian intervention. Human rights, tied to the value of justice, become the most important component of in