The Nuclear Paradox: Strategic Stability Between Superpowers and Intensified Proxy Conflicts in the Cold War and Beyond Introduction The advent of nuclear weapons fundamentally transformed the structure of international politics by introducing unprecedented destructive capability into interstate relations. Yet, paradoxically, while nuclear weapons contributed to stabilizing direct relations between superpowers—most notably the and the —they … Continue reading Examine the paradox whereby nuclear weapons simultaneously stabilized direct superpower relations and intensified proxy conflicts across the global system.