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Background |
Nuclear-armed states |
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Conflict resolution |
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Nonviolence |
Workplace |
Violence |
International relations |
Nuclear |
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Nuclear blackmail is a form of nuclear strategy in which one of states uses the threat of use of nuclear weapons to force an adversary to perform some action or make some concessions. It is a type of extortion that is related to brinkmanship.