Matthew Kroenig’s book about the “logic” of these things critiques Robert Jervis, who had published a book on their “illogic” decades earlier. These things are likened to “crystal balls” foretelling the consequences of war in works on their ethics written by one of the theorists of complex interdependence. The stability-instability paradox refers to these things’ (15[1])ability (15[1])to increase minor conflict (-5[2])while decreasing major (15[1]-5[1])conflict. (15[7]-5[1])Scott (15[1])Sagan (15[1])and Kenneth (*) Waltz (10[1])debated (10[1])whether (-5[1])the world is a better place (10[2])with (-5[1])these things (10[2])in it. (10[7]-5[2])Defensive realists (10[1]-5[1])believe (-5[1])that these (10[1])objects (10[1])prevent (10[1])war (10[1])through their second-strike (10[3])capabilities. (10[2])For 10 points, what weapons may prevent war through (10[1])the threat of mutually (10[1])assured (10[3])destruction? (10[3])■END■ (10[5])