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  2. Stability–instability paradox - Wikipedia

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    The stability–instability paradox is an international relations theory regarding the effect of nuclear weapons and mutually assured destruction.It states that when two countries each have nuclear weapons, the probability of a direct war between them greatly decreases, but the probability of minor or indirect conflicts between them increases.

  3. List of paradoxes - Wikipedia

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    Code-talker paradox: How can a language both enable communication and block communication? Moravec's paradox : Logical thought is hard for humans and easy for computers, but picking a screw from a box of screws is an unsolved problem.

  4. Strategic stability - Wikipedia

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    The value of strategic stability was questioned from the very beginning. Brustlein [39] points to two negative effects of achieving the strategic stability: adversaries might be actually encouraged to initiate or expand low-level conflicts due to being certain that a nuclear escalation is unfeasible (cf. the Stability–instability paradox);

  5. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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    Site news – Sources of news about Wikipedia and the broader Wikimedia movement. Teahouse – Ask basic questions about using or editing Wikipedia. Help desk – Ask questions about using or editing Wikipedia. Reference desk – Ask research questions about encyclopedic topics. Content portals – A unique way to navigate the encyclopedia.

  6. Encyclopaedia of Persian Language and Literature - Wikipedia

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    The Encyclopaedia of Persian Language and Literature (Persian: دانشنامه زبان و ادب فارسی, Dāneshnāme-ye Zabān-o Adab-e Fārsi) is a Persian-language encyclopedia, published in Tehran, Iran.

  7. Persianization - Wikipedia

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    Persianization (/ ˌ p ɜːr ʒ ə ˌ n aɪ ˈ z eɪ ʃ ə n /) or Persification (/ ˌ p ɜːr s ɪ f ɪ ˈ k eɪ ʃ ə n /; Persian: پارسی‌سازی، پارسِش), is a sociological process of cultural change in which a non-Persian society becomes "Persianate", meaning it either directly adopts or becomes strongly influenced by the Persian language, culture, literature, art, music ...

  8. The Persian Contributions to the English Language: An ...

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    The Persian Contributions to the English Language: An Historical Dictionary is a 2001 book by Garland Cannon and Alan S. Kaye. It is a historical dictionary of Persian loanwords in English which includes 811 Persian words appeared in English texts since 1225 CE.

  9. Wikipedia:Paradoxes - Wikipedia

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    Wikipedia also contains paradoxes. In Wikipedia, there are a number of paradoxes. This is intended to be a high-level overview of the major conceptual paradoxes within our project. Paradox 1: Immutable change Authoritative writing strives for perpetual immutability, or "perfection." Wikis facilitate dynamic change that negates immutability and ...