POSITIVE SECURITY ASSURANCE Definition & Meaning

positive security assurance

[ poz-i-tiv si-kyoor-i-tee uh-shoor-uhns, uh-shur-uhns ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

assurance given by a nuclear weapon state that it will defend a non-nuclear weapon state that is the victim of nuclear attack by another nation: : PSA Compare negative security assurance ( def ).
A number of states expressed their views that positive security assurance is nothing more than what is already contained in the U.N. Charter.

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First recorded in 1980–85

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