he Nuclear Consensus Isn’t Above Politics, but It Is Holding | WPR The Taboo against the use of nuclear weapon

1. The war in Ukraine had already raised anxieties about the strength of the nuclear taboo, as has the potential escalation of the Israel-Hamas war.  The literal and symbolic absence of so many nuclear-armed states from the ceremony in Nagasaki only adds to that anxiety. 2. The Taboo against the use of nuclear weapon : That taboo emerged almost immediately after Hiroshima and Nagasaki were bombed 79 years ago, with the scale of destruction and cost in human life creating instant consensus among military strategists that nuclear weapons can only ever serve as…

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Are Nuclear Weapons Actually Effective at Deterrence?

Paul Poast is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Chicago and a nonresident fellow at the Chicago Council on Global Affairs. BLUF Overall, assessing the deterrence credibility of nuclear weapons, or deterrence in general, is extremely difficult. That is because we never observe deterrence. We only ever observe the failure of deterrence. French President Emmanuel Macron’s recent speech at the Sorbonne on his vision for the European Union, as well as his follow-up interview with The Economist, have attracted a lot of attention—as…

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Hamas-Fatah Deal Is China’s Latest Global South Leadership Bid | WPR

In late July, China scored a diplomatic coup by bringing over a dozen factions of Palestinian political groups to Beijing, where they signed an agreement calling for a unified leadership of Palestine. China’s diplomatic efforts in the Middle East, most notably the deal it brokered between Saudi Arabia and Iran in 2023 that led to the restoration of diplomatic relations between the two regional rivals, underscore its continued desire to play a larger role in global affairs more generally. Its recent efforts in the Israel-Palestine conflict are part of this…

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The Emerging World Order & Τhe Roots of the Ukraine War Βιβλιοπαρουσίαση

Βιβλιοπαρουσίαση : The Ukraine War & the Eurasian World Order BLUF  “… we need to face up to the unwelcome task of challenging our own preconceptions and having to navigate in an unfamiliar (non-western) landscape – where old steady handholds simply – are no longer present. No longer there.” – John J. Mearsheimer :  “Diesen has written a terrific book about the emerging world order… A must read for anyone who wants to understand the great shift in the global distribution of power that is taking place before our eyes” – Chas Freeman (Former U.S.…

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«Όταν η Κύπρος εάλω»-Τάσος Παπαδόπουλος”, ο κίνδυνος να «παραγραφούν» τα τουρκικά εγκλήματα

Τα καλοκαίρια σε Ελλάδα και Κύπρο έχουν δυο μαύρες κηλίδες, μετά από τα όσα έγιναν το θέρος του 1974 στη Μεγαλόνησο.  Αττίλας 1 και Αττίλας 2.  Η πρώτη μαύρη επέτειος στις 20 Ιουλίου πέρασε.  Μπροστά μας η δεύτερη, αυτή του Αττίλα 2 που ήταν το μεγάλο και τελειωτικό χτύπημα στην Κύπρο και στον Ελληνισμό… Πέρασαν 50 χρόνια και ο κίνδυνος να «παραγραφούν» τα τουρκικά εγκλήματα είναι μεγάλος… Έχουμε την αίσθηση ότι τα εγκλήματα πολέμου των Τούρκων δεν έτυχαν της ίδιας προσοχής από τη διεθνή κοινότητα σε σχέση με άλλες δραματικές…

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