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Paul Rogers: Dangerous Signals in Trump’s State of the Union Address
February 6, 2018
In this trenchant analysis, Professor Paul Rogers, who has been cataloguing the manifest failures of the “war on terror” since its inception, demonstrates how President Trump appears determined to continue this folly. [George W. Bush] crafted not a new American century leading to a more peaceful world, but a wasteland: sixteen years of war, hundreds of […]
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Real opportunities exist for great power cooperation on missile defence
January 29, 2018
If nuclear disarmament progress is to stand a chance, it is essential that the major nuclear powers find ways of defusing their dispute over missile defence. – Ernie Regehr In his timely Simons Foundation briefing paper, BMD: Cooperative Protection or Strategic Instability, Ernie Regehr concludes that current western BMD deployments, whether NATO or USA, and […]
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Nuclear Deterrence does not deter.
January 22, 2018
“Nuclear deterrence is a myth and a lethal one at that. Nuclear deterrence continues to dominate international relations. Yet there is no proof it ever worked, nor that it ever will… “(David P. Barash, Guardian.com, 14 January 2018) According to recent articles in the New York Times and Huffington Post, President Trump’s Nuclear Posture Review […]
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Will Vancouver meeting on North Korea help or hinder peace?
January 15, 2018
“The conference can be expected to reaffirm sanctions and policies that have not worked, rather than discuss new approaches. In this regard, it is unfortunate that China is not among the listed invitees. Without China, the conference risks being an echo chamber of the like-minded.” – James Trottier According to Global Affairs, the upcoming Vancouver […]
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