Trump's recent suggestion that the US will soon re-engage in nuclear weapons testing has up-ended decades of policy and sparked anxiety that we could be entering a new nuclear age, with other major powers stepping up efforts to modernise their capability.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcyGbqR9GgQ
Former Swedish Prime Minister Carl Bildt asks whether the world is sliding back into the dangerous era of open nuclear weapons testing, and it all started with a misunderstanding by US President Donald Trump misunderstanding.https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/are-we-entering-a-new-era-of-nuclear-weapons-testing-gzero-europe/vi-AA1Q1yi1?ocid=msedgntp&pc=ASTS&cvid=690e7bbfd9af4adaa53b76500ba55ed4&ei=112
Germany's incoming chancellor Friedrich Merz says he no longer believes US security commitments to Europe can be taken for granted. And that's led to doubts about the future of the US nuclear umbrella for Germany. That in turn has reignited a debate in Germany and beyond about rethinking Europe’s nuclear set-up.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Tw1GPjHvF8
Chapters:
0:00 Germany considering options after US doubts
3:11 Frankziska Stärk, Nuclear Deterrence Researcher
From Poland’s nuclear ambitions to China’s military provocations and Syria’s insurgency nightmare, the world is on edge. Here’s your in-depth briefing on this week’s most critical global events.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20ze-VQyHoA
Recent events have invigorated a discussion of the disposition of nuclear weapons in Europe. In a speech on March 5, French President Emmanuel Macron declared that "Europe's future does not have to be decided in Washington or Moscow," and called for discussions on the expansion of the French nuclear umbrella to European allies. Frontline countries such as Poland have embraced opening this dialogue. Meanwhile, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk has declared that Poland "must reach for the most modern possibilities, also related to nuclear weapons and modern unconventional weapons."https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWyjbFr9Vas
What might a French nuclear umbrella or Polish nuclear capability look like? What are the implications for broader NATO defense efforts? Please join the CSIS Defense and Security Department for a conversation on the future of European rearmament, nuclear deterrence, and transatlantic relations, featuring Dr. Heather Williams, director of the CSIS Project on Nuclear Issues, Dr. Tom Karako, director of the CSIS Missile Defense Project, and Kari A. Bingen, director of the CSIS Aerospace Security Project.
This event is made possible by general support to CSIS.
Seriously?? The way I see it, if you got the guns, you will get the grains; if you got grains but no guns, you will lose the grains. This is not an either/or issue. The future belongs to nations which have both guns and grains.Quote#MondayMotivation
“The future belongs to nations with grains and not guns.” - M. S. Swaminathan
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