South Korea’s nuclear gamble
A landmark deal with the US has put South Korea’s nuclear ambitions on ice – for the time being.
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A landmark deal with the US has put South Korea’s nuclear ambitions on ice – for the time being.
With Putin’s forces being beaten back, heavy fighting around Europe’s largest nuclear plant has sparked fears among international officials.
World leaders have a duty to respond constructively to the present threat and to try to generate some kind of exploratory negotiations before the Russian dictator gets creative with his chemistry set.
There are no quick fixes to averting the risk of accidental disaster – phased negotiations are the only way forward.
We can’t base defence policy on doing something dramatic sounding when it’s felt something must be done.
It’s hoped the incentive of mutual assured destruction, so crucial to the Cold War, will limit the President’s behaviour.
The whiff of euphoria still hangs over the peace meeting between Kim Jong-un of North Korea and President Moon Jae-in of South Korea at the
The general in charge of America’s nuclear arsenal, John Hyten, recently said he would resist carrying out an illegal order from the president to use those weapons.
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