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in: The Use and Misuse of Nuclear Fear
in: Arms Control Implications of the War in Ukraine (II)
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Thank you for your kind words, Ken.
As it happens, my next post deals with the missile defense implications of the war in Ukraine. The picture has become more complicated, in my view, requiring to view national and theater missile defenses in different ways.
Best wishes,
Michael
in: Arms Control Implications of the War in Ukraine (II)
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thank you, Greg–
in: Putin’s Use of A Nuclear Weapon Against Ukraine Would Backfire
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Alex,
Don’t see recapturing Crimea as a priority.
MK
in: Atomic Steppe
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Corrected this. Congrats, Laura—
in: All Wars Must End
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Jack,
War crimes, cluster bombs, missiles, air strikes are the USGs business. It’s our business to help Ukrainians defend themselves.
It’s our business to make this war a losing proposition for Russia and for Putin.
A tac nuke would certainly be the USG’s business.
Assassination of a government leader is not the USG’s business.
MK
in: All Wars Must End
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This is Russia’s business, not mine or Lindsey Graham’s. Or the USG’s.
in: Putin Gives the Mad Man Theory a Try
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Aces:
It’s only going to be more ugly. Today’s use of cluster bombs within city limits a case in point. But mushroom clouds? Would like to see a run on protest signs appearing in street demos of Putin with a Hitlerian mustache.
in: Time For Another Big Re-Think
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Ben,
Most people trust military might more than diplomacy. In my view, big defense contractors are less of a constraint than many suppose, because they are typically rewarded when treaties happen. We call this “safeguards”. It’s maddening but it’s usually the way that treaties get ratified.
For me, the democratic deficit that is most harmful to arms control is the extent of polarization at home. That, and the Republican Party’s drift away from constructive international engagement.
MK
in: Birthing a Book
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Andrew: Strategic Stalemate: Nuclear Weapons and Arms Control in American Politics. A Council on Foreign Relations Book, 1984. You were the Director of Studies at the CFR, right? We go back.
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Ben,
Your moral equivalence escapes me.
Are you by any chance affiliated with one of the warring parties?
MK