All Wars Must End
Quote of the week: “The quickest way to end war is to lose it.” — George Orwell All wars must end, or so we have been told by Gideon Rose and Fred Iklé. But how will Russia’s military campaign in…
Tag: Nikita Khrushchev
The First Debate Over Downwinders
Verse of the week: “Waves of anger and fearCirculate over the brightAnd darkened lands of the earth” – W.H. Auden, “Another Time” A total of 528 nuclear tests were carried out in the atmosphere. The United States conducted 215; the…
I Like Ike (And the Nuclear Taboo)
“I Like Ike” was a campaign slogan for Dwight David Eisenhower’s easy presidential victories in 1952 and 1956. The General who led allied forces to victory in Europe during World War II was a natural to lead the Republican Party…
Nuclear Threats
Tense situations that prompt nuclear threats occur when one (or more) of three conditions exist: when the state issuing threats feels weak in some important respects, when other means of suasion are unsuccessful, and when the stakes involved are exceptionally…