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Monthly Archives: December 2014
An Important Leap Forward in US National Security
US national security took an important, but little noted leap forward yesterday when President Obama announced the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Cuba. Most of the media coverage focused on the economic and political consequences of this bold move, and what little I’ve seen on its national security implications quotes opponents as calling it “appeasement.” This is a clear reference to Britain’s vain attempts to mollify Hitler prior to World War II, and therefore an attempt to slam Obama’s move as naive and dangerous. So why do I maintain that his move did the opposite and, instead, dramatically improved our national security? Continue reading
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Tagged critical thinking, Cuba, cuban missile crisis, martin hellman, nuclear risk, nuclear weapons, Obama, stanford
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BBC’s Balanced Take on Ukraine’s Neo-Nazis
With all the propaganda on both sides of the Ukrainian civil war, it’s hard to find balanced pieces which try their best to get at the truth. I just came across a notable exception by the BBC’s David Stern, concerning … Continue reading
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Tagged Korotkykh, martin hellman, Nazi, neo-Nazi, russia, Shekhovtsov, stanford, ukraine
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Has Torture Killed More Americans Than it Saved?
The release yesterday of the Senate Intelligence Committee’s report on the use of what the CIA has called “enhanced interrogation techniques” drew predictable partisan responses, with many Democrats condemning the use of torture and Republicans saying that extraordinary times necessitated … Continue reading
A Balanced Perspective on Ukraine
An OpEd in today’s New York Times impressed me as well balanced, and I recommend you read the entire piece. In the meantime, I’ve excerpted a few key parts below my signature line. Continue reading
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Tagged martin hellman, putin, russia, stanford, ukraine, war and peace
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Defusing the Nuclear Threat 