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Tag Archives: nuclear war
More on How You Can Help Prevent a Second Korean War
My last post described how just 600 motivated voters helped get the New START arms control treaty passed in 2010, and asked you to work in a similar way to help prevent a second Korean War. There has been good news … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Eshoo, citizen diplomacy, diplomacy, martin hellman, north korea, nuclear war, nuclear weapons
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Help Prevent a Second Korean War!
I am writing to ask you to help prevent a second Korean War by supporting a critically needed bill that will prevent President Trump from attacking North Korea without Congressional approval. Your ability to have that big an impact may … Continue reading
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Tagged martin hellman, north korea, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, stanford, war and peace
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Believing Our Own BS
In business, a company gets into trouble when it starts believing its own BS. The same is true for a nation, except there “bankruptcy” can mean war, possibly nuclear. To prevent needless wars and ultimately to save the planet, we … Continue reading
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Tagged Hellman, iran, korea, north korea, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, stanford, war and peace
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Our Book’s Website is now Live
My wife Dorothie and I have developed a website devoted to our soon-to-be-released book, A New Map for Relationships: Creating True Love at Home & Peace on the Planet, which just went live. The deep connection between the book and this site’s theme of Defusing the Nuclear Threat is explained in my March 1 post here: The Turing Award, Nuclear Risk, and Recapturing True Love. Please sign up for updates on that effort. People on that list will get notices about the book’s release, discounts that might be available, and most importantly, how to participate in this effort. Thanks very much. Continue reading
Turkey Shoots Down Russian Jet: Part 3
My last blog post recommended amending Article V of the NATO Charter so that only unprovoked attacks on one NATO nation would be considered an attack on them all. If it turns out that Turkey’s shooting down a Russian jet on November 24 was unwarranted, do we really want to start World War III should Russia shoot down a Turkish fighter in a future such encounter? Continue reading
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Tagged critical thinking, ISIS, martin hellman, nuclear risk, nuclear war, oil smuggling, russia, stanford, Turkey, war and peace
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Turkey Shoots Down Russian Jet: Part 2
Yesterday’s post noted that none of the seven major news outlets I had looked at regarding Turkey’s shooting down a Russian fighter mentioned the nuclear dimension to the risk. Today’s New York Times and Wall Street Journal coverage bring the number to nine. They also provide some important details that help explain what happened. Continue reading
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Tagged martin hellman, NATO, nuclear risk, nuclear war, russia, stanford, syria, Turkey
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Turkey Shoots Downs Russian Jet: What Happens Next?
Today’s news that Turkish fighters shot down a Russian jet, killing at least one of the pilots, is unlikely to lead to a nuclear crisis … but there is a chance that it could. If Russia had shot down one of the Turkish planes – or were to do so in a future such encounter – we would be bound by Article 5 of the NATO Treaty to treat it the same as an attack on one of our own aircraft. Continue reading
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Tagged cuban missile crisis, martin hellman, NATO, nuclear risk, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, russia, syria, Turkey, war and peace
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Ambassador Matlock Sees the Nuclear Dimension to Ukraine
In a post earlier this month, I decried that the news coverage of the Ukrainian crisis was largely overlooking the nuclear dimension to the risk, and thereby increasing that risk. As I listened today to the Q&A following Ambassador Jack Matlock’s February 11 speech, I was pleased to see him repeatedly highlight that concern. I therefore began to transcribe the Q&A, and share what I’ve done thus far under my signature line. If anyone has the time to continue the process, please post it as a comment. Continue reading
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Tagged cold war, critical thinking, Jack Matlock, martin hellman, nuclear risk, nuclear war, putin, russia, stanford, ukraine, war and peace
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Reagan’s Ambassador to Moscow Speaks on Ukraine
Over the last year, this blog has presented significant evidence that the prevailing Western view of the Ukrainian crisis has major blind spots which are prolonging the human suffering in that nation, and which also increase the risk of a nuclear … Continue reading
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Tagged critical thinking, Jack Matlock, martin hellman, nuclear risk, nuclear war, nuclear weapons, putin, russia, stanford, ukraine, war and peace
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A Voice of Caution Not Heard in the West
My last three posts have been about the risk of the Ukrainian crisis escalating out of control, and the lack of coverage of that possibility in the West. Today, as I went through a slew of articles about Ukraine, a number echoed my concern, but none of them received coverage in our mainstream media. (I did web searches on The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Los Angeles Times, and the Washington Post.) One article, “Arming Ukraine will put the West in danger,” on the Reuters web site stood out for its clarity of thought and fairness. It says in part: Continue reading
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Tagged critical thinking, international relations, martin hellman, needless wars, nuclear risk, nuclear war, russia, stanford, war and peace
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Defusing the Nuclear Threat 