45/ Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists @BulletinAtomic
,the premier scientific advisors, have warned humanity that nuclear weapons & #climatechange are existential threats.
Both are escalating by active choice of the world's great powers #GeopoliticsOfGHGs thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock…
,the premier scientific advisors, have warned humanity that nuclear weapons & #climatechange are existential threats.
Both are escalating by active choice of the world's great powers #GeopoliticsOfGHGs thebulletin.org/doomsday-clock…
46/ In 2020,US missile defense test became only the 2nd to successfully destroy an ICBM target. "Moscow & Beijing fear the potential for an overnight qualitative breakthrough that may seriously upend their confidence in their nuclear delivery capabilities"
carnegieendowment.org/2020/11/19/new…
carnegieendowment.org/2020/11/19/new…
47/ "We are concerned with the current direction of US-China’s policies, but we believe that the pessimists both overstate the possibility of a US-China war and understate the consequences of possible armed conflict."
@BulletinAtomic on Taiwan Question: thebulletin.org/2021/02/how-th…
@BulletinAtomic on Taiwan Question: thebulletin.org/2021/02/how-th…
48/ "US has launched a large-scale, all-domain military exercise in the Indo-Pacific region with Britain, Australia and Japan – the first of its kind in more than four decades"
pacom.mil/Media/News/New…
pacom.mil/Media/News/New…
49/ Military force is not about material & men alone but chiefly a function of state legitimacy. The ultimate political question --what is worth fighting & dying for
@policytensor on the Mandate of Heaven, from Kabul to Taiwan. policytensor.substack.com/p/a-note-on-us…
@policytensor on the Mandate of Heaven, from Kabul to Taiwan. policytensor.substack.com/p/a-note-on-us…
50/ Unlike Afghanistan, why is it in the US national interest to defend Taiwan? ht @policytensor policytensor.substack.com/p/a-note-on-us…
• • •
Missing some Tweet in this thread? You can try to
force a refresh
