• Security Choices: Nuclear Deterrence or Common Security

    Security Choices: Nuclear Deterrence or Common Security

    If a state believes possessing nuclear weapons — or relying on those of allies — provides safety, then it may be less inclined to consider other options even if nuclear deterrence is extraordinarily dangerous. The arguments for retaining nuclear weapons are manyfold. Among them: They have not been detonated in war since 1945; and therefore,

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  • Is Angela Merkel’s Ghost Pushing Germany From the World Stage?

    Is Angela Merkel’s Ghost Pushing Germany From the World Stage?

    Otto von Bismarck left a social insurance program; Willy Brandt, the “Neue Ostpolitik” (new eastern policy); Helmut Kohl, German Unification; – and Angela Merkel, paralysis? That’s what critics claim. While Germany at the end of 2024 is in crisis, blaming the former chancellor (alone) is however misleading, unfair and short-sighted. Angela Merkel’s “ghost”, argues a

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