The countries of a declining region cannot be trusted with the world’s most dangerous weapon
By Timofey Bordachev , Program Director of the Valdai Club
The nuclear bomb has grown too heavy for Western Europe to carry. Today, there is no longer any guarantee that the United States is both willing and able to restrain its European allies. That makes any talk of the European Union – or just Germany – acquiring the right to possess weapons of mass destruction especially dangerous.
Whether idealists like it or not, nuclear weapons remain the cornerstone of the modern international order. They compel the great powers to compromise and prevent wars…
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