【タカオカ解説】“核の傘”欧州全体に拡大か　揺れる世界　発端は“トランプショック”　フランスの独自の「核」抑止力、戦闘機にも「核搭載」の脅威　ポイントはドイツとポーランド

So now I want you to imagine what happens if the U.S. and its allies get in a major war with China — as analysts say is increasingly possible. In the first few weeks, much the two countries’ stores of munitions — including drones and the batteries that power drones — will be used up. After that, as in Ukraine, it will come down to who can produce m

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No matter how strong an alliance is, the weaker partner is always worried to some degree that it will be left to fend for itself in a time of crisis. The French leader Charles de Gaulle often voiced his skepticism that the United States would risk the destruction of New York in order to save Paris, a concern that led France beginning in the 1950s t

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Think Plaza Accord... but with nukes instead of pens.

This is no negotiation — it’s coercion.

“You want U.S. defense guarantees?

Then adjust your FX policy.

Rebalance your reserves.

Play by our new rules.”

This is the new dollar diplomacy.

Over 20% of energy in the US comes from a nuclear source. Up to 70% in France. Yet it's not a technology that has been widely accepted, primarily due to concerns of historical safety risks and storage + a dependency on coal and gas.

Une bombe atomique est une menace évidente et immédiate que personne ne peut ignorer. Le réchauffement climatique, en revanche, est une menace plus vague et prolongée. Dès lors, chaque fois que des considérations environnementales à long terme requièrent un sacrifice à court terme douloureux, les nationalistes pourraient être tentés de faire passer

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Experts believe there are about 20,000 nuclear warheads in the world today60—down from a peak of 65,000 in the 1980s. A threat could theoretically come from any of the nine countries that possess nuclear weapons today—even the United States has lost track of eleven of its nuclear weapons throughout its history61—and other countries may be trying to

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