Sign in Welcome! Log into your account your username your password Forgot your password? Get help Create an account Create an account Welcome! Register for an account your email your username A password will be e-mailed to you. Password recovery Recover your password your email A password will be e-mailed to you. Why Can’t World Leaders Agree That a Nuclear War Should Never Be Fought? 198 June 21, 2021 FacebookTwitterPinterestWhatsApp Published in The Guardian (U.K.) on 21 June 2021 by Jane Kinninmont (link to originallink to original) Translated from by . Edited by . Back To Origin This post appeared on the front page as a direct link to the original article with the above link . Tags:Cold WarJoe BidenMikhail GorbachevNuclear WarU.K.Vladimir Putin Hot this week Block titleFeaturedAll time popularMore Poland: Donald Trump’s 1st Great War. Plenty of Doubts* March 6, 2026. Published in Rzeczpospolita Trump, who presents himself as bringing peace to the world ... launched a war based on questionable rationale in a conflict-ridden region. 0 Ireland: Irish Examiner View: Regime Change in Iran May Herald Even More Violence and Suffering March 6, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner 0 Australia: Oil’s Muted Reaction to Trump’s Attack on Iran March 6, 2026. Published in ABC News Australia 0 Spain: The Strength of American Democracy March 8, 2026. Published in La RazónThe executive branch is not all-powerful, not even when it invokes the defense of the national interest. 0 Australia: On Trump’s Gilded Stage, History Has No Worth – Even If He Understood It March 7, 2026. Published in Sydney Morning Herald 0 Topics Mexico: Trump Won’t Take Our Oil March 12, 2026. Published in La JornadaMexican oil is not the property of the United States or Donald Trump. 0 Ireland: Pete Hegseth Is like a Manic Clown Compared to Sober Colin Powell March 11, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner 0 Ireland: Elon Musk Is Wrong about Empathy — and Irish Film Proves It March 10, 2026. Published in Irish Examiner 0 Canada: An International Norm Questioned after Trump’s Iran Strikes. As 2 Officials Who Helped Established It, We’d Like To Set Record Straight March 10, 2026. Published in Toronto Star 0 Canada: Why Trump Can’t Afford To Brush Off the Iran War’s Economic Impact March 10, 2026. Published in CBC 0 India: Iran’s Brinkmanship and Trump’s Redline: How the Crisis Is Reshaping India’s West Asia Strategy March 10, 2026. Published in FirstpostIf escalation hardens into a binary alignment, India’s pivot will be quiet but decisive. 0 Ghana: America’s Dual Approach: War and Diplomacy in International Relations March 10, 2026. Published in GhanaWeb[A]nytime America saw/sees the need for peace, they embrace it and benefit from it but when the situation demands, they shift to embrace war. 0 South Africa: Trump’s Tariffs Have Gutted Agoa’s Duty‑Free Promise March 10, 2026. Published in Cape Times 0 Related Articles Bolivia: Has There Been a Change in World Order? March 5, 2026. Published in Los Tiempos[T]he international balance of power has shifted substantially, altering America’s global position. Egypt: Strained Alliances and the Transformation of Global Order February 9, 2026. Published in Ahram OnlineThe rise of transactional unilateral diplomacy—most visibly associated with U.S. President Donald Trump—has exposed structural vulnerabilities in the alliance system. Egypt: Why the World Will Not Return to the Pre-Trump Order February 4, 2026. Published in Ahram OnlineBy the time Trump emerged, the post-Cold War consensus had already lost much of its social, economic, and strategic foundation. Indonesia: Why Power Makes Leaders See Threats Everywhere January 28, 2026. Published in The Jakarta PostIncreased power, perhaps counterintuitively, appears to breed increased fear of weaker competitors. Germany: Trump Risks Falling into the Same Trap as His Predecessor* December 20, 2025. Published in Süddeutsche ZeitungAmericans were not inclined to let Biden get away with being so out of touch. Trump is now running the same risk. Previous articleLatest G-7 Move InterestingNext articleTrump Is Back LEAVE A REPLY Cancel replyLog in to leave a comment