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Zack Beauchamp, VOX: Experts on North Korea’s latest threat: “This is how war by miscalculation starts”
North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho on Monday threatened to shoot down US warplanes, claiming “the right to shoot down United States strategic bombers even when they are not inside the airspace border of our country.” It’s one of the most serious threats the North has leveled to date — and it has experts extremely worried.
“This is how war by miscalculation starts,” Vipin Narang, a professor at MIT who studies nuclear weapons, tweeted after seeing Ri’s comments. “My anxiety level is up sharply today.”
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- September 26, 2017
The Madman Theory of North Korea -- Steve Coll, New Yorker
Trump the best defence against world becoming playpen of nuclear powers -- Conrad Black, National Post
Under pressure to act against Kurds, Iraq has limited options -- Ahmed Rasheed, Reuters
Iraqi Kurds voted in their independence referendum. Now what? -- Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post
Thirsting for independence, Iraqi Kurds face serious obstacles -- Financial Times
Fearful neighbours look on as Iraq’s Kurds stake claim to nationhood -- Martin Chulov and Paul Johnson, The Guardian
Iran Has Emerged as the Main Victor -- Ahmad Majidyar, The Cipher Brief
The 19th National Congress: all Xi’s men -- Francesco Sisci, Asia Times
Religion And Nationalism: Is Southeast Asia Turning Into The Next Middle East? -- Dominique Moisi, World Crunch
Russia's Focus: The Initial Period of War -- Roger McDermott, Eurasia Daily Monitor
Emmanuel Macron’s plan to conquer Europe -- Nicholas Vinocur and Maïa de La Baume, Politico
How the AfD Steamrolled Germany's Mainstream Parties -- Spiegle Online
Borders are back and a new game looms -- Niall Ferguson, Boston Globe
Socialist Parties in Europe Keep Losing for the Same Reason -- Leonid Bershidsky, Bloomberg
Puerto Rico's American Dream Is Dead -- Tyler Cowen, Bloomberg
Iran, Pakistan or North Korea will miscalculate.
ReplyDeleteGeneral war is a given.
Aizino,
ReplyDeleteThe risk of war was greater with Obama because all countries know that Obama "has no ball" and will retreat. Dictators are afraid of strong leader, and worse...Trump is unpredictable which make the scenario more frightening!
Jac l agree, but the storm clouds of war are forming nonetheless.
DeleteTrump is not to blame for this mess, but l believe him when he says he will fix it.
If Russia was threatened on a daily basis Putin would have acted long ago.