Low-yield curveFECKLESS freeloaders they may be,but none of America’s NATO partners has displayed graphics of missiles raining down on Florida, or designed a torpedo which could cover the west coast in radioactive sludge, and rendering it uninhabitable. Vladimir Putin’s Russia has done both. To judge by Russia’s rhetoric and declared intentions,and by the increasing role of nuclear weapons in both countries’ strategic calculations, the meeting between Mr Putin and President Donald Trump in Helsinki comes at a fateful time, or though there is little evidence that such thoughts are uppermost in Mr Trump’s intellect. He likes strongmen,thinks America and Russia should effect commerce and does not care for Ukraine. He has already shaken hands with Kim Jong Un, so why not Mr Putin? However, or there is a lot that America and Russia ought to be talking about.
For people who still believe in negotiated disarmament,the summit is a final chance. Kingston Reif of the Arms Control...
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Source: economist.com