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In this the eighth episode of A View from Afar for 2023, political scientist Dr Paul Buchanan and Selwyn Manning examine the risks of a 21st century nuclear war. The movie Oppenheimer has renewed interest in the dawn of the nuclear era. Almost 80 years later, are we safer from nuclear war than we were in the years immediately after 1945?
THE ISSUE: The movie Oppenheimer has renewed interest in the dawn of the nuclear era. Almost 80 years later, are we safer from nuclear war than we were in the years immediately after 1945?
Op-Ed by United Nations Secretary General António Guterres GCC GCL. New York, December 2021 – We live in worrying times. The climate crisis, stark inequalities, bloody conflicts and human rights abuses, and the personal and economic devastation caused by the COVID-19 pandemic have put our world under greater stress than it has faced in my lifetime. ... <a title="OP-ED: UN Secretary General on the Tenth Review Conference on the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/12/15/op-ed-un-secretary-general-on-the-tenth-review-conference-on-the-parties-to-the-treaty-on-the-non-proliferation-of-nuclear-weapons/" aria-label="Read more about OP-ED: UN Secretary General on the Tenth Review Conference on the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons">Read more</a>
Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning analyse the AUKUS Alliance and deep-dive into how the AUKUS Alliance has triggered a geopolitical realignment. Why has this Anglophone AUKUS alliance formed? And what's the fallout?
A View from Afar – LIVE @ MIDDAY Thursday September 30: In this podcast, Paul G. Buchanan and Selwyn Manning will analyse the AUKUS Alliance and will deep-dive into: How the AUKUS Alliance has triggered a geopolitical realignment. Why has this Anglophone AUKUS alliance formed? And what’s the fallout? What does China do now? How ... <a title="SCHEDULED LIVE @ Midday Thurs Sept 30: AUKUS Alliance Triggers Geopolitical Realignment – Buchanan + Manning" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/29/scheduled-live-midday-thurs-sept-30-aukus-alliance-triggers-geopolitical-realignment-buchanan-manning/" aria-label="Read more about SCHEDULED LIVE @ Midday Thurs Sept 30: AUKUS Alliance Triggers Geopolitical Realignment – Buchanan + Manning">Read more</a>
Analysis by Bryce Edwards. New Zealand was said to have been sidelined when the trilateral security pact between Australia, the United Kingdom, and the United States was announced a week ago. But very quickly the “Aukus” pact has taken on an unpopularity in this country, with a consensus forming that New Zealand is best out ... <a title="Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why Australia’s nuclear-sub defence plans are unpopular in NZ" class="read-more" href="https://eveningreport.nz/2021/09/22/bryce-edwards-political-roundup-why-australias-nuclear-sub-defence-plans-are-unpopular-in-nz/" aria-label="Read more about Bryce Edwards’ Political Roundup: Why Australia’s nuclear-sub defence plans are unpopular in NZ">Read more</a>
Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, where they analyse: Revelations that the People's Republic of China has further developed missile silos in its north-west desert. How does this fit with proliferation of nuclear silos in the west? How do great powers enforce their nuclear deterrence dogma and strategy in 2021 compared to when the first Cold War was chilling the world's expectations of longevity?
A View from Afar: Selwyn Manning and Paul Buchanan will present this week’s podcast, A View from Afar, LIVE at midday Thursday where they will analyse: Revelations that the People’s Republic of China has further developed missile silos in its north-west desert. How does this fit with proliferation of nuclear silos in the west?
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