Deterrence's end?
The rise of controlled nuclear fusion could lead to "clean" H-bombs capable of challenging deterrence between superpowers. However, a monopoly, even a temporary one, by democracies could ensure years of peace.
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Oct 2023
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Aug 2023
Prometheus Chained. Oppenheimer, or of man facing technology.
Nolan's Oppenheimer is being released in Italian theaters at the same time as Miyazaki's re-release of Kaze tachinu: two tragic reflections on man as a prisoner of his own destiny in the face of history and technology.
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Dec 2022
Nuclear weapons: how China is preparing to overtake the U.S.
A Chinese advantage in capacity to produce warheads provides President Xi Jinping a path to nuclear superiority, should he choose to pursue it. The U.S., for its part, would have few options to respond if China decided to continue building beyond 1,500 warheads.
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Mar 2022
War in Ukraine: is there a risk of escalation?
One aspect of the spiral of war is that it can occur regardless of the will of the participants, as a simple result of their interaction. A major war may break out inadvertently, because the concatenation of threats, responses, retaliation, leads the contenders where they did not think they would go.
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Dec 2021
Si ingrossano le forze nucleari cinesi: un mondo tripolare?
L'enorme espansione della forza nucleare cinese, insieme ai rapporti su un nuovo bombardiere intercontinentale, suggerisce che Pechino stia abbandonando la posizione di deterrenza nucleare minima.
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