US gives number of nuclear weapons for the first time in years 0:54
(CNN Spanish) -
Five atomic powers - the United States, Russia, France, the United Kingdom and China - issued a joint statement in which they assure that in a nuclear war no one can win.
Is it a sincere statement?
Or is the objective rather to prepare pretexts to, if necessary, be able to accuse others of having been responsible for the horror?
These aspects are addressed by José Levy in this new episode of the CNN
Global Challenges
podcast .
Prevent an apocalypse. No more no less.
That is the goal of an unusual joint statement in which the world's five key atomic powers claim that in a nuclear war no one can win.
It is said to be a type of conflict that should never be reached.
China expands its nuclear arsenal, what would it want? 2:47
A document that tries to bring calm, when we have two sources of tension that have come to awaken all the global alarms, as few times in recent decades: one in Ukraine between Russia and the United States and another in Taiwan between China and the United States.
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But is it a sincere declaration of intent?
Or is the objective of such a document rather to cure oneself in health and to prepare pretexts for, if necessary, to be able to accuse others of having been responsible for the horror that could have been reached?
These aspects are what we will cover in this new episode of the CNN Global Challenges podcast.
This is José Levy.
The document published these days is loaded with good intentions.
It could hardly be more ambitious: to reach a world that is free of nuclear weapons, with security for all.
And the truth is that who would not want a sublime goal to transform our planet Earth into a much safer place, both for us and for future generations.
Iran resumes talks with leaders for 2:20 nuclear deal
Even these five powers, the United States, Russia, France, the United Kingdom and China reaffirm the path of the past: to advance as determined half a century ago in what is known as the "Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons", where they are obliged not to to disarmament, but to "persevere with negotiations in good faith that lead to effective measures to end the nuclear race."
Very nice words, but, unfortunately for now, without concrete content, beyond highlighting the supreme responsibility to prevent a conflict between states with atomic war potential.
Listen to the rest on the podcast.
Well, so far this worrisome podcast.
Even I myself have been realizing the magnitude of the problem by delving into it.
Although we are in the middle of a pandemic, there are other
Global Challenges
that must also be addressed and the sooner the better.
I await your comments on
Twitter:
@joselevycnn.
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North Korea and its new "weapons of the apocalypse"
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