Jean-Marc Le Page is an associate professor and a doctor of history. He has published
The Atomic Bomb, from Hiroshima to Trump
(Pasts made up, 2021), an updated version of which will appear on August 24 under the title
The Nuclear Threat, from Hiroshima to the Ukrainian Crisis.
LE FIGARO. - UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres recently claimed that "
humanity is one misunderstanding, one miscalculation from nuclear annihilation
."
How did we get here ?
Should these words be relativized?
Jean-Marc LE PAGE. –
Antonio Guterres echoes the comments made by the Russian authorities, because Vladimir Putin, at the time of the invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, had a whole warlike rhetoric.
The Russian president notably asked the Chief of the Defense Staff to put the strategic forces on alert.
These words are rhetorical to put in place what I call, with Dominique Mongin, a form of offensive deterrence;
it's about shutting down Ukraine...
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