Julius E.R.
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Financial and Political Economics | @CEU and @LeidenUniv | 🇱🇹🇪🇺
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In short, European elites aim to uphold three objectives: credible and effective deterrence against Russia, nuclear nonproliferation, and strategic stability (understood as low incentives for nuclear first use).
But without the U.S. nuclear arsenal, choosing any two makes the third impossible.
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But without the U.S. nuclear arsenal, choosing any two makes the third impossible.
2/x
March 31, 2025 at 8:50 AM
In short, European elites aim to uphold three objectives: credible and effective deterrence against Russia, nuclear nonproliferation, and strategic stability (understood as low incentives for nuclear first use).
But without the U.S. nuclear arsenal, choosing any two makes the third impossible.
2/x
But without the U.S. nuclear arsenal, choosing any two makes the third impossible.
2/x
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Finland lost the wars, but remained independent. Afterwards, the construction of the welfare state was implicitly and sometimes very explicitly part of the “total defence” doctrine.
The military regularly reminded the politicians that the will to defend the country is the sine qua non of defence.
The military regularly reminded the politicians that the will to defend the country is the sine qua non of defence.
March 27, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Finland lost the wars, but remained independent. Afterwards, the construction of the welfare state was implicitly and sometimes very explicitly part of the “total defence” doctrine.
The military regularly reminded the politicians that the will to defend the country is the sine qua non of defence.
The military regularly reminded the politicians that the will to defend the country is the sine qua non of defence.
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“Our task is to see that potential aggressors, from whatever quarter, understand plainly that the capacity and the resolve of the West would deny them victory in war and that the price they would pay would be intolerable”. 3/3
March 20, 2025 at 1:23 PM
“Our task is to see that potential aggressors, from whatever quarter, understand plainly that the capacity and the resolve of the West would deny them victory in war and that the price they would pay would be intolerable”. 3/3
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And to make things worse, after launching various grift cryptocurrency tokens, the US national strategy is now being sourced from TikTok and Facebook
March 3, 2025 at 4:59 PM
And to make things worse, after launching various grift cryptocurrency tokens, the US national strategy is now being sourced from TikTok and Facebook