Hans Blix: Can arms control survive this dangerous age of war and rearmament? europeanleadershipnetwork.org

The world has entered a dismaying and volatile period of renewed instability and accelerating risk. There has been no global conflagration for 80 years, yet several regions are now involved in, or at risk of, armed conflicts involving great powers. All governments claim to wish to avoid such conflicts, yet many appear convinced that the best – perhaps only – way to do so is by increasing their armed forces and deterrence capabilities. The world is presently engaged in a massive wave of rearmament, with NATO members, for example, agreeing to devote five percent of their GDP to military spending. Meanwhile, governments fail to find adequate resources to address environmental and climate degradation that threatens the very future of human civilisation. Läs artikel