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Caring about NATO summit: “Then the risk of war in Europe” increases “
The principle of deterrent is: Cert yourself to prevent the war. Only: How deterrent is Europe? In front of the NATO summit in the Hague in June, concern is growing.
“Maybe this summer is the last summer that we still experience in peace.” With these words, the military historian Sönke Neitzel recently started the Germans. In view of the growing threat from Russia and the increasing conflicts in the transatlantic alliance, the threat to Europe is growing.
All the more important to take a closer look at what has secured peace in Europe for decades – and can continue to secure it in the future: military deterrence. This is the topic of the first edition of the new format “Deep Dive” in star– “Die Lage -International” with Christian Mölling, security expert at the Brussels Think Tank “European Policy Center”.
“Article 5 has a huge consequence”
“Article five of the NATO Charter still has a huge consequence,” Mölling clarifies. “Condition within NATO means deterrence.” However, the expert looks at the NATO summit, which takes place in the Hague at the end of June. “A signal will come from this summit. If Trump fails the summit, the risk of war in Europe continues to increase. Then the deterrent in Europe would be massively questioned.”
The podcast episode also illuminates the benefits of nuclear weapons for deterrent. In the past decades, conventional weapons have come to the fore, nuclear weapons served primarily as an element of mutual strategic threats in the background. “They were primarily communication systems and not destructive systems,” said the expert. Because nobody was seriously considering their commitment. Nevertheless, military planners would have to deal with the possibility of a nuclear war again and again in detail so that the weapons kept their benefit.
When deterrent works
“Ducking means convincing someone not to do something by conveying them to him that the costs are larger than the expected benefit.” This definition of the Harvard Politologist Joseph Nye applies in a similar way for military planners as for parents in child rearing, explains security expert Christian Mölling in the new “Deep Dive” format star– s “Die Lage -International”.
Source: Stern
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