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SUMMARY:Trump's Second Term: NATO\, War\, and the Economy
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nDonald Trump has returned to the presidency demanding that NATO nations increase their military spending to 3%\, possibly 5% of GDP\, and threatening massive tariffs. His commitments to NATO remain uncertain\, as does his administration’s approach to the Ukraine War and possible ceasefire-related diplomacy. His “America First” agenda includes a $100 billion increase in the Pentagon’s already gargantuan budget. \nWhat are the implications for Euro-American relations with Russia\, for NATO or pressures for an independent European military\, for the U.S.\, European\, and world economies? How should the U.S. and European peace movements respond? \nNiamh Ni Bhriain coordinates TNI’s War and Pacification program\, which focuses on the permanent state of war and pacification of resistance. She holds an LLM in International Human Rights Law from the Irish Centre for Human Rights at the National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG). \nReiner Braun served as General Secretary of the International Peace Bureau. He has decades of experience in the German and European peace movements\, was deeply involved the Max Plank Institute’s planning for the Einstein Year\, and he has been a leading figure in promotion of Common Security diplomacy. \nMichael Klare is a visiting fellow of the Arms Control Association\, secretary of its board of directors\, emeritus professor of the Five Colleges Peace and World Security Studies program at Hampshire College\, and a regular contributor for The Nation Magazine. \nRegister to attend. \n \nCosponsored by Massachusetts Peace Action.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/trumps-second-term-nato-war-and-the-economy/
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CATEGORIES:Nuclear Disarmament
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SUMMARY:U.S.-China Nuclear Rivalry and the Taiwan Question
DESCRIPTION:Register to attend. \n \nIn the last five years\, nuclear tensions between the U.S. and China have accelerated dramatically driven by a series of factors\, including the severe deterioration of cross-Strait relations. This presentation will summarize thinking on both sides of the Pacific regarding the current state of this nuclear rivalry and its relationship to the Taiwan issue. Prof. Goldstein will also answer questions about his Asia trip during the winter holiday that took him to northeast China\, Kazakhstan\, the Philippines\, and also South Korea. \nLyle J. Goldstein is the Director of the China Initiative and Visiting Professor at the Watson Institute for International and Public Affairs at Brown University. At Brown\, he is investigating the costs of great power competition with both China and Russia in association with the Costs of War Project at Watson.  Goldstein serves concurrently as Director of Asia Engagement at the Washington think-tank Defense Priorities\, which advocates for realism and restraint in U.S. defense policy.  He has a PhD from Princeton\, is fluent in both Chinese and Russian\, and tweets at @lylegoldstein. \nSponsored by MAPA Education Fund\, cosponsored by Campaign for Peace\, Disarmament\, and Common Security. \nRegister to attend.
URL:https://masspeaceaction.org/event/u-s-china-nuclear-rivalry-and-the-taiwan-question/
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CATEGORIES:Northeast Asia,Nuclear Disarmament
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