Sixteen States Urge the Nuclear-Weapon States to Take Decisive Steps Towards Disarmament

By Aar Jay Persius

BERLIN (IDN) — “A nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought.“ On June 16, at their meeting in Geneva, US President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin re-affirmed this fundamental truth, famously coined by their predecessors, Reagan and Gorbachev, at the last peak of the cold war, write the Foreign Affairs Ministers of Germany (Heiko Maas), Spain (Arancha González Laya) and Sweden (Ann Linde) in an article published in the German newspaper Rheinische Post on July 5. [2021-07-09 | 07] JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | SPANISH | SWEDISH

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The US Builds A ‘Systemic’ Pact to Counter China’s Growing Influence

米国、拡大する中国の影響力に対抗する「体系的な」協定網の構築へ

【ニューヨークIDN＝J・ナストラニス】

ドナルド・トランプの予測不能の大統領任期が終了して５カ月近く、米国のジョー・バイデン大統領は、６月１１日から１５日にかけて開催されたG７や北大西洋条約機構（NATO）、欧州連合（EU）とのサミットで中国に対抗する「体系的な」協定を発動した。

NATOの同盟国３０カ国は「（我々は）同盟の安全保障上の利益を擁護するという目的をもって中国と関与する。…中国の明らかな野心と強引な行動は、ルールに基づいた国際秩序と同盟安保に関する領域に構造的挑戦をもたらしている。」

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The US Builds A ‘Systemic’ Pact to Counter China’s Growing Influence – Chinese

美国建立“系统性”协议对抗中国日益增长的影响力

作者：J．纳斯特拉尼斯（J Nastranis）

纽约（IDN）— 在特朗普的总统任期结束近五个月后，美国总统拜登在 6 月 11 日至 15 日的峰会上与七国集团（G-7）、北约组织（NATO）以及欧盟 (EU)伙伴们发起了一项针对中国的“系统性”协议。

三十个北约盟国经同意“[我们]将以捍卫联盟的安全利益为目的与中国接触。……中国明确表述的野心及强势的行为对基于规则的国际秩序以及与北约有关的领域构成了“系统性的挑战”。”

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Miles to Go Before the U.S. and Russia Move the World Further from the Brink of Nuclear Catastrophe

By Aar Jay Persius

BERLIN (IDN) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed at their June 16 summit in Geneva the principle agreed on by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985, that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought”. They also decided to engage in a robust “strategic stability” dialogue to “lay the groundwork for future arms control and risk reduction measures”. [2021-07-01 | 06] INDONESIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | RUSSIAN

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Miles to Go Before the U.S. and Russia Move the World Further from the Brink of Nuclear Catastrophe

By Aar Jay Persius

BERLIN (IDN) — U.S. President Joe Biden and Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed at their June 16 summit in Geneva the principle agreed on by President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985, that “a nuclear war cannot be won and must never be fought”. They also decided to engage in a robust “strategic stability” dialogue to “lay the groundwork for future arms control and risk reduction measures”. [2021-07-01 | 06] INDONESIAN | JAPANESE TEXT VERSION PDF | RUSSIAN

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