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To be clear, talking does not automatically lead to giving up eastern Ukraine or Crimea. It is mainly about trying to find out what the intentions are, rather than just assuming (Photo: Image Bank of War in Ukraine)

'Jaw jaw better than war war' — lessons from the Cold War

A new documentary series on Netflix, The Turning Point, shows how nuclear weapons have completely changed the nature of war. Since the use of an atomic bomb on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, and the arms race between the United States and the Soviet Union, the world and therefore humanity can be destroyed at the push of a button.

We already knew that, at least for anyone who lived through the Cold War. What may surprise most ...

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Koert Debeuf is distinguished adjunct professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels and chair of the board of EUobserver.

To be clear, talking does not automatically lead to giving up eastern Ukraine or Crimea. It is mainly about trying to find out what the intentions are, rather than just assuming (Photo: Image Bank of War in Ukraine)

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Koert Debeuf is distinguished adjunct professor at the Vrije Universiteit Brussels and chair of the board of EUobserver.

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