Towards a Grand Strategy for a Uncertain World

A chilling report prepared by a group of top military commanders from the US and its NATO allies declares that the alliance must be prepared to launch a preemptive nuclear first strike because of “asymmetric threats and global challenges” posed to the West.

The report presents a doomsday like picture of a future of world conflict, population growth, terrorisim and the fight over oil. The report suggests Russia, China and Iran are or are potential enemies.



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Which scenario if any will call for a premptive nuclear strike?

Is this related to the Nuclear Posture Review?

“reserves the right to respond with overwhelming force—including the use of nuclear weapons—to the use of [WMD] against the United States, our forces abroad, and friends and allies.” It went on to assert that the US must develop “the capabilities to detect and destroy an adversary’s WMD assets before these weapons are used.”

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