The Geopolitics of Peace in a Post-Western World Special Invited Lecture (Article)

Prof. Jeffrey Sachs
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Prof. Jeffrey Sachs: Oxford University, USA.

The Pakistan Development Review, 2024, vol. 63, issue 1, 1-18

Abstract: We are in the midst of an extraordinarily dangerous and destructive hot war in Ukraine, and there is now daily talk about the prospects of a US-China war in Asia, perhaps over Taiwan. Such an expanded war is too horrific to contemplate, and yet it has become the casual discourse of US op-ed columns almost daily. The people who write these columns are not thinking straight, are not knowledgeable, and indeed are utterly irresponsible. We cannot afford a continuation of the current war, and we cannot afford a war between the US and China. That would be the end of civilisation. There is also the idea that the Ukraine war will not spiral into a nuclear war. The English-speaking media, especially in the UK and the US, tells us not to worry, and that it is unlikely that Putin will use nuclear weapons.

Date: 2024
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