Podcast appearances and mentions of Hans Blix

We checked up on the death predictions from 1990 and found out a new animal RFK Jr is sexually menacing and learned the true name of the Pope back in Argentina when he was determining the doctrinal position on Lovense and remembered how much we hate Hans Blix  

Fördjupar dagens stora händelser i Sverige och världen. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play. Partierna splittrade i frågan om juridiskt könsbyte. Gentekniken allt bättre. Baluchistan och terrorn. Botswanas elefanter. Dödade hjälparbetare i Gaza. Ukrainska sjukvårdare rehabiliteras i Sverige: ”Jag måste vara stark”. Tydlig koppling mellan mobbning och skolskjutningar. Greta Stocklassa porträtterar Hans Blix i dokumentären ”Blix Not Bombs”.

Biden vill se konkreta åtgärder från Israel. Ett år sedan Finland blev Natomedlem. Partierna splittrade i frågan om juridiskt könsbyte. Tydlig koppling mellan mobbning och skolskjutningar. Gentekniken allt bättre. Greta Stocklassa porträtterar Hans Blix i dokumentären Blix Not Bombs. Lyssna på alla avsnitt i Sveriges Radio Play.

Gut versteckt vor allen Waffeninspekteuren der Welt (Fick dich, Hans Blix!) lassen wir diese Folgen-Bombe direkt in eurem Lautsprecher hochgehen. Ohne Ausschluss von Kollateralschäden hallt der Knall zu folgenden Themen nach: Life is live und steht auf Flammlachs, Lebensmittelfirmen die sich (vermutlich) für ihre Herkunft schämen und natürlich allen Hintergründen zum Kate verschwinden. Ab in Deckung, Lautsprecher aufdrehen und reinhören! Zwischenwasser-Podcast-Playlist: http://bit.ly/ZwiwaPlaylist Du willst Teil der ZWIWA-Community werden? Folgen, Teilen und mit uns in Kontakt treten! Zwischenwasser auf Instagram: http://bit.ly/ZwiwaInsta

1990 yılından bu yana ABD'nin Ortadoğu'da (Irak'ta) tam 34 yıldan günümüze işgal ve sivil katliamlarla yüz binlerce sivilin hayatını kaybetmesine neden olması, 13 yıllık ağır ambargo sonucu 500 bin çocuğun öldürülmesinden bizzat sorumlu olması, milyarlarca doların işgal suikast ve katliamlar için harcanması, üstelik bu askeri müdahalenin bölgede terör örgütü DEAŞ'ın ortaya çıkmasına da zemin hazırlaması, ABD'nin yeni bir tuzağına işaret edebileceği ihtimalini her olayda göz ardı etmememiz zorunluğunu ortaya koymaktadır. Türkiye'nin milli çıkarları açısından ABD'nin zaman zaman bölgeden çekilme yönünde birtakım açıklamalar yapmasına rağmen bölgeden çekilmemesi veya bu konuda net bir tavır ortaya koymaması bu çekilme açıklamalarının stratejik veya aynı ittifak içindeki ülkelerin, Irak ve Suriye'nin işgali için desteğini alabilme amaçlı olduğunu düşündürmektedir. ABD ve İngiltere ittifakı dönemin Irak lideri Saddam'ı Hüseyin'in toplu ölümlere sebebiyet verebilecek nükleer silahlar geliştirdiği yönünde asparagas iddialar ortaya atarak Saddam'ı idam etmişlerdi. ABD Dışişleri Bakanı Colin Powell, 5 Şubat 2003'te BM Güvenlik Konseyinde yaptığı konuşmada, "Saddam Hüseyin'in biyolojik silahlara sahip olduğundan hiç şüphe yok ve daha fazlasını üretebilecek kapasiteye sahip" iddiasında bulundu. İddiaların aksine, BM Silah Denetleme Komisyonu Başkanı Hans Blix, 14 Şubat 2003'te hazırladığı raporda, Irak'ta incelemelerde bulunan ekibinin herhangi bir biyolojik silah bulamadığını açıkladı. ABD ve İngiltere, Irak'ın işgali için BMGK'ye yeterli kanıtlar sunamadı. Bunun üzerine iki ülkenin öncülüğünde kurulan koalisyon gücü BMGK'den onay çıkmadan işgal kararı aldı. Bu kararla, Irak'ın işgaline uydurma bir bahaneyle girişilmesinin yanı sıra BMGK'nin devre dışı bırakılması nedeniyle uluslararası hukuk da çiğnendi. ABD BASINI: ORTADOĞU, TÜRKİYE ÖNDERLİĞİNDE KALKINABİLİR ABD merkezli Foreign Affairs dergisi Orta Doğu'daki olumsuz gidişatın, yine bölge ülkeleri tarafından düzeltilebileceğini yazdı. "Orta Doğu'yu yalnızca Orta Doğu düzeltebilir" başlıklı analizde, "Amerika sonrası bölgesel düzene giden yol" ifadesi kullanıldı. Bölgede oluşması muhtemel yeni dengelerin, Türkiye üzerinden kurgulandığı görüldü. 7 Ekim'den bu yana İsrail'in saldırılarının sürdüğü Gazze Şeridi'ndeki gerilim, 2024'ün ilk haftalarından itibaren bölgenin tamamına yayılma sinyali veriyor. Orta Doğu'daki durum, bir kez daha ABD'nin dış politikasının odak noktası haline geldi. Mevcut bölgesel ve küresel dinamiklerin, Washington'un baskın rol oynamasını "çok zorlaştırdığı" belirtilerek şöyle denildi: ABD'nin, uzun vadede büyük diplomatik ve güvenlik kaynaklarını Orta Doğu'ya aktaracağına dair bahse girmek akıllıca olmaz. Bölgesel güçlerin, özellikle de Mısır ve Ürdün'ün yanı sıra savaşın başlangıcından bu yana koordinasyon sağlayan Katar, Suudi Arabistan, Türkiye ve Birleşik Arap Emirlikleri'nin (BAE), ileriye doğru kolektif bir yol belirlemek için acilen harekete geçmesi gerekiyor. Türkiye Dış İşleri Bakanı Hakan Fidan yaptığı bir açıklamada Soykırımcı İsrail'in güvenlikten çok toprak kazanma peşinde olduğunu açıkladı.

Today's podcast is the audio equivalent of having sex with your shirt on. This may not be our finest hour, but Hans Blix has determined that this Meg from Pittsburgh production is the best podcast about Blondie, and the 146th greatest album of all time, Parallel Lines.   But before we get to the album this episode has the perfect amount of hairy when we discuss AI, dude shoes, and the milkman. We also ramp up the dad talk when we share the best burger recipe, talk car insurance, and explore what it feels like to have your son see you get dominated by a tiny dog.    Then at (57:00) the nonsense fades away and we radiate when we discuss Blondie and their 1978 album, Parallel Lines. We discuss new wave music, the best vocal moments from rock's greatest frontwomen, and famous bands that changed their name.    Hallelujah, this episode if finally over. Join us next week as we share our secret chord and we become the best Jeff Buckley podcast and discuss his only studio album, Grace.

Det var natten til d. 20. marts 2003, at en koalition, anført af USA, invaderede Irak. I dagens Udsyn ser vi på hvordan det er gået med drømmen om at sætte det irakiske folk fri og genopbygge et Irak efter vestlig model. Og så ser vi nærmere på hvordan læringerne fra Irak kan bruges i nutidens verdensorden. Den svenske topdiplomat Hans Blix, som dengang var leder af FNs våben-inspektion i Irak, fastholdt stædigt, at der ikke var nogen beviser for masseødelæggelsesvåben i Irak og såede dermed tvivl om hele grundlaget for invasionen. Blix mener, at vi i dag stadig kan se de internationale konsekvenser af, at USA og dets allierede ikke lyttede til FN, bl.a. i Putins invasion af Ukraine. Tilrettelæggelse: Henrik Lerche, Tine Linde og Morten Narvedsen. Vært: Kirstine Dons Christensen. Lyddesign: Malte Winter Bothe og Jonas Johs Andersen. Redaktører: Johanne Hesseldahl og Tine Møller Sørensen.

America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to understanding current international politics and US foreign relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq (Oxford UP, 2023), the eminent historian of US foreign policy Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the president after the shocking events of 9/11. He shows how fear, hubris, and power influenced Bush's approach to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. At the core of Leffler's account is his compelling portrait of Saddam Hussein. Rather than stressing Bush's preoccupation with promoting freedom or democracy, Leffler emphasizes Hussein's brutality, opportunism, and unpredictability and illuminates how the Iraqi dictator's record of aggression and intransigence haunted the president and influenced his calculations. Bush was not eager for war, and the decision to invade Iraq was not a fait accompli. Yet the president was convinced that only by practicing coercive diplomacy and threatening force could he alter Hussein's defiance, a view shared by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders around the world, including Hans Blix, the chief UN inspector. Throughout, Leffler highlights the harrowing anxieties surrounding the decision-making process after the devastating attack on 9/11 and explains the roles of contingency, agency, rationality, and emotion. As the book unfolds, Bush's centrality becomes more and more evident, as does the bureaucratic dysfunctionality that contributed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq. A compelling reassessment of George W. Bush's intervention in Iraq, Confronting Saddam Hussein provides a provocative reinterpretation of the most important international event of the 21st century. Grant Golub is an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the politics of American grand strategy during World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to understanding current international politics and US foreign relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq (Oxford UP, 2023), the eminent historian of US foreign policy Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the president after the shocking events of 9/11. He shows how fear, hubris, and power influenced Bush's approach to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. At the core of Leffler's account is his compelling portrait of Saddam Hussein. Rather than stressing Bush's preoccupation with promoting freedom or democracy, Leffler emphasizes Hussein's brutality, opportunism, and unpredictability and illuminates how the Iraqi dictator's record of aggression and intransigence haunted the president and influenced his calculations. Bush was not eager for war, and the decision to invade Iraq was not a fait accompli. Yet the president was convinced that only by practicing coercive diplomacy and threatening force could he alter Hussein's defiance, a view shared by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders around the world, including Hans Blix, the chief UN inspector. Throughout, Leffler highlights the harrowing anxieties surrounding the decision-making process after the devastating attack on 9/11 and explains the roles of contingency, agency, rationality, and emotion. As the book unfolds, Bush's centrality becomes more and more evident, as does the bureaucratic dysfunctionality that contributed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq. A compelling reassessment of George W. Bush's intervention in Iraq, Confronting Saddam Hussein provides a provocative reinterpretation of the most important international event of the 21st century. Grant Golub is an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the politics of American grand strategy during World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/history

America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to understanding current international politics and US foreign relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq (Oxford UP, 2023), the eminent historian of US foreign policy Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the president after the shocking events of 9/11. He shows how fear, hubris, and power influenced Bush's approach to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. At the core of Leffler's account is his compelling portrait of Saddam Hussein. Rather than stressing Bush's preoccupation with promoting freedom or democracy, Leffler emphasizes Hussein's brutality, opportunism, and unpredictability and illuminates how the Iraqi dictator's record of aggression and intransigence haunted the president and influenced his calculations. Bush was not eager for war, and the decision to invade Iraq was not a fait accompli. Yet the president was convinced that only by practicing coercive diplomacy and threatening force could he alter Hussein's defiance, a view shared by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders around the world, including Hans Blix, the chief UN inspector. Throughout, Leffler highlights the harrowing anxieties surrounding the decision-making process after the devastating attack on 9/11 and explains the roles of contingency, agency, rationality, and emotion. As the book unfolds, Bush's centrality becomes more and more evident, as does the bureaucratic dysfunctionality that contributed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq. A compelling reassessment of George W. Bush's intervention in Iraq, Confronting Saddam Hussein provides a provocative reinterpretation of the most important international event of the 21st century. Grant Golub is an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the politics of American grand strategy during World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/military-history

America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to understanding current international politics and US foreign relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq (Oxford UP, 2023), the eminent historian of US foreign policy Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the president after the shocking events of 9/11. He shows how fear, hubris, and power influenced Bush's approach to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. At the core of Leffler's account is his compelling portrait of Saddam Hussein. Rather than stressing Bush's preoccupation with promoting freedom or democracy, Leffler emphasizes Hussein's brutality, opportunism, and unpredictability and illuminates how the Iraqi dictator's record of aggression and intransigence haunted the president and influenced his calculations. Bush was not eager for war, and the decision to invade Iraq was not a fait accompli. Yet the president was convinced that only by practicing coercive diplomacy and threatening force could he alter Hussein's defiance, a view shared by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders around the world, including Hans Blix, the chief UN inspector. Throughout, Leffler highlights the harrowing anxieties surrounding the decision-making process after the devastating attack on 9/11 and explains the roles of contingency, agency, rationality, and emotion. As the book unfolds, Bush's centrality becomes more and more evident, as does the bureaucratic dysfunctionality that contributed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq. A compelling reassessment of George W. Bush's intervention in Iraq, Confronting Saddam Hussein provides a provocative reinterpretation of the most important international event of the 21st century. Grant Golub is an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the politics of American grand strategy during World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/political-science

America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to understanding current international politics and US foreign relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq (Oxford UP, 2023), the eminent historian of US foreign policy Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the president after the shocking events of 9/11. He shows how fear, hubris, and power influenced Bush's approach to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. At the core of Leffler's account is his compelling portrait of Saddam Hussein. Rather than stressing Bush's preoccupation with promoting freedom or democracy, Leffler emphasizes Hussein's brutality, opportunism, and unpredictability and illuminates how the Iraqi dictator's record of aggression and intransigence haunted the president and influenced his calculations. Bush was not eager for war, and the decision to invade Iraq was not a fait accompli. Yet the president was convinced that only by practicing coercive diplomacy and threatening force could he alter Hussein's defiance, a view shared by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders around the world, including Hans Blix, the chief UN inspector. Throughout, Leffler highlights the harrowing anxieties surrounding the decision-making process after the devastating attack on 9/11 and explains the roles of contingency, agency, rationality, and emotion. As the book unfolds, Bush's centrality becomes more and more evident, as does the bureaucratic dysfunctionality that contributed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq. A compelling reassessment of George W. Bush's intervention in Iraq, Confronting Saddam Hussein provides a provocative reinterpretation of the most important international event of the 21st century. Grant Golub is an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the politics of American grand strategy during World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/middle-eastern-studies

America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to understanding current international politics and US foreign relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq (Oxford UP, 2023), the eminent historian of US foreign policy Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the president after the shocking events of 9/11. He shows how fear, hubris, and power influenced Bush's approach to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. At the core of Leffler's account is his compelling portrait of Saddam Hussein. Rather than stressing Bush's preoccupation with promoting freedom or democracy, Leffler emphasizes Hussein's brutality, opportunism, and unpredictability and illuminates how the Iraqi dictator's record of aggression and intransigence haunted the president and influenced his calculations. Bush was not eager for war, and the decision to invade Iraq was not a fait accompli. Yet the president was convinced that only by practicing coercive diplomacy and threatening force could he alter Hussein's defiance, a view shared by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders around the world, including Hans Blix, the chief UN inspector. Throughout, Leffler highlights the harrowing anxieties surrounding the decision-making process after the devastating attack on 9/11 and explains the roles of contingency, agency, rationality, and emotion. As the book unfolds, Bush's centrality becomes more and more evident, as does the bureaucratic dysfunctionality that contributed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq. A compelling reassessment of George W. Bush's intervention in Iraq, Confronting Saddam Hussein provides a provocative reinterpretation of the most important international event of the 21st century. Grant Golub is an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the politics of American grand strategy during World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/world-affairs

America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to understanding current international politics and US foreign relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq (Oxford UP, 2023), the eminent historian of US foreign policy Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the president after the shocking events of 9/11. He shows how fear, hubris, and power influenced Bush's approach to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. At the core of Leffler's account is his compelling portrait of Saddam Hussein. Rather than stressing Bush's preoccupation with promoting freedom or democracy, Leffler emphasizes Hussein's brutality, opportunism, and unpredictability and illuminates how the Iraqi dictator's record of aggression and intransigence haunted the president and influenced his calculations. Bush was not eager for war, and the decision to invade Iraq was not a fait accompli. Yet the president was convinced that only by practicing coercive diplomacy and threatening force could he alter Hussein's defiance, a view shared by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders around the world, including Hans Blix, the chief UN inspector. Throughout, Leffler highlights the harrowing anxieties surrounding the decision-making process after the devastating attack on 9/11 and explains the roles of contingency, agency, rationality, and emotion. As the book unfolds, Bush's centrality becomes more and more evident, as does the bureaucratic dysfunctionality that contributed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq. A compelling reassessment of George W. Bush's intervention in Iraq, Confronting Saddam Hussein provides a provocative reinterpretation of the most important international event of the 21st century. Grant Golub is an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the politics of American grand strategy during World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/american-studies

America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to understanding current international politics and US foreign relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq (Oxford UP, 2023), the eminent historian of US foreign policy Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the president after the shocking events of 9/11. He shows how fear, hubris, and power influenced Bush's approach to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. At the core of Leffler's account is his compelling portrait of Saddam Hussein. Rather than stressing Bush's preoccupation with promoting freedom or democracy, Leffler emphasizes Hussein's brutality, opportunism, and unpredictability and illuminates how the Iraqi dictator's record of aggression and intransigence haunted the president and influenced his calculations. Bush was not eager for war, and the decision to invade Iraq was not a fait accompli. Yet the president was convinced that only by practicing coercive diplomacy and threatening force could he alter Hussein's defiance, a view shared by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders around the world, including Hans Blix, the chief UN inspector. Throughout, Leffler highlights the harrowing anxieties surrounding the decision-making process after the devastating attack on 9/11 and explains the roles of contingency, agency, rationality, and emotion. As the book unfolds, Bush's centrality becomes more and more evident, as does the bureaucratic dysfunctionality that contributed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq. A compelling reassessment of George W. Bush's intervention in Iraq, Confronting Saddam Hussein provides a provocative reinterpretation of the most important international event of the 21st century. Grant Golub is an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the politics of American grand strategy during World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/national-security

America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to understanding current international politics and US foreign relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq (Oxford UP, 2023), the eminent historian of US foreign policy Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the president after the shocking events of 9/11. He shows how fear, hubris, and power influenced Bush's approach to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. At the core of Leffler's account is his compelling portrait of Saddam Hussein. Rather than stressing Bush's preoccupation with promoting freedom or democracy, Leffler emphasizes Hussein's brutality, opportunism, and unpredictability and illuminates how the Iraqi dictator's record of aggression and intransigence haunted the president and influenced his calculations. Bush was not eager for war, and the decision to invade Iraq was not a fait accompli. Yet the president was convinced that only by practicing coercive diplomacy and threatening force could he alter Hussein's defiance, a view shared by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders around the world, including Hans Blix, the chief UN inspector. Throughout, Leffler highlights the harrowing anxieties surrounding the decision-making process after the devastating attack on 9/11 and explains the roles of contingency, agency, rationality, and emotion. As the book unfolds, Bush's centrality becomes more and more evident, as does the bureaucratic dysfunctionality that contributed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq. A compelling reassessment of George W. Bush's intervention in Iraq, Confronting Saddam Hussein provides a provocative reinterpretation of the most important international event of the 21st century. Grant Golub is an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the politics of American grand strategy during World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to understanding current international politics and US foreign relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq (Oxford UP, 2023), the eminent historian of US foreign policy Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the president after the shocking events of 9/11. He shows how fear, hubris, and power influenced Bush's approach to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. At the core of Leffler's account is his compelling portrait of Saddam Hussein. Rather than stressing Bush's preoccupation with promoting freedom or democracy, Leffler emphasizes Hussein's brutality, opportunism, and unpredictability and illuminates how the Iraqi dictator's record of aggression and intransigence haunted the president and influenced his calculations. Bush was not eager for war, and the decision to invade Iraq was not a fait accompli. Yet the president was convinced that only by practicing coercive diplomacy and threatening force could he alter Hussein's defiance, a view shared by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders around the world, including Hans Blix, the chief UN inspector. Throughout, Leffler highlights the harrowing anxieties surrounding the decision-making process after the devastating attack on 9/11 and explains the roles of contingency, agency, rationality, and emotion. As the book unfolds, Bush's centrality becomes more and more evident, as does the bureaucratic dysfunctionality that contributed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq. A compelling reassessment of George W. Bush's intervention in Iraq, Confronting Saddam Hussein provides a provocative reinterpretation of the most important international event of the 21st century. Grant Golub is an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the politics of American grand strategy during World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to understanding current international politics and US foreign relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq (Oxford UP, 2023), the eminent historian of US foreign policy Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the president after the shocking events of 9/11. He shows how fear, hubris, and power influenced Bush's approach to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. At the core of Leffler's account is his compelling portrait of Saddam Hussein. Rather than stressing Bush's preoccupation with promoting freedom or democracy, Leffler emphasizes Hussein's brutality, opportunism, and unpredictability and illuminates how the Iraqi dictator's record of aggression and intransigence haunted the president and influenced his calculations. Bush was not eager for war, and the decision to invade Iraq was not a fait accompli. Yet the president was convinced that only by practicing coercive diplomacy and threatening force could he alter Hussein's defiance, a view shared by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders around the world, including Hans Blix, the chief UN inspector. Throughout, Leffler highlights the harrowing anxieties surrounding the decision-making process after the devastating attack on 9/11 and explains the roles of contingency, agency, rationality, and emotion. As the book unfolds, Bush's centrality becomes more and more evident, as does the bureaucratic dysfunctionality that contributed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq. A compelling reassessment of George W. Bush's intervention in Iraq, Confronting Saddam Hussein provides a provocative reinterpretation of the most important international event of the 21st century. Grant Golub is an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the politics of American grand strategy during World War II. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/book-of-the-day

America's decision to go to war in Iraq in 2003 is arguably the most important foreign policy choice of the entire post-Cold War era. Nearly two decades after the event, it remains central to understanding current international politics and US foreign relations. In Confronting Saddam Hussein: George W. Bush and the Invasion of Iraq (Oxford UP, 2023), the eminent historian of US foreign policy Melvyn P. Leffler analyzes why the US chose war and who was most responsible for the decision. Employing a unique set of personal interviews with dozens of top officials and declassified American and British documents, Leffler vividly portrays the emotions and anxieties that shaped the thinking of the president after the shocking events of 9/11. He shows how fear, hubris, and power influenced Bush's approach to Saddam Hussein's Iraq. At the core of Leffler's account is his compelling portrait of Saddam Hussein. Rather than stressing Bush's preoccupation with promoting freedom or democracy, Leffler emphasizes Hussein's brutality, opportunism, and unpredictability and illuminates how the Iraqi dictator's record of aggression and intransigence haunted the president and influenced his calculations. Bush was not eager for war, and the decision to invade Iraq was not a fait accompli. Yet the president was convinced that only by practicing coercive diplomacy and threatening force could he alter Hussein's defiance, a view shared by British Prime Minister Tony Blair and other leaders around the world, including Hans Blix, the chief UN inspector. Throughout, Leffler highlights the harrowing anxieties surrounding the decision-making process after the devastating attack on 9/11 and explains the roles of contingency, agency, rationality, and emotion. As the book unfolds, Bush's centrality becomes more and more evident, as does the bureaucratic dysfunctionality that contributed to the disastrous occupation of Iraq. A compelling reassessment of George W. Bush's intervention in Iraq, Confronting Saddam Hussein provides a provocative reinterpretation of the most important international event of the 21st century. Grant Golub is an Ernest May Fellow in History and Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School and a PhD candidate in the Department of International History at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on the politics of American grand strategy during World War II.

När USA anklagar Irak och dess diktator Saddam Hussein för att utveckla massförstörelsevapen, får svensken Hans Blix i uppdrag att åka dit och hitta dem. Men USA verkar ha bestämt sig för att invadera. FN vill se bevis för att ställa upp med en internationell styrka. I USA ökar trycket på president George W Bush att gå i krig oavsett vad FN säger. Det blir en dramatisk tid med stora förändringar i Mellanöstern, som ska påverka hela världen.Medverkande:Hans Blix, chef för FN:s vapeninspektörer.Waleed Nesyif, boende i Bagdad.Anders Ask, SR.Cecilia Uddén, SR.Jan Guillou, journalist, författare, debattör.John Bolton, FN-ambassadör.Lawrence Wilkerson, stabschef utrikesdepartementet.Åsne Seierstad, journalist.En dokumentär av: Simon Moser.Producent: Lars Truedson / Tredje Statsmakten.År: 2023.

Kan kärnvapen nu komma att placeras i Sverige? Natointrädet har på nytt öppnat den svenska kärnvapendebatten. Vilken blir Sveriges nya roll i en kärnvapenallians? Sverige är på väg in i Nato. Världens mäktigaste försvarsallians, men också en kärnvapenallians. Både Sverige och Finland har deklarerat att man går in i förhandlingar utan några krav på undantag från att kärnvapen ska placeras på ländernas territorium. Möjligtvis kan Sverige i ett senare skede ansöka om ett undantag, om även Finland gör det har den svenska regeringen meddelat.Men Sverige har själva varit nära att utveckla en atombomb. Robin Ollin träffar Jan Prawits, som berättar om hur han av en slump blev anställd vid kärnvapenprogrammet på Försvarets forskningsanstalt, FOA på 1950-talet.  Thomas Jonter, professor i internationella relationer, förklarar hur Sverige på ganska kort tid gick från att vara väldigt positivt inställt till kärnvapen, till att bli en röst i världen för nedrustning. Någon  svensk bomb byggdes aldrig, men i norra Norrland gjordes provsprängningar som skulle simulera effekten av en atomsprängning.  Skogsarbetaren Hadar Lundholm idag, berättar om när han fick extrajobb med att göra iordning sprängplatsen i Nausta.  Men hur ser omvärlden på att vi nu går med i en kärnvapenallians? David Rasmusson intervjuar den Kremltrogne politiske analytikern Alexsej Muchin som är övertygad om att USA kommer tvinga Sverige att placera ut kärnvapen på svenskt territorium. Aaron Korewa  vid den amerikanska tankesmedjan Atlantic Council avfärdar det som rysk paranoia och menar samtidigt att den svenska självbilden är överdriven. Sveriges bidrag till en fredligare värld har egentligen inte varit så stort anser han.En av dem som starkt bidragit till den bilden i Sverige är FN-veteranen Hans Blix som intervjuas av Lotten Collin. Under hela sin karriär har Hans Blix arbetat för att minska spridningen av kärnvapen i världen, en kamp där han menar att Sverige nu släppt sin ledande position. Hans Blix tycker att Sverige nu ska ansöka om ett förbud mot permanenta Nato-baser och kärnvapen på svensk mark i fredstid.Ett sådant undantag har  två av de länder som var med och grundade Nato, våra grannar Danmark och Norge. Men i Norge finns det nu de som frågar sig hur mycket det undantaget är värt i praktiken när man nu öppnar upp för amerikanska militärbaser i landet. Trygve Ulriksen Skogseth reser till nordligaste Norge där flera baser nu byggs , Något som både bidrar till trygghet och väcker oro bland lokalbefolkningen.Programledare: Lotten Collin lotten.collin@sr.seReportrar: Robin Olin, Trygve Ulriksen SkogsethTekniker: Jacob GustavssonProducent: David Rasmusson david.rasmusson@sr.se

What do Hans Blix, The Human Centipede, playing the long game for childhood pranks, Monty Python, Peter Ustinov and fox hunting have in common?  That's right, they are not in any connected to Shania Twain or her music video clips. But they do all feature in this episode of Ross Noble Podcast.  Ross Noble Podcast is part of the Bad Producer Podcast Network.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, Matt and Kyle venture out of the studio and find themselves on location at the Roundhouse Brewery for a fundraiser for the We ARE Clinic. They speak with one of the clinic's founders Sue Hadland and then after competing in a celebrity bar tender challenge, they talk with Holly Rose McKnight about the cool shit that's going on at Roundhouse, all the while enjoying the sweet music of Hans Blix and the Weapon's Inspectors.facebook.com/WeAREbrainerdfacebook.com/Roundhousebreweryfacebook.com/HansBlixAndTheWeaponsInspectors

Hans Blix den förre svenske toppdiplomaten hamnade mitt i den politiska korselden mellan Irak och US, när han blev chef för FN.s vapeninspektörer 2000. Efter ett inspektionsuppehåll på närmare fyra år lyckades Blix efter två års långdragna förhandlingar få tillstånd av den irakiska regimen att påbörja inspektionerna på nytt. Under några månader genomfördes 700 inspektionerLäs mer

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Mark Levengood och Hans Blix diskuterar frågor om krig behövs och vad manlighet egentligen är i Malous filosofiska salong. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Share Dags för tredje avsnittet av Vi-podden! Här frågar sig Fredrik Lindström och Malcom Kyeyune – skribent, bloggare och tidigare distriktsordförande i Ung Vänster – vad svensk identitet och kultur egentligen är. Tidningen Vi:s prisbelönte musikskribent Johan Norberg tar oss med bakom kulisserna på en skivinspelning med Sven-Bertil Taube. Vi-poddens intervjuare Helena von Zweigbergk möter Hans Blix, världsdiplomaten som har försökt att gå i pension tre gånger, men misslyckats. Slutligen hör vi förra årets Augustprisvinnare Lina Wolff läsa sin nya novell, skriven exklusivt för Vi. Hålltider: 1.20: Fredrik Lindström och Malcom Kyeyune om svensk kultur.  20.00: Karin Thunberg om mötet med Alicia Vikander.  23.20: Johan Norberg om Sven-Bertil Taube. 27.40: Helena von Zweigbergk och Hans Blix. 47.35: Lina Wolff läser sin nyskrivna Vi-novell.

Journalism has been called 'the first draft of history', and as a first draft it may be written over, forgotten, ignored.  In this podcast, journalist Martin Bright (@martinbright) considers one tiny strand of the story of the Iraq war. It illustrates truth and fake news, things that are very much on our minds at the moment.  It is taken from a lecture Martin gave for IF, the free university in London, in its series 'Thinking Without Borders'  in 2017. Martin Bright:  Let's begin with the rules of journalism - never befriend a politician, never befriend a PR, never betray a source and never use PowerPoint (though that one I am ignoring....) I'm going to look at one story that plays its part in the history of the lead up to the Iraq war which you may or may not have heard about. It is a story in which I as a journalist felt I was writing the first draft of history. It's a story I wrote while working on The Observer [a UK Sunday newspaper] in early 2003. It is a story left out of the reports on the Iraq war (it was not in either the Chilcot or the Hutton reports).  It is just a footnote in history, maybe less than a footnote. It is the story of Katharine Gun, who,in 2003, was working at GCHQ. GCHQ is the third arm of British Intelligence - there is MI6 (foreign intelligence), MI5 (domestic intelligence) and GCHQ (surveillance). Katharine was born in Taiwan, is a fluent Mandarin speaker, and she spent her days at GCHQ listening to China and deciding what was interesting - Chinese broadcasts, bugged conversations etc.  She enjoyed her job, she considered herself a patriot, she didn't see anything wrong with spying, she felt she was working in the British national interest, for the good of the country. But she became increasingly concerned about the build up to war in Iraq, she was sceptical, she didn't think the British intelligence service should be used to further the war aim of the Government. One day she was working, translating, when she received a memo from the National Security Agency (NSA) in the US.  Subsequently, the NSA and GCHQ have become much more high profile institutions since the Edward Snowden leaks (we know a lot more about what they can tap into) but there has always been a close relationship between the two agencies. In January 2003, we were being told that war was not a forgone conclusion, there were still negotiations going on in the UN and Tony Blair and George Bush were saing that should Saddam Hussein give up his weapons of mass destruction (WMD) there would be no need to go to war.  But it was a period of high tension. There were inspectors in Iraq looking for WMD and having difficulty finding them. Such was the tension within GCHQ itself that on 24 January 2003, a memo was sent to all GCHQ staff reassuring them that they would not be asked to do anything unlawful (which is interesting in itself since you might expect that to be the case anyway!). At the same time what is happening in the US is a continuing hardening up of the documents being fed to the US government as to what is going on in Iraq and the weapons Saddam is supposed to have.  Then, rather inconveniently, on 27 January 2003, Hans Blix (one of the main weapons inspectors) and his team state that Iraq has no nuclear capacity and has been cooperative.  The French Foreign Minister, Dominique de Villepin, states that France won't go to war while inspections continue.  So it is getting tricky for those who want to go to war.  We also know that there will be a presentation to the UN by Colin Powell to argue that Iraq is in breach of its international commitments. And while all this is happening, this memo from Frank Koza arrives in Katharine Gun's inbox, just after midnight on January 31st: To: [Recipients withheld] From: FRANK KOZA, Def Chief of Staff (Regional Targets) CIV/NSA Sent on Jan 31 2003 0:16 Subject: Reflections of Iraq Debate/Votes at UN-RT Actions + Potential for Related Contributions

Event recording from 19th of May 2017 Dr Patricia M Lewis is the Research Director, International Security at Chatham House. Her former posts include Deputy Director and Scientist-in-Residence at the Center for Non-proliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies; Director of UNIDIR; and Director of VERTIC in London. Dr Lewis served on the 2004-6 WMD Commission chaired by Dr Hans Blix; the 2010-2011 Advisory Panel on Future Priorities of the OPCW chaired by Ambassador Rolf Ekeus; and was an adviser to the 2008-10 International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) chaired by Gareth Evans and Yoriko Kawaguchi. She holds a BSc (Hons) in physics from Manchester University and a PhD in nuclear physics from the Birmingham University. She is a dual national of the UK and Ireland. Dr Lewis is the recipient of the American Physical Society’s 2009 Joseph A Burton Forum Award recognizing 'outstanding contributions to the public understanding or resolution of issues involving the interface of physics and society'.

The Shrimps take on The Princess Layups at Pan Pacific Park. Matt Gourley and Mark McConville call the action, Jensen Karp has the Sock Report. Hans Blix. The Shrimps on Twitter: @pistolshrimpsbb The Shrimps on Instagram: thepistolshrimps Matt Gourley on Twitter and IG: @MattGourley Mark McConville on Twitter and IG: @MarkMcConville

The inquiry into the UK's involvement in the Iraq war started 6 years ago - and there's still no sign of a report. Political columnist Peter Oborne can't understand why: "Come on Sir John! It's not that difficult. I reckon I could get something together in 3 weeks." To prove his point, Peter Oborne attempts to put together a definitive 30 minute audio report into Britain's involvement in the Iraq war... within budget and on time. Using evidence provided to the Iraq Inquiry and that already publicly available Oborne delivers his verdict on the key questions relating to the British Government's decision to go to war with Iraq. The programme hears from those in key positions in the lead up to the conflict, including: Dr Hans Blix, Chairman of the United Nations Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission (UNMOVIC), 2000 - 2003 Sir Christopher Meyer, British Ambassador to the United States, 1997 - 2003 Sir Stephen Wall - European Adviser to Prime Minister Tony Blair and head of the Cabinet Office's European Secretariat, 2000 - 2004 Carne Ross - First Secretary, United Kingdom Mission to New York, 1998 - 2002 Producer: Hannah Barnes Researcher: Phoebe Keane.

Alexander Bard och Hans Blix i diskuterar om döden bara är av ondo och om det någonsin är försvarbart att ta någon annans liv. Och lever vi för att arbete eller arbetar vi för att leva? Hör vad 87-åriga Hans Blix svarar på den frågan. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Have we lost our fear of the bomb? And, how successful have efforts been to limit its spread? Seventy years ago, the very first nuclear weapon was detonated by the US army in the deserts of New Mexico. Since then, diplomats and politicians have sought to strictly limit the number of nations capable of following suit – and after years of tortuous negotiation a deal has finally been reached to limit Iran’s ability to construct its own bomb. So what is the state of the nuclear threat today? Join Owen Bennett Jones and his distinguished panel of experts, including former nuclear inspector Hans Blix and former British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw as they discuss how safe the world now is from nuclear catastrophe. (Photo: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds up a graphic of a bomb. Credit: Reuters)

Anno di grazia 2003. Al 9 gennaio - Iraq: gli ispettori dell'ONU non hanno trovato prove che il regime di Baghdad possieda armi di distruzione di massa. Lo riferisce il capo degli ispettori Hans Blix. É bBang: musica e fatti dagli ultimi 50 a...

Det var hans uppgift att ta reda på om Saddam Hussein hade massförstörelsevapen USA:s motiv för invasionen av Irak. Konflikten trappades upp, världen höll andan och i mitten stod svensken Hans Blix. I början av 2000-talet står Hans Blix, som ordförande för FN:s vapeninspektörer, i storpolitikens centrum. Med världens då enda supermakt på ena sidan och en av världens värsta diktatorer på den andra. I ett samtal med Martin Wicklin berättar Hans Blix om pressen från USA under tiden för sökandet efter massförstörelsevapen, om hur han ser på dagens världskonflikter och om sparrisklubben i Cambridge.KontaktMail: sondagsintervjun@sverigesradio.se Facebook: Söndagsintervjun i P1 Twitter: @sondagsintervju Instagram: @sondagsintervjun_p1  

Om världen och Sverige de gångna tio åren: Kampen mot terrorism som förändrade vår vardag och omvärld. Hör om kvinnokroppen som slagfält och rädslan som begränsar tjejers liv. Och hör om nya murar och möjligheter som driver den globala migrationen. Konflikt startade för tio år sen och hjärnan bakom programmet var Sveriges Radios då nyss hemkomna USA-korrespondent Cecilia Uddén. Tillsammans med Maria Götselius och Randi Mossige-Norheim skapades programmet  som än i dag rör sig i gränslandet mellan kultur och politik och som knyter ihop internationell debatt med den svenska vardagen. Vi firar vårt tio-årsjubileum med en sändning från Vårberg Centrum dit redaktionen nyligen flyttat, en sändning där vi blickar tillbaka på tre av vår tids stora ödesfrågor som vi följt sen programmet föddes: Kampen mot terrorismen – hur har den förändrat vår vardag och omvärld? Kriget mot kvinnan – om kroppen som slagfält och rädslan som begränsar tjejers liv. Människor på drift – om nya murar och möjligheter som driver den globala migrationen. Vi får också höra vad som hände sen med några av de människor som Konflikt följt genom åren - Adil Hakimjan, uiguren som fängslades i Pakistan, oskyldig skickades till Guantanamo och dumpades i Albanien för att till slut få uppehållstillstånd i Sverige. Och vad hände sen med Irina och Andrej - en papperslös mamma och son som levde utan bostad och samlade mat i soptunnor, men som efter Randi Mossige-Norheims reportage fick flytta hem till en Konflikt-lyssnare? Gäster i programmet är Hans Blix, fd vapeninspektör och toppdiplomat, Hayat Jajo från Irakiska kvinnoföreningen, Lena Ag generalsekreterare för organisationen Kvinna till Kvinna, Naziha Hariri, socialpedagog i Skärholmen, mångåriga Konfliktmedarbetaren Randi Mossige-Norheim samt Thomas Hammarberg - Europarådets tidigare kommissionär för mänskliga rättigheter. Programledare:Daniela Marquardt Producenter: Kajsa Boglind och Petra Quiding Extramaterial: Sveriges Radios VD Cilla Benkö samtalar med Konflikts Ivar Ekman och Vårbergsbor om Konfliktredaktionens flytt till Vårberg:

Om slarv i kärnvapensilon, kryssningsmissiler på vift och om fuskande officerare med fingret på avtryckaren. Hör författaren Eric Schlosser om olyckor och fusk i de amerikanska kärnvapenstyrkorna. Det var länge sedan tiotusentals människor i Europeiska städer bildade mänskliga kedjor i protest mot kärnvapen. Hör om Svenska läkare mot kärnvapen som fortsätter sin kamp mot undergången. I studion samtalar Hans Blix och Katarina Engberg med programledaren Daniela Marquardt. USA:s försvarsminister Chuck Hagel har begärt en omedelbar och total översyn av de amerikanska kärnvapenstyrkorna som har skakats av en lång rad skandaler, säkerhetsbrister, missbruk, fusk och dåligt ledarskap. "Vad finns det mer som jag inte vet om att jag inte vet om?" är frågan som försvarsministern vill ha svar på, förklarade hans talesperson John Kirby i veckan. Sedan de första atomvapnen byggdes har det funnits stora problem med olyckor och mänskliga misstag på amerikanska kärnvapenbaser. Flera tecken tyder på att de amerikanska kärnvapenstyrkorna inte mår bra. Om detta och om hur USA planerat för krig har journalisten Eric Schlosser skrivit boken Command and Control. Han intervjuas av Konflikts Jesper Lindau. Under sitt Berlin-besök förra året upprepade USA:s president Barack Obama sin vision om en värld utan kärnvapen och uppmanade Ryssland att medverka till fortsatt nedrustning. Samtidigt som Obama höll sitt tal vid Brandenburger Tor, besökte Rysslands president Vladimir Putin en av landets största försvarsindustrier. I ett möte med företrädare för det ryska försvaret gav han sin amerikanske kollega kalla handen. De ryska försvarsanalytikerna Aleksandr Golts och Viktor Baranets förklarar varför Ryssland behöver kärnvapen. Reporter Johanna Melén. Frank Rose är statssekreterare vid amerikanska UD med ansvar för kärnvapennedrustning. Under ett kort besök i Stockholm förklarade han att USA är fast beslutet att få med Ryssland på att minska kärnvapenarsenalen ytterligare. Han intervjuas av Daniela Marquardt. President Obamas nollvision för kärnvapen i världen kritiseras också för att paradoxalt nog driva på en nukleär upprustning, när andra länder vill behålla eller skaffa fler kärnvapen, för att möta USA:s överlägsna konventionella styrka. Så resonerar bland andra Andrew Futter, som undervisar i Internationella relationer på universitetet i Leicester i Storbritannien. Reporter, Jesper Lindau. Antalet kärnvapen har visserligen minskat sedan kalla krigets dagar men riskerna med dessa förintelsevapen har knappast blivit mindre. Ändå är det ganska tyst kring kärnvapenfrågan. Reportage om engagemang mot kärnvapen då och nu av Daniela Marquardt, som träffar Svenska Läkare mot Kärnvapen och förre nedrustningsambassadören Maj-Britt Theorin. Gäster i programmet är Hans Blix, tidigare chef för internationella atomenergiorganet IAEA och FN:s vapeninspektörer, och Katarina Engberg säkerhetspolitisk expert. Programledare: Daniela Marquardt daniela.marquardt@sverigesradio.se Producent: Jesper Lindau jesper.lindau@sverigesradio.se

Om hur turerna kring Syrien blottat djupa skiften i det internationella systemet. USA isolerar sig. Europa samlas kring Tysklands nein!. Och plötsligt framstår Vladimir Putin som världens ledare. Hör tyska pacifister, rumänska USA-kännare och hillbillies från Appalacherna om ifall vi ser slutet för efterkrigstidens Pax Americana. Det har varit en utmaning att hänga med i svängarna kring Syrien den gångna tiden. Från dag till dag har spelplaner kastats över ända och etablerade kartor ritats om. Knappt hade Storbritanniens David Cameron börjat springa i en riktning förrän han fick tvärstanna och vända om. Frankrikes Francois Hollande sprang ivrigt med tills också han måste bromsa in. För att få en bild av hur politiken i den mäktigaste stormakten av alla – i USA – vänts upp och ned fick vår reporter Petra Socolovsky lämna maktens vanliga centrum, Washington DC, och bege sig inåt landet till Morgantown, West Virginia. Vad betyder det här inrikespolitiska skiftet för USAs roll i världen på längre sikt - det som i forskarkretsar brukar kallas "grand strategy"? Ser vi ett USA som vill dra sig tillbaka, som planerar att följa Joans, Cindys och Kevins råd? Och hur tänker man sig i så fall alternativen? En forskare som tittat närmare på detta är Iounut Popescu, ursprungligen från Rumänien och idag verksam som professor i internationell politik på Regent-universitetet i Virginia Beach, nära Washington DC, Han menar att Barack Obamas politik bryter med den etablerade linjen att USA ska ha den globala ledarrollen. USA har länge pressat på Europa för att ta ett större ansvar för säkerheten på den här sidan om Atlanten. Men den senaste tidens förvirring kring Syrien har återigen blottat bristen på en gemensam utrikes- och säkerhetspolitisk strategi. Tyskland är visserligen det land som har varit mest konsekvent med sin motvilja mot att ingripa i krisområden, säger en av de analytiker vi strax ska höra. Men det hindrar inte uppmaningar till rika och mäktiga Tyskland att engagera sig mer aktivt. Men Tyskland har annan uppgift. Vi ska hålla oss framme när det gäller humanitära insatser - inte militära. Det menar Rupert Neudeck, grundare av den kristna och muslimska hjälporganisationen Grünhelme - grönhjälmarna - som bland annat bedriver sjukvård i Syrien. Den senaste tidens utveckling av krisen i Syrien har fått Ryssland att framstå som inflytelserikt, vinnande och mäktigt. Medan Obama har debatterats och kritiserats över hela världen och hemma i USA för sitt förslag att slå till militärt mot Bashar al-Assad har Putin bara genom att säga nej fått sin vilja igenom på punkt efter punkt. Men hur hållbar är den ryska nejsägarpolitiken? Och är den ett tecken på styrka eller svaghet? Konflikts Kajsa Boglind ringde upp en av Rysslands internationellt mest kända politiska analytiker, Lilia Shevtsova för att höra vad Rysslands hantering av Syrienkrisen säger om landets ambitioner i världspolitiken. Med i studion för att prata om de skiften i världspolitiken som nu träder fram ur skuggan av Syrien-konflikten är tre gäster: Hans Blix, tidigare chef för FN:s vapeninspektörer, Gudrun Persson, forskare och Rysslandexpert vid Totalförsvarets forskningsinstitut och Katarina Engberg, säkerhetspolitisk expert. Programledare: Daniela Marquardt Producent: Ivar Ekman

This 21st issue of Spectrum features an address by the President of Burkina Faso, Blaise Compaoré, who became the first head of state to address the CTBTO Preparatory Commission at its 40th Session on 13 June 2013. Compaoré shares his vision for peace and international security in a world without nuclear weapons, calling on those remaining States that have not yet signed or ratified the CTBT to do so in order that the Treaty can become legally binding. He also describes the usefulness of CTBTO monitoring data which “are of great importance in defining effective responses to natural risks and disasters.” As Co-Presidents of the Conference on Facilitating the Entry into Force of the CTBT at the UN Headquarters in New York on 27 September, Hungary’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, János Martonyi, and Indonesia’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Marty M. Natalegawa, explain why the CTBT’s entry into force is of paramount importance. Outlining their priorities in promoting this objective, Martonyi calls on the remaining Annex 2 States, especially the United States, to ratify. Appealing to the United States as a NATO partner, he states that “ratification by the United States is in no way detrimental to NATO’s nuclear deterrent, but that it would, on the contrary, enhance global security.” Expressing his concern over the nuclear tests announced by North Korea in 2006, 2009 and 2013 which have exacerbated tensions in the region, Natalegawa says: “Such nuclear tests highlight the urgent need for the CTBT’s entry into force “ Iceland’s Minister for Foreign Affairs, Gunnar Bragi Sveinsson, maintains: ‘It is abundantly clear that all non-proliferation efforts are critical in tackling the threat of terrorists acquiring nuclear weapons. A fully ratified and implemented CTBT is an indispensable building block for these efforts.” He also highlights the potential use of CTBT monitoring data in helping to mitigate the effects of natural or man-made disasters, particularly in terms of monitoring volcanic eruptions, which he explains is of great interest to Iceland. This issue also features excerpts of keynote addresses made at the CTBT: Science and Technology 2013 Conference in Vienna, Austria, in June 2013. These include: former head of the International Atomic Energy Agency, Hans Blix; former U.S. Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security Affairs, Ellen Tauscher; former Director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Siegfried Hecker; and Director for Strategic Affairs in the French Ministry of Defence, Michel Miraillet. The keynote speakers present a range of arguments as to why countries that have not yet ratified the CTBT should delay no longer. Miaki Ishii from Harvard University describes how the CTBTO’s seismic stations “serve unexpectedly well as powerful telescopes to view inside the Earth.” Detailed knowledge of the internal structure of the Earth is essential, she explains, for unravelling its dynamics and history. An article on ‘Joining forces to reduce radioxenon emissions’ highlights some of the recent collaboration between the CTBTO and radioisotope producers such as the Belgian-based Institute for Radioelements to achieve this goal. With preparations for the next Integrated Field Exercise in Jordan in 2014 well underway, Spectrum 21 features a photo story depicting ‘Build-Up Exercise III’ which took place in Hungary from 26 May to 7 June 2013. This exercise will simulate an on-site inspection almost in its entirety. Also on this theme, an article by the CTBTO’s Aled Rowlands describes the role of airborne imagery in an on-site inspection.

Conficker, Stuxnet och Flame, trojaner och bootnets, cyberattacker och web-war - ett nytt språk har växt fram i den digitala värld som flera författare vill ge oss inblick i. De kommer på löpande band nu, böckerna som varnar för attacker på internet, som beskriver redan gjorda attacker på nätet och som varnar för krig på nätet. Mark Bowden, författare till boken Viruset. Det första digitala världskriget, beskriver cyberrymden som den arena där kampen mellan ont och gott nu utspelar sig. De onda heter sånt som Conficker, Stuxnet och Flame, virus och trojaner som enligt experter kan hota såväl infrastruktur och stora företag som alla datoranvändares privata liv. De goda är ofta unga män med de unika kunskaper som krävs för att ta upp kampen. Hur ser egentligen hoten på nätet ut och hur rädda ska vi vara? Hans Blix, välkänd expert på massförstörelsevapen och Daniel Goldberg, IT-journalist och en av författarna till Svenska Hackare har läst Mark Bowdens bok och vi hör också en intervju med denna amerikanska författare som också skrivit Black Hawk Down. - Det pågår redan ett krig out there, säger Bowden. I Nya Vågens första sänding för säsongen passar vi på att titta tillbaka på sommaren som gått och spanar lite framåt. Skådespelaren Maja Runeberg, kulturjournalisten Marianne Söderberg och krönikören Ronny Olovsson fiskar i floden av kulturhändelser, skeenden, debatter och utspel. Det handlar bland annat om upplevelsen av artister som verkligen bryr sig om sin publik och om kulturfientlighet. Programledare Kerstin Wixe i Luleå

- AP-topp vil sparke styremedlemmer for å hindre lederlønningene fra å gå ENDA MER til himmels. - Det sier AP hvert år, uten å løfte en finger, sier Fremskrittspartiet. Spania tvinges mot full krisehjelp fra EU, og nye tall tyder på at krisa for alvor er på vei inn i Tyskland. De syriske regjeringsstyrkene bomber landets største by. Tidligere våpeninspektør Hans Blix vurderer situasjonen - og våpnene, i Dagsnytt 18. Parkeringsvakter i Oslo skal også være ordensvakter. - Det skaper falsk trygghet, sier Politiforeningen, som møter oslobyråden til debatt.

Hör delar av möten med före detta statsministern Göran Persson och systembolagets förra VD Anitra Steen, Hollywoodfruarna Maria Montazami, Anna Anka och Agnes-Nicole Winter, diplomaten Hans Blix, författaren Jan Guillou och förläggaren Ann-Marie Skarp, Förbundskaptenen Erik Hamrén, artisttrion Siw Malmkvist, Barbro Svensson och Ann-Louise Hansson, statsminister Fredrik Reinfeldt, före detta SAS-chefen Jan Carlzon, Expressens krönikör Cecilia Hagen, författarna Mark Levengood och Jonas Gardell, förlagschefen Eva Bonnier och kriminologen och författaren Leif GW Persson.

Om den politiska pokern kring Irans atomprogram. Vem vinner på det återkommande hotet om storkrig i Mellanöstern? Och vad döljer sig i järnnäven som Iran hotar att hämnas med? Hör röster från Boston, Tel Aviv och Moskva om det farliga spelet kring Atomenergiorganets Iran-rapporter. Reaktionerna på Irans kärnteknikprogram följer ett mönster som vi har sett upprepas många gånger under de gångna åren. För varje gång en ny tidsfrist är på väg att löpa ut eller när tidpunkten för en ny rapport närmar sig, ja då stiger temperaturen ytterligare några steg. Och i veckan var det alltså dags igen. I sina slutsatser skriver IAEA att man hyser allvarlig oro för möjliga militära dimensioner i Irans kärnteknikprogram. Och informationen som IAEA har tillgång till pekar på att Iran har utfört aktiviteter som är relevanta för utvecklingen av kärnvapen. I vissa kretsar har rapporten avfärdats som ett politiskt instrument som bara motverkar försöken till dialog. I Israel däremot, välkomnades IAEA:s rapport som ett starkt belägg för det man alltid har hävdat, nämligen att Iran håller på att utveckla kärnvapen. Men när rapporten väl offentliggjordes var spekulationerna om innehållet och hur Israel skulle reagera, redan i full gång. Det rapporterar frilansjournalisten Mats Gezelius från Tel Aviv. Reaktionerna på den senaste rapporten från IAEA om Iran, som vi talar om idag, följer också det vanliga mönstret på annat håll. De två stormakter som i FN:s säkerhetsråd bromsat alltför kännbara sanktioner mot Iran är Kina och Ryssland, som båda har särskilda, egna intressen av att inte störa relationerna med Iran alltför mycket. Det ryska utrikesdepartementet sa sig bli både "desillusionerade och perplexa" över rapporten, som enligt de ryska diplomaterna har  blivit en källa för skvaller, ryktesspridning och destruktiv spekulation som inte löser några problem. Och den ryska sidan ifrågasatte också skarpt IAEA-sekretariatets förmåga att hålla visst känsligt material hemligt. President Medvedev har varnat för "farlig retorik" med tydlig hänvisning till Israel, och anklagar också väst för att använda IAEA-rapporterna för att uppnå andra mål i vad Ryssland anser vara en alltmer "destruktiv logik" Konflikts Mikael Olsson ringde Moskva för be någon rysk insider förklara den ryska positionen. Sedan vänder vi blickarna mot USA. En person ägnat mycket tid åt att studera och skriva om förhållandet mellan USA och Iran är Stephen Kinzer som i 20 år jobbat som korrespondent åt the New York Times och idag undervisar i internationella relationer på Boston University. Han har profilerat sig som en frispråkig oliktänkare när det gäller USA:s relationer i Mellanöstern, och i hans senaste bok, Reset - Iran, Turkey and America's future, argumenterar han för att USA och Iran är naturliga allierade. Konflikts Ivar Ekman ringde honom i hemmet i Boston för att få hans syn på dom senaste veckornas händelser. Gäster är Hans Blix, tidigare chef för FN:s atomenergiorgan IAEA och per telefon från Washington Trita Parsi, ordförande för det Nationella iransk-amerikanska rådet och expert på relationerna mellan USA och Iran. Programledare: Daniela Marquardt Producent: Ivar Ekman

Beginning with an editorial from Executive Secretary Tibor Toth, this issue features Secretary General Ban Ki-moon’s views on the CTBT, a cover story by Dr. Hans Blix on “going the last mile to banish nuclear weapons testing,” a recap of the 2007 Article XIV Conference, an article by Dr. Rebecca Johnson in which she highlights the “renewed opportunities to bring the CTBT into force,” as well as the dangers presented by the ten countries who still had not ratified at the time. Additionally, there is an update on the Infrasound station IS11 in Cape Verde as well as a reminder of the importance of maintenance in terms of inspecting hydroacoustic station HA01 at Cape Leeuwin, Australia. Furthermore, “recent developments in infrasound monitoring technology” are discussed. Continuing with verification, Saey, Becker, and Wotawa discuss how data on the 2006 nuclear weapons test in North Korea was picked up by the IMS. Then Professor Kromp-Kolb speaks to the importance of IMS data for global climate change research.