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NUCLEAR WEAPONS: The experts say the danger of nuclear war has never been greater than right now. The danger of accidents, nuclear weapons going astray, cyber infiltration and misunderstandings has increased. Here comes a deep dialogue with the nuclear weapons philosophy, where intellectuals have tried to get a grip on the incomprehensible: the threat of the annihilation of the world. And what does Sergej A. Karaganov, foreign policy and military strategic adviser to Putin's government, say? Is the only thing we can do is to postpone the apocalypse, to avert it again and again?

Nuclear war?

GHOST? With the renewed threat of nuclear war, MODERN TIMES shines a spotlight on an earlier book. Are nuclear weapons suitable for blackmailing other countries – coercive diplomacy? No, according to these authors.

The pandemic will create a new world order

Mike Davis: According to activist and historian Mike Davis, wild reservoirs, like bats, contain up to 400 types of coronavirus that are just waiting to spread to other animals and humans.

Were the NATO countries really aware of the dangers that threatened them?

More exciting than a novel. A first-hand representation of the Cuba crisis, internal tension, dynamics. None other than Robert F. Kennedy could have written this condensed thriller from reality.

An eternal revolutionary

In a Cuba that is slowly moving further and further away from communism, a Cuban veteran is stuck in the past.

Cuba – Free Territory of America

Today, the Cuban revolution celebrates its 10 anniversary. That was the 2. January 1959 that Fidel Castro and his men moved into Havana and swept away Batista and his criminal regime.

The failure of the Bay of Pigs

When John F. Kennedy incited Cuban refugees to the invasion of Pig Bay just over 40 years ago, the CIA believed the "liberators" would be greeted by cheering Cubans. That's not how it went, says Arnljot Løseth, associate professor of history at Volda University College.