IT IS TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT
2020: “The sudden rise of multinational alliances with a clear divide along NATO/Warsaw Pact lines, along with the recent unrest between India and Pakistan, show a distressing trend toward chaos in global politics. It is only through careful diplomacy and a willingness to forget old wounds that political leaders across the globe can navigate humanity through the coming storm.” Though nuclear disarmament and step-down programs have reduced the numbers of nuclear weapons worldwide, theft of fissile material and complete weapons systems continues to be an issue. The clock has ticked forward to two minutes to midnight in light of both this recent conflict, and the trend toward the re-ignition of old arguments.
