Doug Stokes @ProfessorStokes

Professor in International Relations. Vienna. Hon Prof, Exeter University. dougstokes.net Vienna / Devon Joined October 2009

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NEW: 🇨🇳 China's nuclear fusion research has completed a massive magnet weighing 582 tons. The goal is an "unlimited energy" artificial sun. They plan to start the first power generation by 2030. A safe, CO2-zero ultimate energy race.

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The Spectator @spectator

a year ago

Trump is right to demand more from allies, but economic coercion must be wielded carefully to avoid driving partners into China’s orbit. ✍️ Doug Stokes buff.ly/3Er4RaB

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The Spectator @spectator

4 months ago

The idea that the United States has been swindled by its Nato allies is not new. Robert Gates, in his valedictory address as secretary of defence in June 2011, warned bluntly that future American leaders might not consider the return on defence investment in Europe worthwhile. He spoke of a ‘two-tiered alliance… Between those willing and able to pay the price and bear the burdens of alliance commitments, and those who enjoy the benefits of Nato membership… but don’t want to share the risks and the costs.’ Gates was no populist. He was a career intelligence officer and establishment Republican, and his warning carried real weight precisely because it came from inside the institutional consensus rather than against it. ✍️ Doug Stokes Article | spectator.com/article/what-t…

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The Spectator @spectator

5 months ago

The question of whether America is fighting Israel’s war is perhaps the least interesting one. Strip away the noise, and a more consequential picture emerges. The United States has used overwhelming force to dismantle what had quietly become the most significant Chinese forward position outside East Asia. Over the past half-decade, Tehran transformed itself from a regional irritant into a structural component of Chinese strategic architecture. Roughly 90 per cent of Iran’s crude exports flowed to Chinese refineries operating beyond the reach of American sanctions enforcement. ✍️ Doug Stokes Article | spectator.com/article/why-th…

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The Spectator @spectator

4 months ago

The United States is once again in a terrible predicament: a war where the definition of ‘victory’ grows murkier by the day, against an adversary whose advantages lie in the tyranny of geography and its determination to fight. While the US and Israel enjoy overwhelming conventional superiority, a handful of cheap Iranian drones or weaponised IRGC dinghies have been able to take America’s Gulf oil allies offline and render the strategic Strait of Hormuz unnavigable. Donald Trump faces what we might call the ‘Corleone problem’: the don can end the war, but only if peace looks like a gift he’s granting, not a price he’s paying. ✍️ Doug Stokes Article | spectator.com/article/how-tr…

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Nick Gibb @NickGibbUK

4 months ago

A busy day in Vienna, starting with breakfast at Schültze Public Results GmbH and a moderated discussion with the editor of Trend magazine @BernhardEcker. Photo here with Professor Doug Stokes, Vice-President Modul University Vienna. @ProfessorStokes