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China proposes a treaty to ban first nuclear strikes, potentially reducing global nuclear stockpiles and promoting peace, a move supported by Russia and viewed as strategic and morally sound by Beau.
Global policymakers
The full transcript delves into the implications of China's proposed treaty on global security and the potential for reducing nuclear weapons worldwide.
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Well, howdy there, internet people, it's Beau again.
So today, we are going to talk about China
and a foreign policy move that they're toying with,
that they're pushing out there that is really cool,
really smart, very long-term thinking.
Okay, so what's the plan?
What are they suggesting?
What are they floating?
And they've been doing it since,
think the first time I heard about it was February. They're suggesting a
treaty among the major nuclear powers that says nobody has a first strike
policy. Everybody has a policy that says they will not strike first. You will only
use a nuke if you have been or about to be hit by a nuke. That would be the
treaty. Now for most people you're like that's kind of everybody's policy
already, right? Yeah, because of mutually assured destruction, because of MAD. That's kind of
everybody's policy, but they want it in treaty form. Why? First, let's point out that by the
time this treaty would be done, it would be... you won't use nuclear weapons unless you have been or
about to be hit by a nuke or chemicals. Like it would have other big stuff in there, or you face
existential threat. That would be the treaty. And that is everybody's de facto
policy. That really is. All of the countries involved, that's their policy.
So why make it a treaty? What's the value in it for China? What would happen
If the U.S. and Russia both signed on to this, what would you and I start wondering?
Why we're paying for all of the nukes that we have?
Maybe the U.S. and Russia start reducing the numbers, move to world peace and all of that
stuff, right?
Now every country would still maintain their deterrent, but they might have less.
China's foreign policy isn't like the U.S. foreign policy.
Sure, they have a saber that they can rattle.
They have muscles to flex, but for the most part, they like soft power.
They have that saber, but rather than take it out, they'd rather sell you something,
build economic ties.
They probably don't want to have to pay to maintain the amount of nuclear weapons that
it would take for them to get parity with Russia and the U.S.
Remember it wasn't too long ago everybody kind of freaked out because China might get
up to, I don't remember what it was, 500 nukes or something like that.
I was like, that's a fraction of what we have. They don't want to pay for all of
this military might that hopefully they never use. So it would make more sense to
get the larger countries to reduce their numbers so they don't have to spend
more. It's really cool, and it's a good idea. I mean, set aside the cool foreign
policy aspect for a second. This is one of those rare moments where foreign
policy lines up with morality. A reduction in nuclear weapons is pretty
much always a good thing. It's really smart. Now, Russia has kind of indicated
they're open to it. Why would Russia be open to it? And they've indicated they're open to it in the
last couple days. My guess is that reporting about the Biden administration being worried that they
were going to use a tactical nuke. I can imagine a couple of Russian generals sitting there reading
that reporting and being like, man, they thought we were serious. They're nuts.
and that might entice them to be like maybe we should kind of do something
with the US because if they thought we were going to do it maybe they were
considering it. Because people in the US, and this includes government officials,
A lot of times they forget that the opposition nation, they're people too.
Russia doesn't want a nuclear war any more than the United States.
So I think, I think it's a great move, very smart move by the Chinese, and I feel like
it might actually work, like it might be successful. The United States, as far as
I know, hasn't indicated how they feel about this yet, but I think I would hope
anyway that the US would be open to it. And it's just a move that plays to China's
strengths and is good for, I mean, well, literally the entire world. It's a cool
move. We don't see that in foreign policy very often. Anyway, it's just a thought. Y'all have a good day.
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