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FWIW, you make a good point, albeit a pessimistic one - at least if you like me dread the chicken race towards doom that is the obvious alternative. Agree that
by stareatgoats 3y ago
FWIW, you make a good point, albeit a pessimistic one - at least if you like me dread the chicken race towards doom that is the obvious alternative. Agree that international agreements may not always have been the success stories I implied. But even the fact that some states have not signed certain treaties prove that they are effective (otherwise they could have signed and then just ignored them). Once a state has signed a treaty you won't need to rely on outside inspectors exclusively - inside whistleblowers will do just fine.
- nradov 3y agoHow many inside whistleblowers do you think we will get from China, North Korea, and Iran?
- stareatgoats 3y agoWhistleblowers, spies, side-channel intelligence. Not that many tools but enough to make most states avoid entering agreements they won't honor. No state wants to be exposed as a deceptive liar, it goes to their legitimacy. Impossible? well believe what you like. I'd like to believe that it is possible.