"Scaring your “enemies” into thinking you might attack them is not, then, the ideal way to achieve security. For example, It was partly because the U.S. threatened to invade Cuba that the Soviet Union decided to put nuclear missiles there as a deterrent, which the U.S. interpreted as a threat, which sparked a tense confrontation that nearly led to global nuclear war. Ultimately, we are better off when we work together, trying to build trust, lower tensions, and keep arms races from getting out of control. An institution like the United Nations (which Karp claims, without providing any examples, is “basically a discriminatory institution against anything good”) has a crucial function in bringing countries together to ease the kinds of mutual suspicion that can spiral into a violent confrontation that nobody wants. Ultimately, Karp is in error to believe that the more heavily armed and capable of inspiring fear you are, the safer you are. In fact, while sometimes violence is unavoidable, the use of threats can have unpredictable consequences, and poisons your ability to work with others."

https://www.currentaffairs.org/news/the-fables-of-weapons-dealers

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