Gwero: Responsible Statecraft
Joe Biden ngati candidate adalengeza potichotsa ku nyukiliya, kukonzanso ndondomeko zathu za Cold War ndikuchotsa zida zatsopano zowopsa zomwe Donald Trump adayambitsa. Joe Biden ngati Purezidenti wasiya kwathunthu malonjezo awa. Pakadali pano, zonse zomwe tiyenera kuyembekezera kuchokera ku bungwe la Biden pa mfundo za nyukiliya ndizochita zambiri za zida.
Chizindikiro chaposachedwa cha kubweza uku ndi nkhani yomvetsa chisoni ya Mlembi Wachiwiri wa Zachitetezo a Leonor Tomero. Anabwera kuntchitoyo ali ndi maso atsopano koma odziwa zambiri. Kulakwitsa kwake kokha kunali kukhulupirira kuti Biden amatanthauza zomwe ananena. Zikuoneka kuti anachotsedwa ntchito chifukwa cha chikhulupiriro chimenecho. Iye akuti wachotsedwa paudindo wake woyang'anira mfundo za nyukiliya komanso chitetezo cha mizinga (kuphatikiza Nuclear Posture Review ya chaka chamawa yomwe idzakhazikitse mfundo za nyukiliya ku boma la Biden).
"Anthu amadabwa chifukwa chake sitiphunzira kuchokera ku zolephera monga Vietnam, Iraq ndi Afghanistan," Dr. Jeffrey Lewis, katswiri wa ndondomeko ya chitetezo cha dziko ku Middlebury Institute for International Policy, adanena The Washington Post. "Chifukwa chake ndi chosavuta: Anthu omwe amalozera njira zina zomwe zingagwiritsidwe ntchito pachitetezo chadziko lino amachotsedwa m'malo aulamuliro."
Kuwulura kwathunthu: Ndikudziwa ndikulemekeza a Leanor Tomero ndi abwana ake akale, Wapampando wa Komiti ya House Armed Services Adam Smith (D-Wash.), omwe adatumiza zabwino kwambiri. kalata ya mfundo za nyukiliya kupita ku Biden mwezi watha. Sindinalankhule nawo kapena aliyense ku Pentagon za zomwe zidachitika. Pokhala wokhulupirika nthaลตi zonse, Tomero ayenera kuti safuna kuchititsa manyazi aliyense mโboma.
Koma ayenera kuchita manyazi. Zimene anachita zinali zoipa kwambiri.
Mfundo yofunika kumvetsetsa ndi yakuti pamene wosankhidwa, monga Tomero, abwera ku Pentagon, amaikidwa kuti aziyang'anira maofesi akuluakulu, okhazikika odzipereka kuti dongosolo lizigwira ntchito monga momwe zakhalira. Palibe zolimbikitsa kuti mabungwewa aletse mapulogalamu omwe alipo kapena kusintha ndondomeko yomwe ilipo. Iwo sanasangalale ndi mafunso a Tomero pa mapulogalamuwa. Iwo ankamuona kuti ndi vuto lawo osati mtsogoleri wawo.
Malinga ndi odziwa zambiri, ogwira ntchito ku Pentagon adadandaula kwa ogwira ntchito ku Republican ku Senate Armed Services Committee kuti Tomero sanali kuthandizira mokwanira za "nyukiliya zamakono" - fanizo loperekedwa kwa $ 634 biliyoni mumakontrakitala boma lipereka mphoto kwa zaka khumi izi kuti apange mbadwo watsopano wa zida zoponya zida za nyukiliya, ndege, ndi ma subs. Ogwira ntchito ku SASC ndiye adawopseza abwana a Tomero, kuphatikiza Secretary Assistant Secretary of Defense Melissa Dalton, Undersecretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl, ndi Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks, omwe adachotsa Tomero, pogwiritsa ntchito zomwe zidalipo kale. Kukonzanso wa dipatimenti ngati chivundikiro.
Mwanjira zina, zimakhala zovuta kutsutsana ndi kuwerengera kwawo. Mfundo za nyukiliya ndizofunikira kwambiri kwa olamulira a Biden omwe akulimbana ndi kuthetsa nkhondo ku Afghanistan, kulimbana ndi China, kuthana ndi kusintha kwa nyengo ndi mliri woopsa, komanso kuyesetsa kukhazikitsa mapulogalamu ndi ndondomeko zapakhomo. Akuyesera kuti akuluakulu aboma atsimikizidwe kudzera ku SASC, kuphatikiza Dalton.
Kuletsa zida zatsopano kumawopseza izi. Akuluakulu oyang'anira akuwoneka kuti awerengera monyoza kuti kuchuluka kwa ndalama za Pentagon ndizachuma chabwino ku Keynesian. Bungwe la Congress likukonda kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zambiri zankhondo, ndiye bwanji mumenyere? Kuonjezera mabiliyoni ambiri ku bajeti ya Pentagon ndikovuta policy, koma, akukhulupirira kuti idzalimbikitsa kwambiri chuma. Chifukwa chiyani kugwiritsa ntchito ndalama zazikulu zandale kuyesa kuletsa zida za nyukiliya woyimira Biden adati sitikufuna? Zilekeni zonse ziyende, malingaliro apite, ndipo mwina tidzafika pazaka zotsatira, titachita zolemetsa pazovuta zathu zina, zovuta kwambiri.
M'matanthauzidwe abwino kwambiri amalingaliro a Biden, akukhulupirira kuti tiyenera kulingaliranso zachitetezo cha dziko kuti tipereke "mfundo zakunja za anthu apakati.โ Akuganiza kuti nkhondo zazaka zapitazi za 20 zakhala zolakwika kwambiri, zakhala zodula kwambiri, zasokoneza chidwi chathu, ndikuti tikulimbana tsopano zomwe ziribe kanthu kochita ndi Afghanistan kapena Iraq kapena, chifukwa chake, ku Middle East.
Biden amakhulupirira kuti tili pankhondo pakati pa demokalase ndi ma autocracies. Ndipo tiyenera kusonyeza kuti demokalase ikhoza kupulumutsa anthu. Izi zikutanthauza kukhazikitsa mabungwe ademokalase, makamaka, kudzera mubilu yomangamanga ya $ 3.5 biliyoni. Ndi njira yake yosinthiranso chuma cha America komanso udindo wa boma m'moyo waku America. Kuti chipani chake chikhale chogwirizana pazokweza zazikuluzi, ayenera kuchepetsa mikangano pazinthu zina, monga chitetezo. Osachepera pano.
Chokhumudwitsa n'chakuti tikhoza kuyembekezera pang'ono kusintha kwa ndondomeko ya nyukiliya kuchokera ku bungweli. Joe Biden sanasinthe malingaliro ake. Akafunsidwa, ndithudi adzanena, monga ali nazo kale, kuti titha kukhala ndi chitetezo champhamvu "pamene tikuchepetsa kudalira kwathu komanso kuwononga ndalama zambiri pa zida za nyukiliya." Iye sangachite kalikonse pa izo.
Nuclear Policy Review, yomwe tsopano ili pansi pa ulamuliro wa Pentagon bureaucracy, idzasintha pang'ono. Makontrakitala adzayenda. Chabwino, adzalola Dipatimenti ya Boma kuti ikwaniritse mgwirizano ndi Iran - mwinamwake ngakhale North Korea ndi Russia - kuchepetsa mapulogalamu awo kapena kufika pa "ndondomeko yokhazikika" yosadziwika bwino. Koma palibe chomwe chimawopseza bizinesi monga mwachizolowezi ku Pentagon.
Akuluakulu oyang'anira akuwoneka kuti atsimikiza kuti kusintha Pentagon ndizovuta kwambiri. Ngakhale zitatanthauza kusiya anthu anzeru, abwino pofunafuna zolinga zazikulu.
Joseph Cirincione ndi munthu wodziwika ku Quincy Institute komanso katswiri wofufuza zachitetezo cha dziko komanso wolemba yemwe ali ndi zaka zopitilira 35 akugwira ntchito izi ku Washington, DC Ndiye mlembi kapena mkonzi wa mabuku asanu ndi awiri, kuphatikiza Nuclear Nightmares: Securing the World Isanachedwe. ndi Bomb Scare: The History and Future of Nuclear Weapons. M'mbuyomu adakhala Purezidenti wa Plowshares Fund, bungwe lachitetezo chapadziko lonse lapansi, wachiwiri kwa purezidenti wachitetezo cha dziko ku Center for American Progress komanso director of nonproliferation ku Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, pakati pa maudindo ena. Anagwira ntchito kwa zaka zopitirira zisanu ndi zinayi pa akatswiri ogwira ntchito mu Komiti ya Armed Services ndi Komiti Yogwira Ntchito za Boma ku Nyumba ya Oyimilira ya US. Ndi adjunct faculty ku Georgetown University School of Foreign Service komanso membala wa Council on Foreign Relations. Amawonekera pafupipafupi pawailesi yakanema, wailesi ndi zoulutsira mawu ndipo ndiye wolemba nkhani zopitilira mazana asanu ndi atatu ndi malipoti okhudza chitetezo ndi chitetezo cha dziko. Iye tweets @Cirincione.
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