A Slight Welcome and an Intro to Our First Book!

Hi: My name is Faye and I really dislike writing a "welcome to my blog spot" post. I find it limiting and irritating, so all I'll say for now is stop by often. We can expect debates since I am very opinionated and expressive on my views (especially when I'm writing). I want you guys to help me facilitate this blog as an arena for social debate and generally anything that bothers you (has to fall under one of the topics I call my blog after of course!). You have values and opinions, so do the rest of the population, and so do I. Share, create, imagine, but please stay in the real world... oh and please be logical! Hope we have a Great summer with each other.

Now, to introduce my first topic,"Nuclear Weapons". I am currently reading "The Spread of Nuclear Weapons" (a debate renewed) by Scott D. Sagan and Kenneth N. Waltz. I expect this book to be interesting. The question this book tries to bring to the fore front is "if the nuclear balance of terror helped maintain the "long peace" between the United States and the Soviet Union during the cold war, will the spread of nuclear weapons to new states also help stabilize international relations in the future?"

What I learned in Middle East Politics this year was that all relations call for a certain degree of trust. The spread of nuclear weapons as this book mentions is "spreading" rather "proliferating".Thus, trust is a necessity, I expect the world leaders to see how important a council on this matter will be ( they have one now). The thing is with the apparent spread of nuclear weapons, states will try to play safer. The danger and implications the spread presents forces social awareness. Well, this is as far as I'll go. I will read a few chapter and write a brief (mixed with my opinion). See you then!