In a chilling new book, theoretical physicist Carlo Rovelli says we\u2019re back on the brink \u2013 and this time, leaders chronically lack the nous of Kennedy and Khrushchev. So why is he against rearming?<\/p>\n
Should European members of Nato be rearming in the face of the Russian threat? And if not, I ask Carlo Rovelli, why not? The Italian theoretical physicist seems a good person to answer these questions since his timely new book, 85 Seconds to Midnight, is subtitled A Physicist\u2019s Argument against Rearmament.<\/p>\n
Rovelli, 70, brown eyed, genial, with enviably luxuriant grey locks, removes his glasses before answering. \u201cThe idea of the Russian military being a threat to Europe is ridiculous. Russia can\u2019t even get to Kyiv! A few years ago, Russia had 4% of the world\u2019s military spending and Nato had 40%.\u201d<\/p>\n
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