Dec. 14—A former head of state from a Third World nation commented, in conversation with a Schiller Institute representative over the last 24 hours, that the already scary strategic situation has become “dangerously frightening” in the last few weeks. She added that what was most frightening was not the escalation of threats against Russia from Global NATO; nor even the more-than-sobering remarks by Vladimir Putin to a Bishkek press conference, where he spoke about the U.S. nuclear policy of preventive or disarming nuclear strikes: “Regarding a disarming strike, perhaps we should think about using the achievements of our U.S. partners and their ideas about how to ensure their own security. We are just thinking about this.”