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Alex Alfirraz Scheers

Alex Alfirraz Scheers

The Spectator

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‘A failure of imagination’ did not cause 9/11

On a balmy autumnal evening in October 2001, a secret task force assembled by the CIA and the Pentagon met in a nondescript concrete-and-glass...

11.09.2026 8

The Spectator

Alex Alfirraz Scheers

‘A failure of imagination’ did not cause 9/11

On a balmy autumnal evening in October 2001, a secret task force assembled by the CIA and the Pentagon met in a nondescript concrete-and-glass...

11.09.2026 10

The Spectator

Alex Alfirraz Scheers

How nukes made the world safer

Three hours after daybreak, a blinding flash ripped through the morning sky. August 6, 1945, began as a tranquil and clear day in Hiroshima. By 8:15,...

06.08.2026 10

The Spectator

Alex Alfirraz Scheers