Nuclear proliferation

Coercive diplomacy is a threat diplomacy whereby one of the actors threatens the other with repercussions, whether of a military, economic or social nature. This diplomatic tactic involves using the threat of the war in Europe or launching a nuclear attack in exchange for ceding the requirements of the other state. This diplomacy is therefore an instrument of prevention and management of conflicts before the conduct of a State that, otherwise, could end up causing a warlike confrontation in…

As a martian scholar sent to study the Earth and the humans that inhabit it, my findings were very concerning. It seems, from what I’ve read, as if nothing but negative events occur. Using common sense I know that cannot be true, but the way the humans flaunt their shortcomings in the newspaper speaks to what they choose to represent themselves as. In the article “A Powerful Russian Weapon: The Spread of False Stories” by Neil Macfarquhar, it explains the debate between whether Sweden should…

caused some to have growing concerns in terms of how the issue may pan out. The tension between the United States and North Korea will most likely not escalate enough to a nuclear war, according to former defense secretary, William J. Perry, who states that “North Korea is incredibly unlikely to launch an unprovoked nuclear attack.” This may ease some fears on the growing concerns of war between these two nations. It is entirely understandable that people feel this way with a new leader in…

If you were to go by the North Platte mall on a Thursday evening, chances are you might see a bunch of young guys doing some sort of ridiculous workout on the hard asphalt parking lot. You might wonder what in the world they are doing out there. They are a special breed of people, selfless, motivated, and ready to join the United States Marine Corps. I am proud to say that I am apart of those workouts and ready to serve my country. It’s incredible to think how young some of these guys are, and…

The solution is to cut the number of nuclear warheads the United States have in their arsenal. To reduce the number of nukes an effective way would be to close down nuclear silos, which are mostly located in the mid-west of the United States. Many people argue that disposing of nuclear weapons isn’t cost affected and is to expensive. These counterpoints led to the discussion of disarming the plutonium Pu-239 and uranium U-235 cores that set the explosion in the bombs. James Conca from Forbes…

Bernard Lewis also termed the very basis of clerical rule in Iran as its own remedy. Lewis states, “Khomeini during his rule seems to have effected a kind of “Christianization” of Iran’s Islamic institutions, with himself as an infallible pope and with the functional equivalent of a hierarchy of archbishops, bishops and priests. All of this was totally alien to Islamic tradition….It may be that Muslims having contracted a Christian illness, will consider a Christian remedy, that is to say, the…

wartime head of the Los Alamos Laboratory; where, the first Nuclear bombs used in the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki during World War II were developed and tested. After the war ended, Oppenheimer was appointed the chairman of the General Advisory Committee of the United States Atomic Energy Commission, where he lobbied extensively for the international control of nuclear power to prevent the apparent probability of Nuclear Proliferation and an arms race with the Soviet Union. (Hewlett)…

there is the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) on mutually assured destruction (MAD) weapon as the result of international community to work on world peace and humanity justice, there is also a counter-argument on the necessary of MAD weapon such as nuclear weapon, which believes owning a nuclear weapon not only could protect one state itself, it also can promote peace, as no state could risk the possibility of destruction from the nuclear weapon. The justification of owning a nuclear weapon…

On Saturday, January 16th, “implementation day,” Iran's nuclear program was declared peaceful and international sanctions against Iran were lifted. The Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, an agreement between Iran, the US, and six other world powers, was and is the subject of what is currently America's most divisive foreign policy debate. Some see Iran as a threat to America’s dominance over the Middle East, while others see decades of ineffectual enmity with Iran and believe that compromise…

Scientists were shocked to learn that almost 100,000 more would die in the weeks and months to come caused by long lasting effects of exposure to radiation. This was not the only long-term threat from introducing the world to nuclear power and atomic bombs. The world was still relatively unstable immediately after the war and the threat of another country developing a bomb of their own was present. The destructive harm a strategically placed atomic bomb was a fear for the entire…