Tag / Nuclear
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A Resolution Against Genuine Resolve
In the game of nuclear deterrence, holds a position of particular importance. A nation’s ability to convince other nations of its willingness to use its arsenal forms the bedrock of instilling a mutually assured destruction mentality in its foes. Resolve can accurately be considered a necessary tool in achieving this objective; demonstrating resolution to use…
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A Sputnik for the 21st Century
BY NELSON GOMES On March 18th, the Chinese government announced its intentions to accelerate production of the world’s first commercially viable liquid fluoride reactor. The project, spearheaded by the Chinese Academy of Sciences, was originally allocated a budget of $350 million and scheduled for completion by 2039, but it has since seen its funding grow…
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How United are the Nations?
The United Nations (UN), like its predecessor, the League of Nations, was born out of the ashes of a world war. With the advent of atomic weapons, a third world war could have been apocalyptic. And so, in a quest to quite literally save the world, the founding countries of the UN strove to create…
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Attack Iran
Much to the dismay of the European Union, the United States and Israel, Iran has been aggressively pursuing a nuclear energy program. Iran has consistently claimed that it wants nuclear power for the peaceful purposes of providing domestic energy. Israel’s Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, is reticent to believe this because Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has…
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Germany Stays Nuclear
The German government announced Monday that it will continue operating 17 nuclear power plants that were due to be shut down. In 2002, the Reichstag passed a law phasing out the use of nuclear plants by 2022 to clear the way for renewable energy technology. However, with nuclear power accounting for 22.6% of Germany’s net…
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His Manliness, Vladimir Putin
Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi was scheduled to attend this week’s edition of Talking Heads with Taka Yamaguchi, but shortly before the scheduled interview, he was invited to the birthday party of a certain 18-year old Neapolitan beauty who is known to call Mr. Berlusconi “papi” (look it up if you don’t believe me). Evidently,…
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Nuclear Summit Pushes for Cooperative Security and Sanctions
Earlier this week President Barack Obama hosted the Nuclear Security Summit, attended by delegates and heads of states of 47 nations. Among the primary desires voiced by Obama were for governments to push for the state-driven constraint of nuclear material and for a reinvigorated batch of sanctions intent on veering Iran’s nuclear program decisively away…
