A new cold war/arms race with Russia?
A new cold war/arms race with Russia? Location where the Russian government intends to build a new port for nuclear submarines: the village of Vilyuchinsk on the Kamchatka Penninsula. Names of the first three submarines (the first already completed): Yurii Dolgorukii, Vladimir Monomakh, and Aleksandr...

Arsenals of folly; the making of the nuclear arms race.
9780375414138 Arsenals of folly; the making of the nuclear arms race. Rhodes, Richard. Alfred A. Knopf 2007 386 pages $28.95 Hardcover U264 Rhodes (international security and cooperation, Stanford U.) has won...

A dangerous trade-off: the U.S.-India nuclear deal fans the flames of the global arms race.
Last fall, large majorities in Congress approved a U.S.--India nuclear trade agreement that allows full civil nuclear cooperation--the sale of fuel, technology, and reactors--to India. This agreement may provide opportunity for the U.S. nuclear industry, but it is a myopic tradeoff: It benefits corporations but threatens to escalate the...

War in heaven; the arms race in outer space.
9781595581143 War in heaven; the arms race in outer space. Caldicott, Helen and Craig Eisendrath. The New Press 2007 166 pages $23.95 Hardcover UG1520 Caldicott (co-founder, Physicians for Social Responsibility) and...

Update on Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space.
The foremost measure intended to address current gaps in the treaties relevant to space security is the "Prevention of an Arms Race in Outer Space" (PAROS) resolution of the United Nations General Assembly's First Committee. In the past, PAROS has experienced near-unanimous support among UN members, but in recent...

Regional Arms Race.
John Chipman, director of the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS), on Oct. 25 told a news conference if Iran developed nuclear weapons it could spark a regional arms race because Turkey, Saudi Arabia and Egypt would consider getting atomic bombs. He said it was unlikely that diplomatic...

Disarmament Week.
TO highlight the dangers of the arms race and the need to increase public understanding of the urgent tasks of disarmament, Disarmament Week is observed on October 24-31, 2008. Many countries continue to work to halt and, where possible, reverse the spread of nuclear as well as...

Curbing the star wars threat: a Russian view: Mikhail Lysenko outlines Russia's approach to preventing an arms race in outer space.
In October 1957, almost fifty years ago, the world was thrilled by the launch of the Sputnik--the first artificial orbital satellite. Since then outer space has revolutionised our perception of the world. Would it be possible to imagine our everyday lives without the Internet, world television channels and automatic...

The Middle East Nuclear Arms Race - There's Enough To Destroy The Whole Region:.
*** Olmert Has Sent To Assad A Clear Message That Israel Does Not Intend To Attack Syria - He Is Giving Damascus A Signal That Peace Talks Over Golan Now Are Possible - Is Olmert Worried That Syria May Start A War From The Golan Front This Summer? ...

Lincoln, Churchill, Bush? Of the president's strengths and weaknesses as supreme commander.
DURING his August vacation at his Texas ranch in 2002, George W. Bush was said to be spending the hours not spent cutting brush immersed in Eliot A. Cohen's Supreme Command. The book presents an argument about the proper course of civil-military relations together with four case studies of...