Sentences with phrase «development of nuclear weapons»

«What's happening with (North Korea's) illegal and aggressive development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles... This is the biggest threat to humankind right now,» Ambassador Terry Branstad told CNBC in Beijing on Wednesday.

Additionally, it argues that the US should end its legal troop deployments to Japan and South Korea in hopes that North Korea would end its illegal development of nuclear weapons, which sounds a lot like blackmail.

Take steps to avert global destruction caused by the successful development of nuclear weapons by Iran.

However, failure to act on the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty by leaders in the United States, China, Iran, India, Pakistan, Egypt, Israel, and North Korea on a treaty to cut off production of nuclear weapons material continues to leave the world at risk from continued development of nuclear weapons.

North Korea has long been largely shut to foreign investors, an isolation that deepened when the United Nations ratcheted up sanctions last year in an effort to curb its development of nuclear weapons.

After the announcement of the postponement of the drills in January, Pyongyang agreed to hold the first official talks with Seoul in more than two years and to send athletes to the Winter Olympics, easing a standoff over North Korea's development of nuclear weapons.

For all their camaraderie, Macron and Trump disagree on some fundamental issues, including the multinational nuclear deal, which is aimed at restricting Iran's development of nuclear weapons.

The U.S. tightened its financial restrictions on North Korea, slapping sanctions on Chinese and Russian entities it accused of assisting Pyongyang's development of nuclear weapons and ballistic missiles, and also seeking millions of dollars it said moved through the U.S.

North Korea called the terror designation a «serious provocation» that justifies its development of nuclear weapons.

Trump is pressing China to tighten the screws further on North Korea and its development of nuclear weapons.

The ruling party also said it «will concentrate all efforts on building a powerful socialist economy,» KCNA reported, indicating Kim will put more emphasis on economic improvement than on the development of nuclear weapons.

Although he never falls into the trap of claiming that prophecy belief actually brought about one or another specific policy, he insists that it established a climate of opinion that made the development of nuclear weapons, for example, or automatic support for Israel seem eminently sensible.

I am also encouraged by the historic agreement between the US and Partners on one hand and Iran on the other to curtail the development of nuclear weapons and encourage the peaceful use of nuclear technology.

@Ryanman: The development of nuclear weapons is no crime for a sovereign nation.

A prohibition on investment in companies involved in the development of nuclear weapons could also be in the text.

We know this because the US hasn't invaded North Korea to prevent the development of nuclear weapons because of the more conventional threat to Seoul.

The Trump administration announced new sanctions against China and Russia as part of its campaign to pressure North Korea to stop its development of nuclear weapons and missiles.

The idea of using radioactive dust as a weapon came from a short story by Robert Heinlein: «Solution Unsatisfactory,» published in Astounding Science Fiction in 1941, which was about the strategic standoff that would occur from the development of nuclear weapons.

One story line Fallout does not explore is Einstein's ambivalence about having encouraged the development of nuclear weapons.

The world's nuclear enrichment programs should be under international control to prevent the development of nuclear weapons after the new arms deal with Iran expires in 10 to 15 years, said Frank von Hippel, a senior Princeton University research physicist and a former security advisor during the Clinton Administration.

By exploring Fermi's personal life, the authors give readers glimpses into some of Fermi's nonscientific attributes in addition to portraying his role in the development of nuclear weapons.