Sentences with phrase «on nuclear policy»

We are also responsible for our own dedicated CPD budget which has allowed me to attend international conferences on decommissioning, complete a university - accredited module on Nuclear Policy and much more!

«Is it not extraordinary and unacceptable,» he went on to add, «that the honourable gentleman should have made that announcement before the conclusion of the 1994 review on nuclear policy, which the government commissioned from the industry?»

But, Cuomo is no stranger to this kind of juggling act on nuclear policy.

Writing in the Financial Times (#) yesterday, Menzies Campbell called for a re-think on nuclear policy, in particular scrapping the «Moscow criterion» — an archaic detail which gives Trident the power to destroy ballistic missile defenses around Moscow, should the United States not intervene first.

Daniel Ellsberg, best known for leaking in 1971 the Pentagon Papers about the Vietnam war, in the early 1960s was an adviser to the Air Force and White House on nuclear policy.

In a 2015 article in Foreign Policy, Jeffrey Lewis, an expert on nuclear policy at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies, dubbed the weapon «Putin's doomsday machine.»

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Jenkins wrote on Twitter that Germany's shift in energy policy was misguided and resulted effectively in fossil fuels replacing much of the missing nuclear power — a pattern that's playing out at home, as well.

WASHINGTON, April 25 - A day after flaunting his friendship with Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron forcefully challenged many of the U.S. president's policies on Wednesday, urging the United States to engage more with the world, step up the fight against climate change and stay in the Iran nuclear pact for now.

Ned Price, spokesman for the White House's National Security Council, denied that US policy on Syria was a part of the Iran nuclear talks.

High on their list of points of discord are Washington's exit from the Paris agreement on climate change, the intention to scuttle Iran's 2015 nuclear deal, steel and aluminum import tariffs, allegedly tactless and unpredictable American policies, etc., etc..

The president said that while he personally likes Tillerson and got along with him, the two disagreed on important policy issues, including the Iran nuclear deal, and had «different mindsets.»

North Korea's deputy UN ambassador, Kim In Ryong, echoed the sentiment on Monday: «Unless the hostile policy and the nuclear threat of the US is thoroughly eradicated, we will never put our nuclear weapons and ballistic rockets on the negotiating table under any circumstances,» Kim said, according to Reuters.

The Trump administration is holding talks on providing nuclear technology to Saudi Arabia — a move that critics say could upend decades of U.S. policy and lead to an arms race in the Middle East.

On the supply side, IEA said governments need to develop policies that encourage the spread of offshore wind power, nuclear energy and natural gas, while discouraging the continued use of the most inefficient coal - fired technology.

And he convened policy meetings on the federal budget and the North Korean nuclear threat.

Over the course of our conversations, I came to see Obama as a president who has grown steadily more fatalistic about the constraints on America's ability to direct global events, even as he has, late in his presidency, accumulated a set of potentially historic foreign - policy achievements — controversial, provisional achievements, to be sure, but achievements nonetheless: the opening to Cuba, the Paris climate - change accord, the Trans - Pacific Partnership trade agreement, and, of course, the Iran nuclear deal.

While neither is overly occupied with the policy concerns of the larger environmental movement ¯ global climate, carbon capture, alternative energy, the future of nuclear power, and so on ¯ they help illuminate a common narrative that places nature above human need.

But foreign policy, of course, is largely a matter of prudence, and there are and should be good Catholics on both sides of issues such as what to do about Iran's nuclear ambitions.

«70 Acting on this belief, Wallis led his Sojourners community in over forty public actions during the first six months of 1977, protesting such issues as the use of torture, the proliferation of nuclear armaments, and the government's repressive housing policies.

From this paradigm comes his current focus on nuclearism; he sees the potential of nuclear holocaust as pervasive in our psyche, our society and our public policy.

If anything positive can be said about this grim and ironic situation, it is that as victims of terrorism we may be forced to rethink our own policies on the use of force (including nuclear force) in order to bring them into line with our moral denunciations of terrorism.

His off - the - cuff speaking habit led him to make extreme statements on sensitive subjects (such as nuclear weapons) that alarmed foreign policy experts, but his partisans viewed such outbursts as evidence of his authenticity.

Nevertheless, the judgment is made that a coal - and nuclear - fission - based energy policy is centered on high - risk technologies.

And the president concedes on television that his policy may fail to prevent Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons.

As an evangelical Christian who has written on and taught graduate courses about U.S. nuclear strategy, I stand shoulder - to - shoulder with 2FP's multi-generational invitation to keep U.S. nuclear policy from devolving into a theology - free zone.

The white paper on Electricity Market Reform has mapped out a new policy to encourage the billions of investment that we need in all three families of low carbon electricity generation — renewables, nuclear and clean coal and gas.

A trio of senior ministers have demanded a full discussion on Britain's nuclear policy in the wake of the decision not to debate the issue at this year's Labour conference.

Whilst they are indeed awesome and extremely dangerous ordinance, policy on nuclear weapons has at root always been about symbolism.

And this year in Glasgow it will be conference that decides on our economic policy (including the strategy for deficit reduction), tax policy (and, most totemically, whether to return to a top 50p - in - the - pound tax rate) and nuclear defence policy again.

Political communism failed due to the policy of encirclement by the Western powers, a war of attrition fought through proxy wars - otherwise known as the Cold War - a hot war between the two main powers would have been simply too dangerous given the preponderance of nuclear weapon technology on both sides.

The party remains officially opposed to Nato, but a motion to the conference would change this policy — albeit on the condition it does not «host nuclear weapons».

In an echo of Margaret Thatcher's attacks on Labour's defence policy in the 1980s, the defence secretary, Michael Fallon, will claim on Thursday that Miliband would «barter away our nuclear deterrent» and that the Labour leader would bow to the SNP's «childlike worldview».

Chris Huhne has defended his decision to give way to Tory policy on nuclear power to a skeptical Lib Dem audience.

Meanwhile John Woodcock, whose Barrow and Furness constituency includes a shipyard where Trident submarines are built, today said Mr Corbyn's would «split the Labour party down the middle» if he tried to change its current policy on the nuclear deterrent.

He said Mr Clegg had not established clear policies on nuclear weapons, and aspects of running schools and the health service.

Among the issues Boak highlighted on environmental policy, she pointed to pushing back against the construction of the Algonquin Pipeline and backing the effort to close the Indian Point Nuclear Plant in Westchester County.

Shadow defence secretary Emily Thornberry is leading a review of the party's defence policy and has urged MPs to keep an open mind on the replacement of the nuclear deterrent.

Earlier this week the Institute for Public Policy Research's commission on national security called on the government to examine alternatives to Trident - while maintaining a «minimum credible» nuclear deterrent.

He recounts a proactive foreign policy based on membership of the UN Security Council, possession of a nuclear deterrent and a willingness to deploy military force globally — part of a continuity in our national history.

* Both Senators have proposed legislation on a range of issues: Clinton addresses health, banking, foreign policy, energy, and education, among others; Obama addresses nuclear non-proliferation, energy, foreign policy, ethics reform, and education, among others.

A national policy statement on new nuclear power stations - the most controversial part of the proposals - will be published in the autumn, Mr Miliband said.

Those rising tensions were coupled with a conference agenda which included votes on economic policy, tax rates, energy, nuclear weapons and the dreaded tuition fees.

That's why, when more and more countries have or want nuclear weapons, we will always keep our ultimate insurance policy, we will renew our nuclear deterrent based on the Trident missile system.

The Campaign for Democratic Socialism explicitly supported the unilateral renunciation of Britain's nuclear weapons, and the document «Policy for Peace», on which Gaitskell eventually won his battle at the 1961 Labour Conference, stated: «Britain should cease the attempt to remain an independent nuclear power, since that neither strengthens the alliance, nor is it now a sensible use of our limited resources.»

Jeremy Corbyn said his views are well known on nuclear weapons in response to criticism that he had «undermined» party policy by saying he would never launch a nuclear strike if he was prime minister.

Bell and Saatchi and Saatchi produced memorable posters for the Conservatives, such as a picture of a British soldier's arms raised in surrender with the caption: «Labour's Policy On Arms» — a reference to Labour's policy of unilateral nuclear disarmPolicy On Arms» — a reference to Labour's policy of unilateral nuclear disarmpolicy of unilateral nuclear disarmament.

On Wednesday, a Labour aide said the party no longer had a policy in favour of renewing Trident nuclear submarines because it is under review.

With the party divided between social and economic liberals, debates on nuclear power, the economy, tuition fees, green policy and taxation are unlikely to yield unanimous responses, resulting in internal division which may hinder the party's ability to project a clear and consistent message in the run up to 2015.

As the Labour party reconsiders its policy on Trident renewal, Lord West, the former First Sea Lord and Security Minister, is clear: abandoning the UK's nuclear deterrent is not an option.

Some around Corbyn — a lifelong opponent of nuclear weapons — say that with the shadow defence secretary, Emily Thornberry, carrying out a review, the party currently has no settled policy on Trident.