Sentences with phrase «proliferation of nuclear weapons»

It examines questions about the safety and costs of nuclear power relative to coal and other choices for electricity generation, along with the risk of proliferation of nuclear weapons and emissions of greenhouse gases relative to other energy sources.

There is the situation in Syria, there is security in the entire region and I think, in any case, we share a common goal of avoiding an escalation and proliferation of nuclear weapons in the region.

Mr Brown said that the UK should act not unilaterally but together with other countries to cut their arsenal and prevent proliferation of nuclear weapons by other countries.

The weakening growth of global trade; the loss of popular support for the forces of liberalism and free trade that is driving moves towards protectionism; the threat of climate change depleting and degrading the planet we leave for future generations; and most recently, the outrageous proliferation of nuclear weapons by North Korea with a threat to use them.

The academies» study also stressed that concerns over proliferation of nuclear weapons may continue to outweigh the need to reform Western export controls, at least until Russia establishes effective export controls of its own.

Linked to the problem of the Israel - Palestine conflict is the possibility of proliferation of nuclear weapons to Iran; in the Ambassador's mind an undesirable development which the US must lend all of its diplomatic weight to prevent.

Theologians need to be reflective practitioners or practical theologians as they deal with problems of importance: hunger, the proliferation of nuclear weapons, poverty, sexism, racism, anti-Judaism, the despoliation of the environment, the quest for liberation in all its forms, self - consciously as Christians.

The proliferation of nuclear weapons in all of these countries is of grave concern.

The first collection of plays investigates the proliferation of nuclear weapons: In Calculated Risk, for example, America has dropped the A-bomb and a newly - elected Clement Attlee wonders how Britain should navigate a changed world.

Investigative journalist William Langewiesche tracks the proliferation of nuclear weapons, focusing his story on Pakistani scientist A. Q. Khan, who stole plans and equipment from the West and peddled the technology to countries hostile to Western interests: «That same afternoon a small group of Pakistanis associated with the weapons program, including, of course, A. Q. Khan, gathered in a concrete bunker in Chagai, facing the chosen mountain seven miles away.

The two team up on a joint mission to stop a mysterious international criminal organization, which is bent on destabilizing the fragile balance of power through the proliferation of nuclear weapons and technology.

Some looming trends, exacerbated by global economic growth, include climate change and the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

And in early 2014, Secretary of State John Kerry called climate change «the greatest challenge of our generation,» more so than poverty, terrorism and the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Proliferation of nuclear weapons — basically eternal vigilence is the key.

The coming expansion of nuclear power can be a security as well as an environmental blessing (after all, nuclear energy is entirely free of greenhouse gas emissions and can help us deal with climate change), but only if it comes without a great increase in the risk of the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Cohen acknowledges the risk of a nuclear accident, and the dangers of the proliferation of nuclear weapons.

Friends of the Earth Europe has expressed alarm that the Heads of State cast a role for nuclear power in Europe's energy future, without offering solutions to its unsolved problems: how to treat and store waste for thousands of years, the risk of serious accidents, the proliferation of nuclear weapon material and how to secure nuclear plants against terrorist attacks.

[But] the proliferation of nuclear weapons has rendered modern war unthinkable, at least between the Western powers, so the traditional method of avoiding collapse by starting a war is no longer available.