Word: nuclearism
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...they say in Congress, revise and extend his remarks. "This is not martial law," Musharraf told the country, but rather "another path toward democracy." Further, he made the surprising announcement that he would pull back troops from Pakistan's tense border with India and seek talks with his nuclear neighbor. India, which ordered its troops on high alert immediately following the coup, has so far reacted cautiously to the news. After two days of vainly casting about for a credible civilian administration to do his bidding, Musharraf had in fact declared martial law late Thursday, making himself Pakistan's effective...
That proliferation of nuclear weapons is a threat that the U.S. government has an absolute responsibility to prevent. The U.S. has traditionally supported measures such as the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty and made proliferation a substantial concern of our foreign policy. Of the 154 nations that have signed the CTBT, relatively few have ratified the treaty yet--many are watching to see whether America's actions will measure up to its words. Failing to ratify the treaty would destroy any credibility the U.S. possesses in the arena of nuclear proliferation. The treaty is too important to be reduced...
This time, President Clinton may not even snatch defeat from the jaws of humiliation. Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott indicated late Monday that Senate Republicans would postpone Tuesday's vote on the nuclear Test Ban Treaty, but only if the President lets the matter lie for the duration of his term. And National Security Council Adviser Sandy Berger told the New York Times the administration could live with the condition that it scrap the treaty, which had been designated among the foreign policy priorities of Clinton's second term. In the end, the White House found Capitol Hill simply unwilling...
...pass the treaty, Clinton wrote Lott on Monday that "proceeding to a vote under these circumstances would severely harm the national security of the United States, damage our relationship with our allies, and undermine our historic leadership over 40 years, through administrations Republican and Democratic, in reducing the nuclear threat." But postponing the vote won't avert that danger. Whether the Senate votes or decides to table the motion is irrelevant to the governments of such newly nuclear states as India and Pakistan. What matters is that the U.S. has failed to ratify the CTBT. Postponing a Senate vote means...
...fundamentalism among junior officers, the military retains its role as a modernizing force in Pakistan," says Rahman. "They also know that without the financial support of Washington and the IMF, the country would go down the drain." Still, nobody?s going to be comfortable with the idea of a nuclear-armed country changing its government on a general...