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...instance, India and Pakistan joined the nuclear armed club-which was worrying enough to the world. But 18 months later, Pakistan underwent a military coup, ejecting the Prime Minister and replacing him with a general. In its case it seems unlikely that the new government is going to nuke anyone, but the coup was a reminder to policy planners of how quickly a situation that just looks "bad" can get worse. Russia's thousands of warheads remain a worry, and some of the more concerned analysts fear that the country is just one bad winter away from an anti...
...stop the proliferation of nuclear weapons from spinning out of control. The Bush Administration has publicly declared that it is intolerable for states such as North Korea and Iran to get nuclear weapons, but few experts believe that either regime would risk annihilation by actually launching a nuke in anger. More terrifying is the possibility that malefactors operating without such restraints--such as the suicidal jihadists of al-Qaeda--might acquire atomic materials. It is the global terrorist threat that has made this the least predictable moment since the dawn of the nuclear age. Says Sam Nunn, the Democratic...
...scolding Op-Ed in the New York Times, Wilson reveals, more than a year after his mission, that he is the retired diplomat who visited Niger. He charges that the Administration had "twisted" intelligence to "exaggerate" the Iraqi threat. The next day the White House admits that the nuke claim should not have been in the State of the Union address...
...steadily rising. Even environmentalists like Whole Earth Catalog founder Stewart Brand, Greenpeace co-founder Patrick Moore and scientist James Lovelock have endorsed the once taboo energy source as a credible, clean alternative to coal- and natural-gas-powered plants. While most Americans still don't want a nuke plant in their backyard, some economically depressed areas, like Port Gibson, Miss., and Oswego, N.Y., are actively lobbying to be the home of a new reactor--and of all the jobs and tax revenue that come with it. Most important, the powers that be in Washington, including President George W. Bush...
...While the U.S. suspects the North has nukes already, a test might force the world to accept it as a member of the nuclear club?as happened with Pakistan and India, which detonated bombs in the late '90s. But North Korean dictator Kim Jong Il would be taking a huge gamble. Detonating a nuke would give Washington a stronger argument for imposing economic sanctions. Even Pyongyang's nominal ally China might react harshly, concerned that a regional arms race would ensue. On Thursday, U.S. President George W. Bush phoned China's President Hu Jintao to urge him to take firmer...