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EAST ASIA: Regional Nuke Race – Nightmare for China
China's concerns about the onset of a nuclear arms race in East Asia are beginning to override Beijing's long-term worry of seeing a collapsed state on its border, according to analysts and diplomats here.POLITICS-US: Rice's Iran Strategy Fizzles, Cheney Waits in Wings
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's months-long diplomatic effort to get five other powers to agree to a tough United Nations Security Council resolution on sanctions against Iran now seems certain to fail, because of Russian and Chinese resistance.POLITICS-ASIA: China, India Make Progress – No Cost to Pakistan
At the end of an important week-long visit by Chinese President Hu Jintao to South Asia, what does the complicated triangular relationship between Beijing, New Delhi and Islamabad, three of Asia's four nuclear powers, look like?POLITICS: Business Lobbies Push Indo-US Nuke Deal
The United States and India have begun new manoeuvres to push through their controversial nuclear cooperation deal after the U.S. Senate, in a special "lame duck" session last week, passed an important bill facilitating it.POLITICS: Argentine Report Casts Doubt on Iran Role in ྚ Bomb
The report by Argentine prosecutors in support of the arrest warrants just issued for seven former Iranian officials for the 1994 terror bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires reveals that Argentina was continuing to provide Iran with low-grade enriched uranium and the two countries were in serious negotiations on broader nuclear cooperation when the bombing occurred.POLITICS: Dialogue or Sanctions – U.S. Dilemma Over Iran
The United States, which is making little headway in its attempts to impose mandatory U.N. sanctions on Iran, is facing a political dilemma as it comes under increasing pressure to initiate a dialogue with the very country it is trying to punish for its defiant nuclear programme.POLITICS: Argentine Report Casts Doubt on Iran Role in ’94 Bomb
The report by Argentine prosecutors in support of the arrest warrants just issued for seven former Iranian officials for the 1994 terror bombing of a Jewish community centre in Buenos Aires reveals that Argentina was continuing to provide Iran with low-grade enriched uranium and the two countries were in serious negotiations on broader nuclear cooperation when the bombing occurred.POLITICS-US: Iran Is Key to Course Change on Iraq
Two political earthquakes hit the United States this week. On Tuesday, the Democrats took control of Congress, and the following day, Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld was replaced by Robert Gates, a member of the senior Bush's foreign policy team.POLITICS: US Election Verdict Imperils India Nuclear Deal
The Democratic Party's strong showing in the United States Congressional elections has enlarged the question-mark which hangs over Washington's nuclear cooperation deal with India. But no major change in U.S.-India relations appears to be on the cards.POLITICS: Gulf Security Hinges on Axis of Realpolitik
As the sectarian conflict in Iraq escalates, along with stepped up attacks on U.S. troops and civilians, Dr. Houchang E. Chehabi, an international relations professor at Boston University and expert on Persian Gulf issues, says Iran could step in to stabilise Iraq - if offered an incentive to do so.POLITICS: North Korea Wins Nuclear Poker Round
By announcing that it would return to the negotiation table and address the major powers' concerns about its nuclear programme, North Korea may have scored an unlikely but impressive diplomatic victory.POLITICS-US: Neo-Con Nadir?
Less than a week from mid-term elections that are expected to bring at least one house of Congress under Democratic control, neo-conservatives, whose foreign policy ideas dominated most of the first half of the administration of George W. Bush, are having a hard time.POLITICS-US: Hillary Urges Talks with Syria, Iran, North Korea
In a major policy address, Sen. Hillary Clinton Tuesday called for a "sea change" in U.S. foreign policy that would include direct talks with Syria, Iran and North Korea and greater U.S. engagement in promoting peace between Israel and the Palestinians.JAPAN: Activists Plan to Nip Nuclear Ambitions
Recent remarks by top level politicians and military strategists while discussing the once taboo topic of Japan becoming a nuclear weapons power has raised bitter memories for Shoji Kihara, 57, a peace activist living in Hiroshima.POLITICS-US: Bush Under Growing Pressure to Engage Syria
While U.S. President George W. Bush appeared this week to reject suggestions that Washington directly engage the government of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad, pressure both here and in the region for Washington to work out some accommodation with Damascus is rising.POLITICS: U.N. Security Council Edicts Challenged
The United Nations Security Council, the only body empowered to declare war and peace and also impose punitive economic and military sanctions, is being increasingly challenged by defiant member states.POLITICS-IRAN: Ahmadinejad’s Divine Inspiration
Amid a struggle between two major clerical factions for control of Iran's influential Assembly of Experts, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is trying to shore up his conservative base by portraying himself as a man with a direct link to god.EAST ASIA: Torn Between Japan-US Ties and N. Korean Bomb
U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice's tour of Japan, China and South Korea last week to rally support for tough measures against North Korea underscored Japan's growing military dependence on Washington.POLITICS-JAPAN: North Korea Tops Abe’s Agenda
Many foreign policy challenges lie ahead for Japan's new prime minister, Shinzo Abe, but his most pressing concern is much closer at hand: North Korea, especially in the wake of its declaration of a nuclear test on Oct.9.POLITICS: What to Do With the World’s Nuclear Arsenal
While widely deplored by the world community, North Korea's recent nuclear test has also prompted fresh calls for the major powers to get serious about dismantling their own weapons of mass destruction.CHINA: Moves to Contain N. Korea Sanctions Crisis
While United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice is touring North-east Asia, rallying support for tough enforcement of United Nations sanctions on North Korea, China has mounted diplomatic efforts to forestall escalation of the crisis over Pyongyang's nuclear programme.« Previous Page — Next Page »
At first it was the United States. Then came Russia, China, Britain and France. Everyone wanted their own atomic bombs and atomic energy. While Israel quietly nurtured its nuclear programme, in Asia, rivals India and Pakistan, and most recently North Korea, joined the global nuclear club. Are nuclear weapons stockpiles adequately safeguarded? Is nuclear energy worth the risk? Read IPS.
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