Pakistan Nuclear Weapons

Iran and the Nuclear Weapons Club

Patricia DeGennaro | Posted 02.01.2012

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Patricia DeGennaro

The very countries calling on Iran to scrap their nuclear program are armed to the teeth with their own nuclear weapons. It's the pot calling the kettle black.

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Is a Nuclear War With China Possible?

Lawrence Wittner | Posted 01.30.2012

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Lawrence Wittner

The gathering tension between the United States and China is clear enough. But need this lead to nuclear war? Not necessarily. And yet, there are signs that it could.

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Pakistan Trains 8,000 To Protect Nuclear Arsenal, Military Says

AP | By SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 01.07.2012

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ISLAMABAD -- Pakistan is training 8,000 additional people to protect the country's nuclear arsenal, which the U.S. fears could be vulnerable to penetr...

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Key Security Threats Ignored 10 Years After 9/11

Ruth Bettelheim, Ph.D. | Posted 11.10.2011

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Ruth Bettelheim, Ph.D.

Failure to understand or act on intelligence goes a long way toward explaining the attacks of September 11, 2001. On this 10th anniversary of those events, we seem, once again, not to grasp the import of the information being provided by our intelligence.

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Nuclear Concerns After the Afghanistan Withdrawal

Joel Rubin | Posted 09.06.2011

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Joel Rubin

Ultimately, the U.S. will one day leave Afghanistan -- and it may be sooner than anyone expects. The key here is to leave in a way that promotes regional stability and cooperation, not a power vacuum that could foster proxy conflicts.

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North Korea Bribed Top Pakistan Military Officials For Nuclear Secrets, Says Source

AP | Posted 09.05.2011

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WASHINGTON — The founder of Pakistan's nuclear bomb program claims the North Korean government bribed top military officials in Pakistan to obta...

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With Friends Like These...

Aki Peritz | Posted 07.23.2011

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Aki Peritz

Where would Pakistan turn for international support if America indeed withdraws its helping hand? The answer is likely Pakistan's "all weather friend," the People's Republic of China.

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Pakistan in Nuclear Upswing

Olli Heinonen | Posted 05.30.2011

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Olli Heinonen

Pakistan is steadily building more nuclear weapons, adding production capacity to produce plutonium and enrich uranium, and building new missiles to deliver nuclear warheads.

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Pakistan: A Two-Speed Society, Destination Unclear

Dr. Charles G. Cogan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dr. Charles G. Cogan

The first time I met Zia-ul-Haq was in the late 1970's, at a dinner party at the home of the Pakistani Military Attaché in Amman. Zia had been...

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Pakistan Tests Two Missiles, Wants Nuke Recognition

AP | MUNIR AHMED | Posted 05.25.2011

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No, Pakistan Doesn't Deserve -- and Will Not Get -- a Nuke Deal

Faiz Lalani | Posted 05.25.2011

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Faiz Lalani

Pakistan's political instability, its military's enmeshment with the country's politics and civilian institutions, and its record of nuclear proliferation should disqualify it from receiving U.S. nuclear assistance.

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How Do You Say "Oh Crap!" in Chinese?

Alexia Parks | Posted 05.25.2011

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Alexia Parks

If the American coal industry could sell outdated, pollution-spewing, coal-fired power plants to China, could the nuclear power industry do the same thing?

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Obama's Unavoidable Cure for the Afghanistan Cancer

Bob Cesca | Posted 05.25.2011

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Bob Cesca

Are we willing to allow eight years of mistakes and mismanagement to go unmitigated, or do we risk more lives trying to at least clean up some of the mess before we bug out?

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Seymour Hersh: Can An Unstable Pakistan Keep Safe Its Nuclear Arsenal?

New Yorker | Seymour Hersh | Posted 05.25.2011

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In the tumultuous days leading up to the Pakistan Army's ground offensive in the tribal area of South Waziristan, which began on October 17th, the Pak...

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A.Q. Khan, "Father" of Pakistan's Nuclear Bomb, Speaks Out

Madhavi Bhasin | Posted 05.25.2011

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Madhavi Bhasin

Though Dr. Khan is no longer associated with Pakistan's nuclear establishment, his pardon and release could embolden others for indulging in illicit nuclear proliferation activities.

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Pakistan Court Lifts Curbs On Scientist AQ Khan Who Sold Nuclear Secrets

BBC NEWS | Posted 05.25.2011

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A court in Pakistan has lifted the final restrictions on controversial nuclear scientist Dr Abdul Qadeer Khan, allowing him total freedom of movement....

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Nuclear Disarmament: Let's Support President Obama

Jonathan Granoff | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Granoff

As the Berlin Wall came down, as the wall of apartheid came down, it is time to take down the wall of nuclear weapons.

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Not Building the Afghan State, Protecting the United States

Jonathan Morgenstein | Posted 05.25.2011

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Jonathan Morgenstein

Clearly, we would prefer the Afghan government take on this mission, but until they can do so themselves, in order to prevent more American civilian deaths, we must do it ourselves.

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Pakistan Rapidly Adding Nuclear Arms, Says US

New York Times | THOM SHANKER and DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Members of Congress have been told in confidential briefings that Pakistan is rapidly adding to its nuclear arsenal even while racked by...

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Media Literacy 101: How to Detect Fear-Mongering -- Pakistani Nukes & Swine Flu

Susan Moeller | Posted 05.25.2011

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Susan Moeller

How can you tell whether you are getting a story that is balanced and proportionate to the crisis or one that is fanning panic and hysteria? One quick guide is to evaluate the pictures.

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Fears Rise About Security Of Pakistan Nukes While US Officials Are Rebuffed On Info

New York Times | DAVID E. SANGER | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As the insurgency of the Taliban and Al Qaeda spreads in Pakistan, senior American officials say they are increasingly concerned about n...

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Pakistan Nuclear Power Is High Concern Amidst Rising Militancy

Radio Free Europe | Ron Synovitz | Posted 05.25.2011

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Advisers to U.S. President Barack Obama's administration say their worst security nightmare is the possibility that Pakistan -- a nuclear-armed count...

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Russia 'Concerned' Over Security Of Pakistan's Nukes

Bloomberg | Posted 05.25.2011

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Russia is "very much concerned" about the safety of Pakistan's nuclear arsenal, and the country must be stabilized before peace can be achieved in nei...

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A.Q. Khan and the Oath Not Taken

Dan Dubno | Posted 05.25.2011

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Dan Dubno

He is old, angry, and suffers from thrombosis and prostate cancer. Yet AQ Khan, who trained as a metallurgical engineer, is often described as the most dangerous person on Earth.

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New Consensus: Pakistan Is the Hot Spot

Amitai Etzioni | Posted 05.25.2011

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Amitai Etzioni

If new reports do not convince the new foreign policy crew that Pakistan deserves first priority in the drive to prevent terrorists from getting their hands on WMDs, nothing will.

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