Nuclear Summit

WATCH: Jon Stewart Rips Obama's Russian Hot Mic Mishap

Posted 03.29.2012

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President Obama was the latest victim of a hot mic this week at a nuclear summit in South Korea, but it was the person he was talking to, Russian Pres...

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Conspiring With Russia

Ken Blackwell | Posted 05.27.2012

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Ken Blackwell

The Russians are not our friends. No one wants a new Cold War to break out. President Obama's willingness to conspire with Dmitry Medvedev at a secret meeting raises the most serious questions about his character and his policy.

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Obama: Relations With Pakistan Strained

AP | ANNE GEARAN | Posted 05.27.2012

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SEOUL, South Korea — President Barack Obama, closing a nuclear security summit Tuesday, sought a thaw in the diplomatic chill with Pakistan, a c...

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Obama's Microphone Gaffe

Reuters | Posted 05.26.2012

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SEOUL, March 26 (Reuters) - President Barack Obama was caught on camera on Monday assuring outgoing Russian President Dmitry Medvedev he will have "...

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Obama Games China

Diane Francis | Posted 05.25.2011

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Diane Francis

It will be interesting to see if all this face-saving, indirect pressure will work. With Brazil and others joining the fray, it's likely the yuan will start its quiet climb in May or June.

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Climate Concert in South Asia

Sunil Sharan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Sunil Sharan

Ironically, global warming just might be the common cause to unite South Asia, a region often at odds with itself.

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Obama Administration Explores New 'Fast Strike' Missiles

New York Times | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In coming years, President Obama will decide whether to deploy a new class of weapons capable of reaching any corner of the earth from t...

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Nuclear Follies

John Feffer | Posted 05.25.2011

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John Feffer

If the Russian army makes the bold decision to invade Germany, we can just nuke those damn communist soldiers into oblivion with the 200 tactical nucl...

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Loose Nukes

Will Durst | Posted 05.25.2011

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Will Durst

Since you can't tell your nuclear players apart without a Nuclear Players Scorecard, here they are, with my official Threat Level grading.

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Queen Noor On Nukes, Cross-Cultural Understanding, at CU Boulder

HuffPost Citizen Reporting | ANDREA RAEL | Posted 05.25.2011

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Produced by HuffPost's Citizen Reporting Team In front of hundreds in the CU-Boulder community at Macky Auditorium, Queen Noor al Hussein of Jordan a...

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Foreign Affairs Roundup

Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka | Posted 05.25.2011

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Christopher Herbert and Victoria Kataoka

This week's top stories in foreign affairs.

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The New Anti-Nuclear Movement

Frida Berrigan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Frida Berrigan

No nukes means no nuclear power. The NPT enshrined nuclear power as the ultimate carrot to be exchanged for nonproliferation. It didn't work. And, nuclear power is not clean, green, or cheap.

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Nuclear Summit Signals New Mindset

Posted 05.25.2011

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Bid Farewell to Nuclear Arms

Queen Noor of Jordan | Posted 05.25.2011

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Queen Noor of Jordan

The naysayers are wrong; it is not too late to put the nuclear genie back in its bottle, where it belongs. History has shown us that, through consensus, we can address the most vital global questions.

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Obama Nuclear Summit Yields Early Dividends

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON — In full accord on a global threat, world leaders Tuesday endorsed President Barack Obama's call for securing all nuclear materials ...

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China Faces the Challenges of International Leadership

Deborah Seligsohn | Posted 05.25.2011

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Deborah Seligsohn

In the wake of the global financial crisis, international relations are changing more rapidly than at any time since the end of World War II -- especially for burgeoning countries like China.

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Biden Courts the Non-Aligned on Nukes

Steve Clemons | Posted 05.25.2011

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Steve Clemons

Today, Joe Biden may have helped push a new "global social contract" on international security and safety a bit further by hosting personally at his private residence a unique lunch with the non-aligned state leaders.

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Ukraine To Get Rid Of Highly Enriched Uranium, White House Says

Posted 05.25.2011

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WASHINGTON (AP) -- The White House announced Monday that Ukraine was giving up all its highly enriched uranium, marking success for a major U.S. arms ...

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