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    War Is Not The Answer

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    repercussion. A looming threat of nuclear war is closer to a reality as the two sides clash, and the benefits coming from war are far few in between. America currently favors militarism, which has lead to the neglect of their own domestic needs in hopes to win this battle. War isn’t leading to any victory, it’s simply an ineffective method in the attempt to stop terrorism. Stepping into a world of advancing technology brings in the improvement of devastating artillery. In

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    further reduction and limitation of strategic arms and nuclear arsenal. Both United States and the Russian administration have to meet the treaty’s limitation and reduction of their nuclear strategic weapons by February 5th 2018. The New START Treaty establishes a strategic stability between the world two biggest nuclear powers. The Treaty has strengthened US –Russian relationships and a new stability for the non-proliferation era and has placed nuclear inspection sites in

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    United States[edit] Main articles: Nuclear weapons and the United States and United States and weapons of mass destruction The United States developed the first atomic weapons, during World War II in cooperation with the United Kingdom and Canada as part of the Manhattan Project, out of the fear that Nazi Germany would develop them first. It tested the first nuclear weapon in 1945 ("Trinity"), and remains the only country to have used nuclear weapons against an enemy state in warfare, devastating

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    Before the Second World War, nuclear weapons did not exist. However, by the end of the Second World War, this was not the case. The United States initiated a top secret program code-named the Manhattan Project. This project brought some of the greatest minds of the world together with the goal of developing nuclear weapons. The United States successfully tested its first nuclear bomb in New Mexico on July 16th, 1945. Three weeks later two atomic bombs had been dropped on the cities of Hiroshima and

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    through new sanctions against and diplomacy with Iran. Liberal institutionalism provides the best approach for dealing with security issues regarding nuclear proliferation in Iran because diplomacy would satisfy both Iranian and U.S and its allies’ interests. This memo explains the assumptions of liberal institutionalism, introduces the Iranian nuclear program background, provides liberal institutionalism diplomatic options, and offers specific strategic options with recommendations. Liberal institutionalism

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    issue in the work surrounding nuclear disarmament is the production of fissile materials. These materials are elements that "can sustain an explosive fission chain reaction" and are essential in all nuclear explosives. The two common forms of fissile materials are highly enriched uranium (HEU) and plutonium; the former is uranium that has been enriched to above 20%. Currently, the global stockpile of HEU is approximately 1670 tons, 99% of which is located in the Nuclear Weapon States: United States

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    INTRODUCTION: It all began in 1939 when Franklin D. Roosevelt found out that the Nazis were funding money and were attempting to build some sort of nuclear weapons. Roosevelt knew if the Germans had gotten their hands on an Atomic Weapon, the war would be over quick. Who knows what could’ve happened next? As a result Roosevelt acted fastly but strategically by funding the U.S’s own experiment to build atomic weapons. The secret codename for this project was named the “Manhattan Project.” The Manhattan

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    multi-dimensional theoretical framework must be established in order to comprehend the full idea of nuclear weapons, deterrence, and when deciding whether the use can be justified. Researching various perspectives can assist the ethical decision making process by educating the readers on the position of the Catholic Bishops and International Relations Theory. Trying to determine the ethics of nuclear weapons requires different lenses of theoretical framework such as a realist and liberalist view that

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    types of weapons of mass destruction and those are nuclear weapons, biological warfare agents, and chemical warfare agents. These weapons share their potential for large-scale destruction and the indiscriminate nature of their effects, notably against civilians. WMD’s challenges our peace and security here in the United States. There is a strategy for dealing with weapons of mass destructions, and it is the three pillars, which are counter proliferation, nonproliferation, and WMD consequence management

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    soft power. First step is the U.S. will need to do is enhance its relationship with China, because if the world’s two most powerful countries (G2) can come to agreement on issues plaguing the world such as climate change, economic imbalances, nuclear proliferation, and interventions in failed states, terrorism, energy, and food security they will influence other countries on the importance of tackling the major ecumenical quandaries the world faces. The U.S. will also need to dissever itself from the

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