“Nuclear-armed Iran ought to be a major concern. And they're moving forward. We have got to roll that back.” MovingOughtMajorsConcernNuclearMoving ForwardIran Author:Steve Scalise
“Now, for the moment, we are safe. The only kind of international violence that worries most people in the developed countries is terrorism: from imminent heart attack to a bad case of hangnail in fifteen years flat. We are very lucky people--but we need to use the time we have been granted wisely, because total war is only sleeping. All the major states are still organized for war, and all that is needed for the world to slide back into a nuclear confrontation is a twist of the kaleidoscope that shifts international relations into a new pattern of rival alliances.” PeopleWorldNeedsYearsHeartKindHas BeensStillsWarCountryStatesMomentsUseSleepCasesWorryViolenceNeededLuckySafeMajorsRelationInternationalPatternsTerrorismNuclearGrantedOrganizedFlatsFifteenTwistsRivalsSlidesAlliancesConfrontationInternational RelationsTotal WarFifteen YearsHeart AttackKaleidoscopeDeveloped Country Author:Gwynne Dyer
“Without a deal [with Iran], the international sanctions regime will unravel with little ability to reimpose them. With this deal, we have the possibility of peacefully resolving a major threat to regional and international security. Without a deal, we risk even more war in the Middle East and other countries in the region would feel compelled to pursue their own nuclear programs, threatening a nuclear arms race in the most volatile region in the world.” WorldFeelsLittlesWarCountryAbilityDealsRaceRiskMiddleSecurityPossibilityArmsMajorsProgramThreatInternationalEastNuclearPursueRegionsIranRegimesMiddle EastOther CountriesNational SecurityThreateningCompelledSanctionsArms RaceNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms Race Author:Barack Obama
“I have a fear of nuclear annihilation. I'm a child of the cold war: I didn't live more than 10 miles from a major WarPac nuclear target until the Berlin Wall came down and the CW ended. Knowing you can die horribly at any moment because of decisions made by alien intelligences thousands of miles away who don't even know you exist - there's something Lovecraftian about that, isn't there?” KnowsChildrenMadeWarMomentsDiesDecisionKnowingWallColdMajorsDown AndNuclearMilesAliensTargetCold WarBerlinAnnihilationMiles AwayDecisions MadeBerlin Wall Author:Charles Stross
“People in the United States don't like to hear it, but puritanical Islam has been on the rise because of our unequivocal policy of absolute support for Israel, regardless of what Israel does - even if they invade Lebanon and bombard a major city like Beirut, full of civilians. Israel has atomic bombs, but we go nuts if any Arab country or Iran develops even nuclear capabilities.” PeopleIfsDoeHas BeensCountryStatesUnitedCitiesUnited StatesSupportPolicyMajorsAbsolutesIslamIsraelNuclearBombsIranNutsCapabilityCiviliansAtomic BombLebanonBeirutUnequivocal Author:Khaled Abou El Fadl
“We are spending hundreds of billions of dollars maintaining 5,000 nuclear weapons. I think we need major reform in the military, making it more cost effective, but also focusing on the real crisis that faces America.” ThinkingNeedsRealAmericaFacesMilitaryCostMajorsWeaponsCrisisDollarsSpendingNuclearBillionsReformNuclear WeaponsMaintaining Author:Bernie Sanders
“Most of my scientific work has been basic research. There were no immediate uses for my discoveries, but today the radioisotopes are the workhorses of nuclear medicine, an isotope of plutonium is a major energy source in the space program, and the element americium is critical to the smoke detectors in every house in the country.” Has BeensCountryUseTodayHouseEnergySpaceSourceElementsMajorsResearchDiscoveryProgramMedicineCriticalNuclearSmokeEnergy SourcesSpace ProgramPlutoniumBasic ResearchIsotopes Author:Glenn T. Seaborg
“If there was a war, a big war, a major war on the planet, it would be a nuclear war, and it would destroy all life, human and subhuman, on planet earth.” IfsHumansWarBigsWould BeEarthPlanetsMajorsNuclearPlanet EarthNuclear War Author:Benjamin Creme
“It has been known for some time that a major nuclear war might lead to nuclear winter that would destroy the attacker as well as the target. And threats are now mounting, particularly at the Russian border, confirming the prediction of George Kennan and other prominent figures that NATO expansion, particularly the way it was undertaken, would prove to be a "tragic mistake," a "policy error of historic proportions."” WayWellsHas BeensWarMightMistakeKnownFiguresPolicyProveMajorsThreatErrorsWinterNuclearBordersProportionTragicTargetExpansionPredictionsHistoricNatoNuclear WarProminentNuclear Winter Author:Noam Chomsky
“The thing that I focus on because I don't think it gets enough attention is that among the world's major powers, there is still a nuclear balance of terror - I'm talking about between the United States and Russia, the United States and China.” ThinkingWorldStillsStatesEnoughUnitedAttentionTalkingUnited StatesFocusBalanceMajorsTerrorChinaNuclearRussia Author:John Burroughs
“On both of my major trips to North Korea, the leaders of the country made it plain that they want to make progress towards doing away with nuclear weapons and towards ending the longstanding, official state of war which persists between North Korea and the United States and South Korea, a war which has continued since the ceasefire over fifty years ago. That sort of thing happens quite often when we meet with people who are kind of international outcasts with whom the government of the United States won't meet.” PeopleWantYearsKindMadeWarCountryStatesGovernmentHappensUnitedLeaderUnited StatesProgressMajorsWeaponsYears AgoSouthInternationalNuclearThings HappenMade ItOfficialsFiftyNuclear WeaponsPersistKoreaNorth KoreaOutcastSouth KoreaCeasefire Author:Jimmy Carter
“Remember that in any major nuclear war, the first strike destroys the country that attacks; it's been known for years. The first strike of a major power is very likely to cause what's called nuclear winter, leads to global famine for years and everything's basically gone. Some survivors straggling around. Could [Donald Trump] do it? Who knows.” KnowsYearsFirstsWarCountryRememberCausesKnownGoneTrumpMajorsWinterStrikesNuclearSurvivorFamineNuclear WarNuclear Winter Author:Noam Chomsky
“Some of [Donald Trump] comments can be interpreted as potentially reducing the threat of nuclear war. The major threat right now is right on the Russian border. Notice, not the Mexican border, the Russian border. And it's serious. He has made various statements moving towards reducing the tensions, accommodating Russian concerns and so on.” MadeWarMovingSeriousTrumpRight NowMajorsConcernThreatVariousNuclearStatementsBordersTensionCommentMexicanReducingNuclear WarMexican Border Author:Noam Chomsky
“When we think of the major threats to our national security, the first to come to mind are nuclear proliferation, rogue states and global terrorism. But another kind of threat lurks beyond our shores, one from nature, not humans - an avian flu pandemic.” ThinkingMindFirstsHumansKindStatesSecurityMajorsThreatTerrorismNuclearShoreNational SecurityFluRoguesProliferationPandemicsNuclear Proliferation Author:Barack Obama
“China is a major power in the Pacific and I think we are dealing with some common threats in that region: the whole issue of Korea and the stability of Korea, the whole issue of nuclear proliferation, the whole issue of providing free access to our ships that are operating in that area.” ThinkingWholeCommonIssuesMajorsAreasThreatChinaAccessNuclearShipsRegionsStabilityProvidingKoreaPacificProliferationNuclear Proliferation Author:Leon Panetta
“Some people believe that the nuclear bomb should be awarded the Nobel Peace Prize, since it scared the major powers away from war by equating it with doomsday.” PeopleShouldBelieveWarMajorsScaredNuclearBombsPrizeNobelNuclear BombDoomsdayNobel Peace Prize Author:Steven Pinker
“The greatest fear that haunts this city is a suitcase bomb, nuclear or germ. Many people carry small gas masks. The masses here seem to be resigned to the inevitable, believing an attack of major proportions will happen.” PeopleBelieveSeemsHappensCitiesMajorsMassNuclearInevitableProportionBombsGasMaskGermsSuitcasesResignedGreatest FearGas Masks Author:David Wilkerson