“One of the most serious [challenges] is increased military spending and the cost of maintaining and developing nuclear arsenals. Enormous resources are being consumed for these purposes, when they could be spent on the development of peoples, especially those who are poorest. For this reason I firmly hope that, during the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference to be held this May in New York, concrete decisions will be made towards progressive disarmament, with a view to freeing our planet from nuclear arms” MayMadeReasonPurposeChallengesReligiousDecisionViewsMilitaryNew YorkPlanetsSeriousArmsDevelopmentCostResourcesSpendingNuclearEnormousDevelopingProgressiveReviewsConcreteNuclear WeaponsConferencesMaintainingConsumedOur PlanetPoorestTreatiesDisarmamentArsenalProliferationNuclear ArmsMilitary SpendingProliferation Treaty Author:Pope Benedict XVI
“I think that Iran with a nuclear weapon is extremely destabilizing. I think it could precipitate a nuclear arms race in the region.” ThinkingRaceArmsWeaponsNuclearRegionsIranNuclear WeaponsArms RaceNuclear ArmsNuclear Arms Race Author:Robert M. Gates