The new nuclear arms race
May 10, 2007
Australia can help persuade the US and China to limit their strategic weapons, writes Hugh White.
SINCE the end of the Cold War we have stopped worrying about nuclear war between the major powers, and have turned our concern to proliferation among rogue states and terrorists. But the big states still have big nuclear arsenals, and they are not standing still. Both the US and China are steadily developing their strategic nuclear forces. As they do so, they risk slipping into a destabilising competition for nuclear advantage against one another, which could affect their wider relationships, and threaten peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. This matters a lot to Australia, and there is something simple that we can and should do about it.
To read the full article from The Age, click on:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/the-new-nuclear-arms-race/2007/05/09/1178390386423.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
Australia can help persuade the US and China to limit their strategic weapons, writes Hugh White.
SINCE the end of the Cold War we have stopped worrying about nuclear war between the major powers, and have turned our concern to proliferation among rogue states and terrorists. But the big states still have big nuclear arsenals, and they are not standing still. Both the US and China are steadily developing their strategic nuclear forces. As they do so, they risk slipping into a destabilising competition for nuclear advantage against one another, which could affect their wider relationships, and threaten peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific region. This matters a lot to Australia, and there is something simple that we can and should do about it.
To read the full article from The Age, click on:
http://www.theage.com.au/news/opinion/the-new-nuclear-arms-race/2007/05/09/1178390386423.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap1
posted by Pax Christi @ Thursday, May 10, 2007
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