Nuclear Materials Preventable 'Crazy' to Put Their Hands: Weekend Roundup

Nuclear Materials Preventable 'Crazy' to Put Their Hands: Weekend Roundup

Looming question are heavily weighted to the world leaders who gathered in Washington this week to attend the Nuclear Security Summit IV: that terrorists obtain dangerous nuclear materials?

 

"There is no doubt that if these lunatics got ever their hands on a nuclear bomb or nuclear material, they will certainly be used to kill as many innocent people as possible," US President Barack Obama at a summit Friday.

Fears of nuclear ambitions, the so-called Islamic State since been found on the suspect is linked to the terrorist attacks in November in Paris with the surveillance video from the station, the Belgian nuclear power official. He said Matthew Bonn Harvard Belgian case highlights the further steps to be taken to thwart nuclear terrorism. "The main nuclear facilities must be protected from vandalism," he said. "Radioactive sources must be protected, followed by the rest of their lives and, where possible, replaced with less dangerous technologies."

He warned the Nuclear Threat Initiative, a private in Washington that tracks nuclear security advocacy group, in a new report that the ingredients to make a "dirty bomb" radiological located at thousands of sites around the world - including the medical and research centers and industrial - and that "many of them [ and bad content and vulnerable to theft. " Cybersabotage is another risk. Later this year, the United Kingdom and the United States is planning a letter to simulate an attack on a nuclear power plant to test your readiness and year.

Obama launched the first nuclear security summit in 2010 in order to achieve a nuclear-free world. Since then, nuclear security has progressed through many efforts - not least of which is Iran deal. But while many countries have given up or stalled its nuclear weapons program, Pakistan, India, China, North Korea and the growing stockpiles of nuclear weapons.

The smuggling of nuclear materials is also a continuing problem. From 1993 to 2014, the International Atomic Energy Agency reported 2,700 confirmed incidents of non-radiative project worldwide trafficking. During the past six years, there have been at least four foiled attempts to sell radioactive materials for extremists through Moldova. In February of last year, "a smuggler offered large amounts of cesium killer - enough to contaminate several city blocks - and sought specifically buyer group of the Islamic state," reported The Associated Press.

Joe Cirincione claims that it is more likely that the material seized in stings Moldova came from Russia, and it should be on the United States and Russia are directing billions spent on nuclear arsenals to prevent ISIS access to radioactive materials. It is suggested that Obama's use of the word in Hiroshima on his upcoming trip to Japan to impose operational procedures to stop the planned construction of new nuclear weapons in the United States and thus prevent a renewed arms race with Russia. It is worth mentioning that the Russian President Vladimir Putin has boycotted the nuclear summit this week. He said Russia was not included sufficiently in the planning process; however, many believe that he is seeking retribution for the imposition of US sanctions against Russia.

It has rolled on the red carpet of Chinese President Xi Jinping at the summit. He was the only leader in the extended meeting one-on-one with Obama. The two leaders agreed on the implementation of jointly sanctions against North Korea at a meeting on Friday, which followed Pyongyang's warning that it will continue to develop nuclear weapons. Short also launched a missile range in the sea Friday - the latest in a recent series of rocket fire from the country. Over the years, the United States and China has taken important steps in the field of cooperative nuclear security, noted Zhang Hui, except, perhaps most importantly, in the military sector. Cut off military cooperation after the United States accused China of spying in the 1990s. There are also concerns about nuclear terrorism in Pakistan, where the Taliban attacked a nuclear air base in 2012.

Hit the terrorists in Pakistan again on Sunday during the Easter holiday celebrations. It was a horrific suicide bombing in a park in Lahore, killing more than 70 people, mostly women and children. He claimed responsibility for a branch of the Taliban. Writing from Islamabad, Mosharraf Zaidi explains that the Taliban attack on a school in 2014 to speed up the government's campaign against terrorism, and the Taliban are getting desperate. Raza Rumi confirms that the Pakistani military campaign alone will not heal intolerance - it must be coupled with deradicalization and reintegration programs. Farheen Rizvi makes the case of the bombing of Lahore shows serious cracks in the policy of terrorism in the country.

Pena Sarwar breaks down how to use the religious right in Pakistan, "blasphemy" to usurp political power and threaten the rule of the country from the law. Malik Siraj largest tells the escalation of tension between India and Pakistan after the arrest of the alleged Indian spy in Pakistan's Balochistan province.

Writing from Athens, Cass Mudde details of the steps we can take to counter the rise of populism in Europe. Writing for the Arab HuffPost, Amr Hamzawy feared that if the terrorist attacks continue, the right-wing and racist movements can continue to gain momentum. Howard Feynman states that a tragic flaw Donald Trump may be a need to prove his "manhood" that degrade women.

Jared Bernstein maintains that trade protectionism Trump is based on a sound basis, but that the trade deficit in specific countries - the United States, China and Germany - Is the cost of workers in jobs and income. Nathan Gardels sees global race taking place between the Authority and the newly-deprived lately.

Discuss whether despite the "public relations campaign" of China in Africa to reassure investors, and a slowdown in the Chinese economy continues to Eric Olander and Cobus van Htadin to slow down a large part of the special economics of Africa. Writing from Beijing, Wu Jianmin and calls for the United States and China to work together to accelerate bilateral investment treaty and to ensure the success of the G20 summit in September in Hangzhou. Nick Robins-Early discusses what a huge corruption scandal in Brazil could mean for the country.

Writing from Kiev, Maria Snegovaya attitudes that if the West does not force reforms in Ukraine, the country could collapse. Latvian President Vaira Vike-Freiberga, the former claiming non-compliance with UN mandate to protect refugees and "threaten the world order." Writing from Munich, Sabrina Hoffman tells the story of three refugees in Germany who are giving back by volunteering in a assisted living home.

Frederick Hoff, former US adviser on the transition process in Syria, clapping that violence is down, humanitarian aid reaches in Syria, but he regrets that "the map to the Promised Land - former politician transformation - still white paper," Iran's Supreme National Security Council suggested by Seyyed Hossein Mousavian many of the steps to be taken to resolve the Syrian crisis and reduce the threat of ISIS.

Kanan Makiya explores the roots of the instability plaguing the Middle East today. About six months after US planes bombed a shock MSF clinic, the Middle East correspondent WorldPost Sophia Jones tankers that Afghans have more answers, aggravated mistrust questions. Jesselyn Cook sets new UNICEF report finds that 320,000 children in Yemen are at risk of severe malnutrition.

We have "forgotten truths" takes a look at the biggest kidnapping of school Boko Haram and the reason it has gone without a go unnoticed to a large extent. Charlotte Alfred provides us with a network of teachers in Kenya who challenge extremist narratives in the classroom. It also glimpses of the Islamic theatrical Belgian writer who introduced the "jihad", uses dark humor to shed light on why a disproportionate number of young Belgian became extremism.

This week, the Fusion is considering whether predictive policing, which uses algorithms to predict where crimes will occur, and lead to racial profiling. Finally, the uniqueness tells us that the researchers tested a new way to prevent Alzheimer's disease: a capsule packed with cells genetically modified.