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A “cyber attack” can take any number of forms, including simple probes, defacement of Web sites, denial-of-service attacks, espionage, and
destruction
of data.
His signature achievement was joint authorship with then-Democratic Senator Sam Nunn of the 1992 Cooperative Threat Reduction program (universally known as “Nunn-Lugar”), which successfully secured and dismantled nuclear and other weapons of mass
destruction
in former Soviet states.
Aid from across the world is making its way towards the destruction, and the US is here too.
It invokes its effects not by sheer destruction, but by dramatizing atrocious acts against civilians.
We need a sustained global commitment to disarmament and continued common efforts to prevent the spread of weapons of mass
destruction
in order to maintain the credibility of the collective security system.
Terrorism, the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, genocide, poverty, hunger, global warming, huge natural disasters, and the spread of deadly diseases such as HIV/AIDS, malaria, and tuberculosis all exemplify global challenges that require multilateral solutions.
In Palestinian politics, total victory and Israel’s
destruction
is still preferable to an honest assessment that this goal is unattainable, terrorism must be abandoned, and law and order must be imposed.
It is regrettable that, instead of rising to the challenge of developing agriculture in a way that is more socially and environmentally sustainable, we act as if accelerating the
destruction
of the global peasantry could be accomplished responsibly.
The US
destruction
of the Iraqi state brought about a precarious new order that sought to redress years of Sunni dominance by favoring the Shia.
Was it not the case, it is claimed, that the Shia also colluded with the Mongols in the fall of Baghdad in 1258, culminating in the death of the last Abbasid caliph and the
destruction
of the Abbasid Empire, the “universal state” of Muslims?
We end deforestation and the
destruction
of arable land.
For starters, global agreements and targets have not yet been put in place for major environmental challenges, including the
destruction
of fertile topsoil and global plastic production.
The rules of the global economy also remain untouchable, making it nearly impossible to restructure financial and trade policies to ensure that they do not result in more poverty, unchecked climate change, and irreversible resource
destruction.
The British-determined partition with Pakistan added communal violence, the trauma of
destruction
and displacement, and 13 million refugees to this list of woes.
There is a better way to prevent the proliferation of nuclear and other weapons of mass
destruction
in the region: a “WMD-free zone,” built on a system of incentives that include economic and technical support for countries that join, as well as security guarantees from the United Nations Security Council’s permanent members.
Without their involvement, Assad’s regime would most likely have remained repressive; with their involvement, Syria has become a site of mass death and
destruction.
Withdrawal of US financial and logistical support for the rebellion, and calling on others to do the same, would not address Syria’s authoritarianism or resolve America’s issues with Iran, but it would stop or greatly reduce the large-scale killing and
destruction
in Syria itself.
But what Schumpeter called “creative destruction” can facilitate the eventual emergence and expansion of new, more efficient firms.
This will also require that the 2002 Global Partnership, dedicated to securing and eliminating all weapons of mass
destruction
– nuclear, chemical, and biological – is renewed and expanded when it convenes next year in the US.
Species extinctions are occurring at a rate far greater than the natural cycle, owing largely to habitat
destruction
caused by human activities such as deforestation and land clearance.
Biodiversity is essential to our health, wealth, and well-being, and we now have the ability to halt its
destruction
and turn the tide.
Nor, however, is the debate about the military option – the
destruction
of Iran’s nuclear program through US air strikes – conducive to resolving the issue.
This is because the
destruction
of confidence undermines the “animal spirits” of capitalism: borrowers are unwilling to borrow and lenders are unwilling to lend.
The
destruction
of wealth also destroys collateral, which means that even those who wish to borrow cannot.
Christian businessmen have also suffered because the ban on the commercial sale of alcohol has led to the
destruction
of their beverage stocks.
At the same time, increasing military spending, challenges to maritime security, non-traditional threats ranging from piracy to terrorism, and the
destruction
wrought by natural disasters are making the region’s security environment more complex.
If I had suggested to my superiors at that time that the UN would one day observe and even run elections in sovereign states, conduct intrusive inspections for weapons of mass destruction, impose comprehensive sanctions on the entire import-export trade of a member state, or set up international criminal tribunals and coerce governments into handing over their citizens to be tried by foreigners under international law, they would have told me that I did not understand what the UN was all about.
In an era of ballistic missiles and other weapons of mass destruction, and in which the planned Palestinian state is supposed to be demilitarized, why is it so vital for Israel to see its army “sit along the Jordan River”?
The report also details the
destruction
of schools, the post-conflict mental health problems faced by the young, and the imprisonment of children.
The Instability of InequalityNEW YORK – This year has witnessed a global wave of social and political turmoil and instability, with masses of people pouring into the real and virtual streets: the Arab Spring; riots in London;Israel’s middle-class protests against high housing prices and an inflationary squeeze on living standards; protesting Chilean students; the
destruction
in Germany of the expensive cars of “fat cats”;India’s movement against corruption; mounting unhappiness with corruption and inequality in China; and now the “Occupy Wall Street” movement in New York and across the United States.
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