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Moreover, in most parts of the world where energy consumption is expanding, nuclear proliferation is an issue.
During the last 20 years, the world has witnessed dramatic proliferation of regional and bilateral preferential trade agreements.
Its voice should be heard on matters ranging from terrorism and weapons proliferation to global climate change and energy policy.
The last six months have witnessed a proliferation of incidents along the 2,520-mile (4,057-kilometer) Sino-Indian frontier.
First, the tail risks (low-probability, high-impact events) in the global economy – a eurozone breakup, the US going over its fiscal cliff, a hard economic landing for China, a war between Israel and Iran over nuclear proliferation – are lower now than they were a year ago.
Two final factors include how soon the eurozone economy bottoms out (there have been some recent signs of stabilization, but the monetary union’s chronic problems remain unresolved), and whether Middle East tensions and the threat of nuclear proliferation in the region – and responses to that threat by the US and Israel – escalate or are successfully contained.
The proliferation of “augmented reality” – an overlay of digital information (as developed by Google Glass, among others) – promises to transform everyday activities into a digital/physical hybrid experience in which customer feedback is instantly and seamlessly available to shoppers.
But, while practically every country today has embraced preferential Free Trade Agreements, the recent leader in this proliferation is the US.
More recently, the discussion has shifted toward a seemingly more credible cause: the proliferation of margin financing since 2010.
Trump’s foreign policy is adding to a long list of perverse incentives in the area of nuclear proliferation.
But that does not mean we should resign ourselves to proliferation, let alone play down its catastrophic potential.
Indeed, at no time since independence has there been such a proliferation of democracy in Latin America.
There are fragile states to contend with, as well as the dangers of proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, authoritarian regimes, and the threat of extremism.
Moreover, keeping large concentrations of animals in confined spaces facilitates the proliferation of infectious diseases that can spread to humans, such as avian flu.
The last decade of war and lawlessness has facilitated the Taliban’s proliferation across Pakistan and Afghanistan, leading the Taliban to consider itself an indefatigable force – a belief that could lead its leaders to undercut any progress toward stability.
The proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery is a threat to both the NATO allies and Russia.
A true joint Euro-Atlantic missile defense would demonstrate NATO’s collective will, not only to defend against the new threats of today and tomorrow, but also to send a clear message that there is nothing to be gained from missile proliferation.
Terrorism, proliferation, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, the Middle East, and China are higher priorities.
In fact, Trump has only made nuclear-weapons proliferation in Asia more likely.
Nobel Prize winners Robert Solow and Paul Krugman famously once questioned whether the proliferation of computers and technology would lead to bottom-line growth.
Last June, shortly after the successful international agreement on the indefinite extension of the Treaty banning the proliferation of nuclear weapons, the newly elected French president Jaques Chirac announced that France would conduct a final series of tests on Muroroa Atoll.
Yet if they succeeded in stopping France from further testing, their victory would be a failure certainly in terms of preventing nuclear proliferation and possibly in terms of enhancing European integration.
Moreover, there is increasing concern over non-compliance and the associated risks of proliferation - to worrisome states, particularly in Asia, and, even more ominously, into the hands of private individuals and terrorist organizations.
Nuclear power is relatively cheap, and could be plentiful, but poses huge dangers for increased proliferation of nuclear-weapons materials.
For example, while Western representatives generally view Iran as an emerging threat, many Russians still insist that the Iranian regime remains a proliferation challenge that can be managed through non-BMD means such as diplomacy and limited international sanctions.
China, Iran, Russia, and North Korea – countries that have long supported Venezuela economically and militarily – would likely make deeper inroads in the region, posing a permanent source of strategic tension that could even open the door to terrorism and nuclear proliferation.
In addition to the long-term challenges of poverty, the environment, nuclear proliferation, and UN reform, the new Secretary-General will inherit a long list of hotspots: Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, Palestine, Lebanon, Somalia, Myanmar, Sudan, North Korea, and others.
America and its allies had four possible solutions to this novel and dangerous problem: preemption, defense, proliferation, and deterrence.
Deterrence, preemption, defense, and proliferation: none of the four possible responses to the progress of the North Korean nuclear program inspires confidence.
Fourth, governments are not always willing to put global considerations (in this case, opposition to nuclear proliferation) ahead of what they see as their immediate strategic interests.
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