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Even its spiritual development has been warped by the proliferation, popularization, and increase in relative power...of religious groups that represent an intolerant, militant, and gender-based interpretation of Islam."
We are used to thinking about global cooperation in fields such as monetary policy, disease control, or nuclear weapons
proliferation.
Two developments averted the nightmare of reckless nuclear
proliferation.
But in Rouhani’s discussions on
proliferation
back then, Iran had offered the three EU countries with which it had begun negotiations a reasonable compromise: Iran would maintain a civil but not a military nuclear capacity.
This began to change with the rapid
proliferation
of bilateral investment treaties (BITs), which typically granted private investors standing before the ICSID.
Indeed, the
proliferation
of agricultural technology – from more efficient machinery to higher-yielding or more robust crop varieties – has the potential to narrow the productivity gap considerably, even if differences between climates and producers remain.
But, by enabling the rise of monopoly power, and by facilitating barriers to entry, the growth of IT has also had major negative economic, social, and political side effects, including the
proliferation
of “fake news.”
With nuclear proliferation, that risk may one day become real.
The result has been the
proliferation
of settlements of a million people or fewer living with limited public-health infrastructure.
To be sure, where nuclear
proliferation
issues are concerned, the US has a history of staking out a maximalist position publicly, but being more pragmatic in closed-door negotiations.
As a result, a
proliferation
of financial providers is likely, with particularly bright prospects for institutional partnerships that combine the more agile existing platforms with exciting new content and approaches.
The 1990’s concept of a “European Defense Identity” within NATO proved to be unviable – and since then expansion of the alliance and
proliferation
of NATO “partners” has made the idea of a special collective role for EU members all the more improbable.
Second, in order to understand how to cope with the problems that plague us – from terrorism to nuclear
proliferation
– it is sensible to know how and whence they emerged.
Similarly, the threat of pandemics means that Americans may come to recognize the importance of a stronger World Health Organization, just as the problem of nuclear
proliferation
is increasing awareness of the importance of the International Atomic Energy Agency.
The FAO blames the rise in hunger on a
proliferation
of violent conflicts and “climate-related shocks,” which means specific, extreme events like floods and droughts.
The risk is that if Iran is allowed its bomb, uncontrollable nuclear
proliferation
would follow.
However, since the Non-Nuclear
Proliferation
Treaty (NPT) came into force in 1970, only three new nuclear states have emerged – India, Pakistan, and Israel.
Large barriers to nuclear
proliferation
thus exist independent of the NPT.
The floodgates to nuclear
proliferation
would not open; a more likely outcome would be a “balance of terror” between Israel and Iran, as exists between India and Pakistan.
The
proliferation
of calls for devolution, secession, and independence is but one manifestation of this tectonic shift.
A decade ago, many people believed that the
proliferation
of mobile devices in Africa would mean a short leap to digital empowerment.
Nuclear cooperation between North Korea and Iran is no doubt assisting both countries to flaunt international norms – and now it appears that Burma has joined this axis of illicit nuclear
proliferation.
In practice, the
proliferation
of new safeguards has introduced a high degree of moral hazard and created perverse incentives for governments and market participants alike.
The
proliferation
of backstops not only prevents risk mitigation, but actually invites even more risk.
The
proliferation
of non-state armed groups around the world makes civilian protection both more urgent and harder to achieve.
As it stands, while the world tends to agree on constraining
proliferation
by limiting countries’ access to the relevant technology and material, the consensus often breaks down once
proliferation
has occurred.
This should become a topic of discussion at bilateral and multilateral meetings, not because it would lead to a formal agreement, but because it would focus attention on applying stringent sanctions or undertaking military action, which could then reduce the odds of
proliferation.
As then-UN Secretary General Kofi Annan rightly argued, this opened the door to the
proliferation
of unilateral, lawless use of force.
Indeed, the
proliferation
of bilateral agreements, with their own mechanisms for resolving differences, will inevitably weaken the WTO’s dispute-settlement mechanism, further undermining multilateralism.
The threat, for example, of a eurozone implosion, another government shutdown or debt-ceiling fight in the United States, a hard landing in China, or a war between Israel and Iran over nuclear proliferation, will be far more subdued.
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