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| -Considered a dead treaty after US began developing missile defense system |
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| Material Protection Control and Accounting Program: Lab to Lab, fixed security issues at 1 billion dollars a year |
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Secret deal with Britain and France
-Israel attack Egypt, Britain and France intervene to protect suez canal
-Israel conquers gaza strip and sinai penninsula |
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Cooperative Threat Reduction Program
-Help Russia acquire nukes in break up
-Security for weapons themselves |
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| SUdan Liberation Army, Justice Equality Movement |
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| 4 Arguments for intervention in human rights cases abroad |
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1. Our values and morals make us America
2. Failure to risk casualties amounts to weakness abroad
3. Failing states become hotbeds for terrorism
4. No other country can carry out intervention` |
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| 1993 Egypt and Syria surprise attack Israel. Ariel Sharon crosses behind suez canal, cuts of Egyptians. |
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1967- Egypt Syria Jordan attack.
Ends in 6 days, Israwl dominates takes Gaza Strip, Sinai Penninsula, West Bank, and Golan Heights |
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| PLO Led by Arafat. Signed accord recognizing right for eachother to exist. Limited Palestinian self rule in Gaza. Itssat Rabin assassinated 1995. |
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| Arab militias supported by Govt in Sudan |
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| Problems w/ Security after collapse of USSR |
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-Nukes left in new countries
-Too many facilities, security difficult
-Poor economy, no money for guards
-Greater opportunity to steal
-Probs w/ accounting systems
-Black market |
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| G8 met in Canada, US Provides 10 billion to Russia to secure their shit, other countries collectively put in 10 billion |
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| Dominant strain of Sunni Islam. Extreme fundamentalist beliefs |
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| Attacked by 5 coutnries as soon as they announce solidarity. Lebanon, Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Iraq. Won increasin holdings by 1/2. west Bank and Gaza annexed by Egypt and Jordan after |
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| Israel allows 150k Arabs back into the country |
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1978 Formal Treaty signed in D.C.
-Full recognition of Israel by Egypt
-Israel returned Sinai Penninsula |
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| Prime Minister of Israel who in 1992 rapidly pushed peace negoatiations in order to end the first intifada |
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Created defensive wall, ending 2nd intifada
Pushed for w/d from settlements
Had stroke in 2006, ending reign |
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| Arguements against humanitarian intervention |
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-Loss of troops, sovereignity
-Slippery Slope |
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| When is US intervention justified? |
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| When the number of deaths in a country exceed the murder rate in the US |
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Build up ties with a nation, economic ties--> Benefits
EX US AND CHINA |
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-Defined and outlawed genocide
-Obligates parties to intervene in instances of genocide |
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| Arab and Muslim north, Christian and Animist south |
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| Weapons that can take out key cities bases and weapons stockpiles (ICBMs etc..) |
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| Amount and Density of fissible material needed to cause an explosion nuclear |
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| can be used on the battlefield |
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| Gun design and Implosion design |
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| Countries who didn't sign NPT |
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-Not natural, need nuclear reactor
-Light water= reactor grade (Burns LEU)
-Heavy water = weapons grade (Burns nat uranium) |
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Helped IAEA by allowing them to sample facilities they had access to
-Unnannounced inspections
Surveillance and detection technology could transmit remotely |
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| Anti ballistic missiles treaty, no missile defense program |
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| Drawbacks to Biological Weapons Convetion |
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| No enforcement mechanism, no verification mechanism |
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| Chemical Weapons Convention |
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| Prohibit development and production of chemical weapons |
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Strategic arms Reduction treaty
-Limited US + Soviets to 6000 strategic nukes
-1600 strategic delivery vehicle |
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Nuclear Non-proliferation treaty
-Non states couldn't go nuclear
-Nuclear states couldn't help non go nuclear
-Nuclear states must assist w/ peaceful power
-Current states must make progress towards disarmament |
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-Heavy water production plant
-Plans for heavy water reactor in 2009, 1-2 nukes a year (Iran) |
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Secret Uranium Enrichment facility in iran
-160 centrifuges, with equipment for 4000 more (Constructing 1000 more currently) plans for 50000 underground |
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| Negotiated and ratified by USSR But Carter withdrew after invasion of Afghanistan |
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Put a cap on strategic arsenals of US and Soviets (6000 warheads and 1600 delivery vehicles)
-Included ABM Treaty
STRATEGIC ARMS LIMITATION TALKS |
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| Iranian nuclear reactor being built with Russian assistance |
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| Biological Weapons Convention |
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| Outlawed biological weapons |
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Strategic Offensive Reduction Treaty
-Reduction of strategic weapons to 1700-2200
Problems: 10 yr time scale, no restraints after 2012, only de-alerting not destroying |
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| Russia repairs and finishes one German reactor, light water |
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| Inspections of all declared chemical weapons production facilities and certain commercial industrial production facilities |
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| Multi-National Corporation: Companies with international branches |
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| Non-Governmental Organization: Cut across natoinal boundaries and are made up of groups. Not official reps (Amnesty International, Peace Corps |
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| International Atomic Energy Agency:Helps guarantee non states dont go nuclear |
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Official: US, Soviets, Britain, France, China
Unofficial, India, Pakistan, Israel, North Korea |
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1. Non states must provide info on all nuclear mats moving through facilities
2. Carry out inspections of declared facilities |
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1. Non states must provide info on all nuclear mats moving through facilities
2. Carry out inspections of declared facilities |
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Inter-Governmental Organizations
UN, NATO |
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| International Organizations |
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| Tie states together for peace |
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| Economies of countries are tied together leading to increased Peace |
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| 1. 24 hour inspections, only declared facilities |
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| 2 methods of removing nuclear materials |
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| Hgh magnetism and filters, centrifuges |
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| 3 methods of creating international law |
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| International conventions or treaties, Custom, General principles of law recognized by civilized nations |
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| U235 (HEU), Pu239 Plutonium |
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