Skip to main content

Home/ Comparative Politics/ Group items tagged nuclear program

Rss Feed Group items tagged

Filter: All | Bookmarks | Topics Simple Middle
Robert Giesler

U.S. Suspects Iran Was Behind a Wave of Cyberattacks - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...nd-a-wave-of-cyberattacks.html

Iran cyberattacks

shared by Robert Giesler on 14 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Robert Giesler on 14 Oct 12
     
    This article is about cyberattacks on the various companies, specifically Saudi Aramco, an oil company. Apparently Iran is behind the attacks. I find it interesting how cyber warfare might become an even bigger part of conflicts today. It's also interesting how the US and Israel have both been attacking companies from Iran, which isn't scrutinized, yet as soon as Iran does it, it's a huge issue.
  • ...1 more comment...
  • Elizabeth Sundsmo on 15 Oct 12
     
    I also find the difference of who is scrutinized (and who is not) interesting. The dependency on technology and computers in the global economy in light of this article makes me wonder if this is not just becoming a bigger part of conflicts, but perhaps the main conflict in countries fighting for an economic or even global edge. To me it seems a bit reminiscent of the Cold War because countries will race to develop malicious and protective software in order to feel safe, much like the US and Russia did with nuclear warheads to deter the other (although all it would really take is one warhead sent from each country to insure mutual destruction). "...the United States might redefine defense in cyberspace as requiring the capacity to reach forward over computer networks if an attack was detected or anticipated, and take pre-emptive action.... For now, officials have decided to hold back. "The countries who need to know we have it already know," the senior intelligence official said."
  • Adam Pease on 15 Oct 12
     
    I think the relationship between nuclear security and cyber attacks is interesting. The US does not receive much criticism for deploying Stuxnet (designed to damage Iran's nuclear program), but Iran is criticized for deploying computer viruses aimed at other elements of US defense. This raises interesting questions about whether or not Western states have a right to deny non-Western states nuclear acquisition.
  • Kay Bradley on 15 Oct 12
     
    Great point in your post about emphasis of investigations, Robert
Rachel Bachman

European Union Intensifies Sanction on Iran - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...nsifies-sanctions-on-iran.html

Iran Sanctions European Union Embargo

shared by Rachel Bachman on 15 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Rachel Bachman on 15 Oct 12
     
    The European Union has toughened sanctions against Iran over its disputed nuclear program, banning trade in industries like finance, metals and natural gas, and making other business transactions far more cumbersome, expressing "serious and deepening concerns over Iran's nuclear program." Iran is now suffering acute inflammation, further lowering is credit and ability to sell oil.
  • Adam Pease on 15 Oct 12
     
    It is interesting to consider the dangers that sanctions on states like Iran pose to the international system. Generally, we have been approaching Iran as an "immature" state that does not have the right to have a nuclear program. This sort of attitude alienates Iran and produces resentment against the Western world.
  • Kay Bradley on 15 Oct 12
     
    Iran is suffering inflammation??? Or inflation??? :^)
Chelsea Wirth

European Union Intensifies Sanctions on Iran - 1 views

www.nytimes.com/...nsifies-sanctions-on-iran.html

European Union Iran nuclear program

shared by Chelsea Wirth on 15 Oct 12 - No Cached
  • Chelsea Wirth on 15 Oct 12
     
    This article talks about how the European Union disapproves of Iran's nuclear probram. The European Union banned trade in many basic industries such as natural gas so to cause greater difficulties for iran. Iran has also experienced a tough economic climate amidst a world suffering from a great economic depression. For example, Iran has had extreme inflation that has been extremely damaging towards its economy and its power in the world.
  • Alex Sommer on 15 Oct 12
     
    Very cool!
agnesg22

Biden Signs Bill to Compensate 'Havana Syndrome' Victims - The New York Times - 0 views

www.nytimes.com/...havana-syndrome-biden-law.html

shared by agnesg22 on 26 Oct 21 - No Cached
  • The India incident came after two dozen or more cases were reported in Vienna, which is home to three U.S. Embassies (two of which are linked to United Nations agencies), as well as the negotiations over Iran’s nuclear program.
    • agnesg22
      agnesg22 on 26 Oct 21
       
      I wasn't aware of the cases of "Havana Syndrome" that were happening in other U.S. embassies.
  • agnesg22 on 26 Oct 21
     
    I don't think that the CIA and the State Department should be the ones to determine compensation. That would lead to inequality favoring those affected who are a part of those organizations.
duncanc2023

North Korea's Kim calls for meeting to review state affairs - 0 views

apnews.com/...61b0d084163dbbbb633d66284a1bf3

shared by duncanc2023 on 01 Dec 22 - No Cached
  • duncanc2023 on 01 Dec 22
     
    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called for a major political which he is expected to address his increasingly tense relations with Washington and Seoul over the expansion of his nuclear and missile programs. North Korea has ramped up missile testing to a record pace this year, exploiting a divide in the United Nations Security Council by Russia's war on Ukraine. But Kim has also been struggling to improve a dysfunctional and heavily sanctioned economy made worse by pandemic border closures in recent years, an issue he may also address during the meeting at the years end.
  • Kay Bradley on 04 Dec 22
     
    "improve a dysfunctional and heavily sanctioned economy. . . "? we know so little about what goes on inside North Korea, but it seems pretty functionally totalitarian. See this article from 2018: https://www.npr.org/2018/10/01/652037944/photos-inside-a-north-korea-that-is-changing-but-at-its-own-pace
1 - 5 of 5
Showing 20▼ items per page