reduction of nuclear arsenals
11Strategic Arms Reduction Talks — (abbr START) talks between the US and the USSR to reduce the number of their nuclear weapons. Reductions were made after President Reagan and the Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev signed the INF Treaty in 1987 and President Bush and Gorbachev… …
12List of states with nuclear weapons — Map of nuclear weapons countries of the world.   NPT nuclear weapon States (China, France, Russia, UK, USA) …
13international relations — a branch of political science dealing with the relations between nations. [1970 75] * * * Study of the relations of states with each other and with international organizations and certain subnational entities (e.g., bureaucracies and political… …
14Reagan, Ronald W. — ▪ president of United States Introduction in full Ronald Wilson Reagan born February 6, 1911, Tampico, Illinois, U.S. died June 5, 2004, Los Angeles, California 40th president of the United States (1981–89), noted for his conservative… …
15Canada and weapons of mass destruction — Weapons of mass destruction …
16conventional weaponry — noun Destructive implements of warfare which are not nuclear, chemical, or biological in nature. The French initiative calls for the elimination of chemical weapons, a ban on production of biological arms and the reduction of nuclear arsenals. As …
17Military Affairs — ▪ 2009 Introduction Russia and Georgia fought a short, intense war in 2008, fueling global fears of a new Cold War. On August 7 Georgia launched an aerial bombardment and ground attacks against its breakaway province of South Ossetia.… …
1813 steps — The 13 steps is a paragraph of the Final Document (agreed by consensus) of the 2000 Review Conference of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty, providing a set of practical steps for the systematic and progressive efforts to implement Article VI… …
19India — /in dee euh/, n. 1. Hindi, Bharat. a republic in S Asia: a union comprising 25 states and 7 union territories; formerly a British colony; gained independence Aug. 15, 1947; became a republic within the Commonwealth of Nations Jan. 26, 1950.… …
20Comparison of United States presidential candidates, 2008 — This article compares the presidential candidates in the United States 2008 presidential election. It does not cover previous elections. Because of ballot access restrictions in the United States, not all candidates appeared on the ballots in all …
