No sensible argument has been put forward for using nuclear weapons to solve any of the major 21st century problems we face -– threats posed by rogue states, failed states, proliferation, regional conflicts, terrorism, cyber warfare, organized crime, drug trafficking, conflict-driven mass migration of refugees, epidemics or climate change.
The unclassified report, which was presented to the US Senate by director of National Intelligence James Clapper in February, named Iran as a "cyber and regional threat" to the US because of its support for Syrian president Bashar al-Assad, but did not include the country in the 'terrorism' section, as in previous years.
The EC is also aiming to give a big boost to the development of regional technologies to counter cyber threats by taking steps to encourage more security focused startup businesses to be born in Europe — announcing a public-private partnership yesterday focused on injecting funds into cybersecurity research and innovation.
"Among other things it will cover the terrorist threat, regional instability and weapons proliferation, cyber security and espionage.
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Position ourselves as a regional reference in the area of cyber security through political and technological leadership in the international scenarios where the nation (Fig. 10).
Several international experts on cyber violence are taking part in the Regional Consultation after attending an ECPAT International special meeting on cyber violence.
The leaders will meet amid tensions over alleged Chinese cyber spying, Beijing's economic policies and China's regional territorial disputes.
She signalled that "complex and specialist capabilities", including firearms, financial crime and cyber crime, could be shared between forces or transferred to regional organised crime units.
