Great decisions is produced by the Foreign Policy association in association with thomson reuters, funding for great decisions is provided by Price Waterhouse coopers llp. dramatic music [radio host] a short time ago, an american airplane dropped one bomb on hiroshima. That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of tnt. [narrator] the seeds of Nuclear Proliferation were sown when the us attacked hiroshima and nagasaki at the end of world war ii. It was mankinds first exposure to a weapon that would forever alter the calculus of war. The introduction of then called atomic weapons in 1945 had a very Significant Impact on geopolitics. At the time, i think all leaders were aware that this was something qualitatively different, they werent sure what it meant. When one plane can inflict the same level of damage that it previously took thousands of planes and maybe multiple raids by thousands of planes to inflict, i think everyone realized things would be different. The ending of world war ii b
Shoulders. The bang bang have always been a vital part of peoples lives here. In a city so full of hills and narrow roads, bang bangs have carried many loads for residents. Now they are on the verge of disappearing. Chongquing used to have 500,000 of these carriers but as the city has become developed, theyre steadily disappearing. This episode follows the end of their legacy. The chongquing river is the largest in asia. Located upstream, its developed into a major port for river transport. Chongquing is a directly controlled municipality of china, along with beijing and shanghai. It used to be a part of Szechwan Province but given its current designation as part of an effort to develop innercities that had fallen behind coastal regions due to the effects of reform policies. Recently chongquing has been further developed as a hub connecting china and europe. Thanks to those efforts it am joyed an 11 growth last year, the largest in china. The city is undergoing numerous nation Wide Dev
Great decisions is produced by the Foreign Policy association in association with thomson reuters, funding for great decisions is provided by Price Waterhouse coopers llp. dramatic music [radio host] a short time ago, an american airplane dropped one bomb on hiroshima. That bomb has more power than 20,000 tons of tnt. [narrator] the seeds of Nuclear Proliferation were sown when the us attacked hiroshima and nagasaki at the end of world war ii. It was mankinds first exposure to a weapon that would forever alter the calculus of war. The introduction of then called atomic weapons in 1945 had a very Significant Impact on geopolitics. At the time, i think all leaders were aware that this was something qualitatively different, they werent sure what it meant. When one plane can inflict the same level of damage that it previously took thousands of planes and maybe multiple raids by thousands of planes to inflict, i think everyone realized things would be different. The ending of world war ii b
They were aiming to take about a year to complete the investigation. Since then the Japanese Foreign ministry has contacted the north korean officials each month. Japanese officials considered the delay regrettable. They say they believe bringing about the abductees return will become more difficult if they tie sanctions on north korean and suspend negotiation. They plan to continue unofficial talks with their north Korean Counterparts and urge them to conduct the investigation sincerely and swiftly. The japanese officials have reiterated their position that securing the abductees return is the top priority. They maintain that north korean agents kidnapped at least 17 people in the 1970s and 80s. Pro russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine have unilaterally called a local election in october in a move to establish autonomy. Petro poroshenko reacted sharply to the plan. The leader of the prorussian separatists in donetsk made the announcement. He criticized the Ukrainian Government for r
They were aiming to take about a year to complete the investigation. Since then the Japanese Foreign ministry has contacted the north korean officials each month. Japanese officials considered the delay regrettable. They say they believe bringing about the abductees return will become more difficult if they tie sanctions on north korean and suspend negotiation. They plan to continue unofficial talks with their north Korean Counterparts and urge them to conduct the investigation sincerely and swiftly. The japanese officials have reiterated their position that securing the abductees return is the top priority. They maintain that north korean agents kidnapped at least 17 people in the 1970s and 80s. Pro russian separatists in Eastern Ukraine have unilaterally called a local election in october in a move to establish autonomy. Petro poroshenko reacted sharply to the plan. The leader of the prorussian separatists in donetsk made the announcement. He criticized the Ukrainian Government for r