Peace and Security - Resources
Britain's Independent Nuclear Deterrent
Should the possession of an independent nuclear deterrent be a
temporary or a permanent feature of Britain's strategic
capabilities? Can those states and non-state actors that threaten
UK security actually be deterred from undertaking acts of
aggression by either existing or new approaches to nuclear
deterrence? These are some of the questions that the Church
addressed in its 2007
submission to the Government's White Paper on
The Future of the UK's Strategic Nuclear
Deterrent. This submission was subsequently debated by the General
Synod in February 2007.
Peacemaking in a Post 9/11 Age
For the decade after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, the
foreign and security policies of the United States of America and
its allies were dominated by countering the threat of
terrorism. This led them into military adventures in
Afghanistan and Iraq. In Countering Terrorism:
Power, Violence and Democracy Post 9/11 the House
of Bishops examine the following issues: terrorism;
international order and American power; political reform and
the Middle East. The Bishops proposed 13 Christian principles
for addressing "a world chacterised by power and violence." This
report and its findings have helped shape the Church's response to
events post 9/11.
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