Nonproliferation

If America Can Have Cutting Edge Weapons Why Not North Korea?
Speaking before the United Nations General Assembly’s Sixth Committee, which contemplates legal matters involving the United Nations, North Korea’s Ambassador Kim In-chol denounced the United States and double standards. He accused America and the world of demonstrating rank...

The India-Pakistan Nuclear Arms Race Should Concern You
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Since the fighters would have to penetrate India’s air defense network to deliver their payloads against cities and other targets, Pakistani aircraft would likely be...

Israel Could Survive Without Nuclear Weapons
Here’s What You Need to Remember: Since the development of the program, but largely unrelated to its existence, the political situation has tipped in Israel’s favor, the conventional balance has grown...

Here Are 5 Weapons China Has Sold Pakistan
Here’s What You Need to Remember: While China has long supplied Pakistan’s armed forces, the relationship has deepened in recent years, with Pakistan making major purchases of top-of-the-line Chinese export equipment....

The Last Thing the Middle East Needs Is a Nuclear Arms Race
Editor’s note: In late September, The National Interest organized a symposium on nuclear policy, nonproliferation, and arms control under the Biden administration. A variety of scholars were asked the following question:...

‘Fast Reactors’ Also Present a Fast Path to Nuclear Weapons
The Energy Department’s choice for the leading reactor design for reviving nuclear power construction in the United States is so at odds with U.S. nonproliferation policy that it opens America...

North Korea is a Nuclear Weapons Power: Should the U.S. Accept Reality?
Sydney Seiler, a national intelligence officer in the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, believes that North Korea is unlikely to give up its nuclear weapons. Its objective, he...

It’s Time to Wake Up to the Nuclear Threat
Jerry Brown, former governor of California, is calling for the world to wake up. After over fifty years of working in and around politics, Brown remains dedicated to combating existential...

Former President of Mexico Ernesto Zedillo: ‘The Nuclear Threat Is Back’
Although Mexico has no nuclear weapons, its former president Ernesto Zedillo knows their dangers well: “Humanity has two fundamental existential threats. One is climate change, but a more severe one...

How Biden Can Help Europe Secure a Clean Energy Future
President Joe Biden campaigned on speeding up the American energy transition away from fossil fuels towards “clean” renewable sources like wind and solar. During his short time in office, the...

The Nuclear Ban Treaty Enters Into Force, Posing New Challenges for America
On October 24, 2020, Honduras became the fiftieth country to ratify the United Nations treaty to ban nuclear weapons, starting a ninety-day countdown to the date it would enter into...

Nuclear Proliferation Treaty Troubles Remain Unaddressed Amid a Global Pandemic
Just as we’ve had to discard business-as-usual thinking to deal with the current worldwide health emergency; it’s time to get serious about the spread of nuclear weapons. It doesn’t have...