Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

reactors, causing a nuclear accident on March 11th 2011 that would reintroduce to the world the question of “Should the use of nuclear energy continue?” Fukushima and many other critical junctures since the start of the first nuclear reactor in Idaho, in December 1951, have influenced changing attitudes towards nuclear energy throughout time. Nuclear power is one of the primary sources of energy, it provided over 19% of the total electrical output in the United States alone. (World nuclear…

Nuclear energy yields multiple uses. Obviously, it can be used for destruction and warfare in the form of a bomb. However, it is also used for technological advancements in agriculture and food, power and electricity, medical treatment, and so on. Of late, controversy has erupted over the decade plus long debate of the nuclear aptitudes and capacities of the Islamic Republic of Iran. The recent hopes of multiple countries have been to deal with this matter by achieving what is known as the Joint…

(PBS Newshour) and lead to the use of nuclear weaponry and did not fully support the thought of Iran’s weaponry…

The nuclear deterrence theory is a common term used in international relations. This theory gained prominence during the Cold War with regard to the use of nuclear weapons. Nuclear deterrence in short means to deter one state from attacking another with its nuclear weapons, that is, the state is discouraged from attacking. As a result of its extreme destructive power, nuclear weapons could deter more powerful adversaries. The nuclear deterrence theory is and has always been a theory that many…

uncertainty of nuclear weapons and the rise of terrorism, that constitute a few of the current source for international conflict. This is essay will argue that conflict in the international relations spectrum arises when there is a zero-sum…

that Padukone talks about the good things to do with nuclear weapons rather than all the bad things. For instance the article talks about how every nuclear site around the world has an inspector and how even in Iran none of the inspectors have been kicked out. That means that they have up-to-code nuclear sites. Another topic discussed is how from the other countries perspective…

The debate of Nuclear Disarmament is a complex and ongoing one. Nuclear Disarmament refers to the act of eliminating nuclear weapons and inevitably becoming a nuclear-weapon-free world. Nuclear Weapons are the most destructive technology ever developed. The question of disarmament has been a topic of global discussion since the end of the first world war, and despite the many committees that have met between 1946 and 1960, no agreement was met on disarmament or on nuclear test bans. The efforts…

kept mankind on a brink of self-destruction through means of a nuclear holocaust. Although, there was never a conflict to break out. Mankind never wiped itself out and the Soviet Union collapsed. Following the Cold War, there has been a significant draw down of warheads and nuclear weapons remain a highly debated topic. To support this debate, one side favors the continued stockpile of nuclear weaponry. The validity and necessity of nuclear weapons can be attributed to quite a few factors: the…

Another threat comes from North Korea. Choi (2015), argues that the North Korea nuclear problem is becoming significantly serious. It withdrew from the Treaty of the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 2003 and since then it has launched nuclear tests three times, officially declaring itself a nuclear state. North Korea employs the policy, byunjin in which the state pursuits nuclear power and economic development (28; 29). North Korea has been an ominous and uncanny neighbor for Japan. Many…

Instability and insecurity in Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Asia is accelerating at a dizzying pace due to violent extremist organizations (VEO), poor governance, humanitarian crises, sectarian violence, advanced weapons proliferation and a myriad of other reasons. This situation, along with national budgetary pressures, has caused U.S. strategic leaders to earnestly consider how the Joint Force 2025 must be rebalanced to meet these 21st century threats and to fully support our…