Word: nuclearism
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That trend, he contended, reflects the lack of recent progress on multilateral nuclear treaties and their enforcement...
...have to recognize that, as of today, all nuclear states are basing their policy on the long-term presence of nuclear weapons,” he said...
Gorbachev cited Article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, which requires recognized nuclear powers to make good faith efforts to reduce their arsenals over time. The major powers have not adequately honored that commitment, he said, and have thereby reduced the incentive for non-nuclear powers to comply with the treaty...
...reticence on nuclear enforcement reflects increasing militarism and disrespect for international law, he said...
There was no formal response from the Pentagon. It is evident, however, that the U.S. military, already strained by wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, has no appetite for a third war. That's true even if a series of strikes against nuclear and other targets inside Iran were carried out by the Air Force and Navy, the two services who have sat, somewhat frustrated, on the sidelines as the Army and Marine Corps has done the heavy lifting in the two wars now under way. Some Pentagon officials welcomed the new NIE as evidence that the intelligence community...