Can the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty prevent a disaster?

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty is the astir extended arms-control statement successful the world.

It has 191 signatories and is based connected a elemental principle: Countries without atomic weapons won’t get them, and those that bash volition springiness them up.

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But successful caller years, implementation of the pact has flagged. Both experts and diplomats are informing that the hazard of a atomic arms contention has ne'er been truthful high, and the caput of the United Nations has issued warnings astir the waning power of the planetary agreement.

So, could a reappraisal of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty nutrient stricter measures to destruct the threat?

And however overmuch of a information does the US and Israel’s warfare with Iran airs globally?

Presenter: Mohammed Jamjoom

Guests:
Tariq Rauf – Former Head of Verification and Security Policy Coordination astatine the International Atomic Energy Agency

Kelsey Davenport – Director for Nonproliferation Policy astatine the US Arms Control Association

Seyed Hossein Mousavian – Former Iranian atomic negotiator