A dangerous new nuclear arms race is emerging at the same time as arms control is severely weakened, according to the latest SIPRI assessment. AI and space technologies are also radically redefining nuclear capabilities.
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Reading the article, it quite accurately points out the main problem: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Ukraine gave up their nuclear weapons because the world (Russia, USA and UK mainly) promised they would protect Ukraine borders. With that promise broken, everybody reverts to the old knowledge that only having nukes of their own will keep a country “safe”. With predictable results…