The article discusses the growing risks of nuclear weapons proliferation driven by geopolitical shifts. Factors include Iran's secret nuclear activities, declining confidence in U.S. nuclear guarantees, and China expanding its arsenal. The collapse of security treaties accentuates these risks. Rafael Mariano Grossi from the IAEA warns that nations previously committed to nonproliferation are now reevaluating their positions amid uncertainty, highlighting the critical need for reinforcement of nonproliferation principles.
There are countries that even respected the NPT despite having all the technologies and capabilities [to acquire atomic weapons]. Now they are beginning to have an open conversation that asks whether, in this changing world, they should reconsider.
This geopolitical context is increasing the risk of nuclear weapons proliferation. I think this is a moment fraught with enormous consequences, in which the principle of nonproliferation must be upheld.
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