26 May, 2010 - Today the world community is required to grapple a range of challenges. For example, first, nuclear proliferation by individuals (whether the proliferation of knowledge or materials).
Second, after 9/11 terrorists’ attack in the US and the subsequent wars in Iraq and Afghanistan there are increased risks of nuclear terrorism. A third challenge is the behaviour of newly emerging nuclear states seeking to acquire a nuclear weapons capability: the North Korean withdrawal from the Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty (NPT) and the aggressive Iranian behaviour in breach of non-proliferation norms both endanger the non-proliferation regime. Fourth, the nuclear black market in material and technologies, dual use technologies and loose export controls in the world remain of concern. Fifth, non-party states to the NPT and the ‘accidental’ use of nuclear weapons by new Nuclear Weapon States (NWS) are now endangering the nuclear taboo. More >>>
