Treaty Banning Nuclear Weapons Could Come By 2019

Campaigners for the 2017 Treaty for the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons have suggested that over 50 countries could join in the ramification of the treaty which, aptly named, outlaws the holding of nuclear weapons (in participating countries, of course). The NWBM (Nuclear Weapons Bans Monitor) recently reported that 19 states had been adhering to the provision created in 2017, but expects the number to rise to the needed 50 different states to bring it to force. The article also touches on the difference in nuclear tactics between the heavy hitting countries like the United States and Russia, in comparison to states who do not have nearly as many. They discuss how the larger nations do not wish to join in such an agreement, having gained no signatures of countries holding a significant amount of nuclear arms -- this is mostly in part to the big states fear of such a treaty "undermining nuclear deterrence." 2019 is only a year away, it should be rather interesting to see if the treaty can gain the amount of backers it needs to see the change it wishes in the coming days.



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Dan Kowalczyk