Global Zero at Ground Zero
Although Russia and the US possess 90% of the world’s nuclear warheads, their nuclear capabilities are less of a threat than is the danger of proliferation. The case for nuclear disarmament must address the fear of a fast-growing number of nuclear-armed states, not the fine balancing of the US and Russian nuclear arsenals.
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MADRID – Since its launch in December 2008, Global Zero, the vision of a world without nuclear weapons, has run up against some formidable challenges. One is related to the readiness of the two major nuclear powers, Russia and the United States, to move from the stockpile reductions to which they agreed in the New START treaty to complete elimination of their nuclear arsenals. Others concern smaller nuclear powers’ willingness to go along, and whether reliable inspection, verification, and enforcement systems can be put in place.