Wrecking Ball

  Posted on August 28, 2022 by beyondnuclearinternational

Are Russia and NATO trying to destroy the nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty?

By Ira Helfand

Since it was adopted more than 50 years ago, the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) has been described as the cornerstone of international efforts to limit the danger of nuclear war, its preservation a key, shared policy objective of the P5, the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council. In the lead-up to this year’s NPT Review Conference, which opened on August 1 in New York, Russia and NATO are putting the treaty at risk.