Making-the-NPT-Work-for-Global-Security-PrepComm-2023

The war on Ukraine is a terrible reminder of how nuclear weapons add to human insecurity. Undeterred by NATO’s three nuclear-armed members, Vladimir Putin decided to invade Ukraine. When Ukrainian resistance stopped him getting the quick success he wanted, Putin’s mercenaries destroyed countless lives and towns and issued more overt nuclear threats. When those failed to impress, he got his ally’s agreement to put Russian nuclear weapons into Belarus. NATO, meanwhile, is bent on deploying upgraded US B61-12 nuclear bombs with F35 and other equipped bombers in bases across Europe, including Belgium, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Türkiye, and also back to the UK’s Lakenheath base. Meanwhile escalating military- industrial emissions have turned climate destruction into the biggest security threat for most of the world, even as US budgets earmark $756 billion for nuclear weapons over 2023-2032.