Amid the world’s guarded optimism about the nuclear deal with Iran, less visible yet crucial negotiations are taking place in New York. Starting on April 27, the Review Conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty will hear reports of negligible progress in disarmament efforts among nuclear-armed states. We can expect non-proliferation and security to dominate the meeting’s agenda, given President Vladimir Putin’s admission that he was ready to place Russian nuclear arms on high alert before annexing Crimea.
It is, nevertheless, our urgent moral obligation to eliminate them. Just as we consider torture and hostage taking unjustifiable under any circumstances, we deem …read more
Source: The Huffington Post
