The crisis at the heart of non-proliferation
This article critiques the global nuclear non-proliferation regime, arguing that it creates a hypocritical hierarchy between nuclear-armed states and those, like Iran, facing pressure to disarm. It highlights the inconsistency in how international powers treat different nations' nuclear programs.
The present impasse over Iran’s nuclear future lays bare the enduring hypocrisy at the heart of the global non-proliferation order. As talks in Doha stumble through disputes over frozen assets and verification mechanisms, Tehran is being pressed to accept full dismantlement of its enriched uranium stockpile in exchange for economic compensation for decades of sanctions, even as President Masoud Pezeshkian insists Iran will not relinquish its sovereign right to enrich uranium. The demand is unambiguous. Yet the five recognised weapons powers, and Israel, undeclared but widely known to possess the bomb, face no comparable ultimatum to disarm.
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