When only one state gets nuclear weapons, it enhances its own security but reduces that of others, which have become more vulnerable.
The regime, after all, knows only too well that without nuclear weapons it will lose its ability to throw its weight around the neighbourhood and scare other countries into giving it help.
The regime, after all, knows only too well that without nuclear weapons it will lose its ability to scare other countries into giving it aid.
He pointed out that if the UK gave up its nuclear weapons it would leave France as the only nuclear power in Europe.
This suggests that should Iran decide to move toward acquiring nuclear weapons, it still has its nuclear plants and technology, including all the centrifuges, to do just that.
However, some commentators (in Ukraine and abroad) have already posited that if Ukraine had kept its nuclear weapons, it would have been more secure against Russia.
But even if Iran does not want nuclear weapons, it is certainly seeking a nuclear-weapons capability.
At a news conference, Norstad stated that if Canada did not accept nuclear weapons, it would not be fulfilling its commitments to NATO.
When a state fears its enemies will develop nuclear weapons, it has a reason to get ahead by launching a programme of its own.
With nuclear weapons, it would be in a position to intimidate its neighbors and enjoy greater leverage to advance its own regional political agenda.
The assault aimed to prevent Iraq from building the chemical, biological and nuclear weapons it was prohibited from having under U.N. resolutions after its 1990 invasion of Kuwait.
