by Saanjana Goldsmith 10 February 2022 The creation of nuclear weapons has altered the discourse on warfare within the international system. Although, a creation of the Second World War era, it continues to hold prolific importance in the deliberations of global security. Nuclear weapons held a central position within Cold War politics, which received a lot of criticism when the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty was introduced. The NPT regime was accused of being highly discriminatory in nature for the 'nuclear have-nots' as it banned them from ever developing or testing nuclear weapons. Today, there are four nuclear powers who are not…
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