New Era of Nuclear Power Conflicts

Dr Sudershan Kumar sudershan.sk12@gmail.com In October 2025, U.S. President Donald Trump sent jitters across the globe, when he announced irrevocable initiation of nuclear arsenal testings after more than three decades of self imposed moratorium. He proclaimed that “Because of other countries testing programme, I have instructed the department of war to start testing nuclear weapons on equal basis. That process will begin immediately”. The ramification of this decision extends far beyond Washington’s fire control orders. These initiations have sent shock waves through arm-control regimes, rattled reassuring assumptions of nuclear restraints, provoked rival powers to reconsider their own posture, and inject…