'With this statement, five of the world's most powerful nations came together for the first time in a pledge to avoid nuclear war, and this should still be celebrated.'
On January 3, leaders of the five nuclear-weapon states issued a joint statement on “preventing nuclear war and avoiding arms races”.
The January 3 statement should perhaps be seen as a very small, but still important, step in the right direction." In 2020, to mark the 50th anniversary of the NPT, members of the Stockholm Initiative adopted a set of proposals or “stepping stones” that aim to minimize the risk of nuclear weapon use, mainly through declaratory commitments. On January 3, the five nuclear states fulfilled this requirement by including a solid commitment to “nuclear war avoidance” in their joint statement.
Indeed, nuclear force modernization plans of all five nuclear-weapon states are moving forward unabated. Instead of slashing nuclear weapon spending, the Biden administration is planning to spend a whopping $634bn on operating, sustaining, and modernizing the US nuclear arsenal between 2021 and 2030.
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