Open AccessNuclear weapons: implications for the Middle East
Author(s) -
M.P. Lats
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
тенденции развития науки и образования
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.18411/lj-05-2021-328
Subject(s) - limelight , nuclear weapon , club , middle east , nuclear proliferation , political science , international trade , development economics , engineering , business , law , economics , biology , paleontology , electrical engineering
At the beginning of the second millennium world powers could confidently claim that the nuclear non-proliferation regime (NPR) was quite successful and withstood the test of time. Given the fact that back in the 1960s experts were mistrustful of the non-proliferation, predicting a biting increase in the number of countries-owners of nuclear weapon (NW) by the end of the 20th century, the regime survived, allowing only four powers to enter the expanded Nuclear Club. Besides, the issue of proliferation showed a trend towards regionalization. Today, however, it isn`t easy to be confident about the nuclear margin of safety, especially in the Middle East where the process of counteracting the states’ nuclearization is in the limelight.