All nuclear-weapon states don’t want to completely dispose of their nuclear weapons but many have reduced production and set limits. The Non-Proliferation Treaty (NTP) main goal is to completely disarm or eliminate nuclear weapons from all states and live in a nuclear-weapon free world. All States within this treaty are to eventually be disarmed of nuclear weapons, under Article IV which states: "Each of the Parties to the Treaty undertakes to pursue negotiations in good faith on effective measures relating to cessation of the nuclear arms race at an early date and to nuclear disarmament, and on a Treaty on general and complete disarmament under strict and effective international control." The only problem is not all states agree on what this disarmament obligation really means and states not a part of the NPT are under no obligation to disarmament. President Obama said that he does not expect to see a nuclear-weapon free world in his life time but it may be possible in the future.
Do you think it is possible for there to be a nuclear-weapon free world and when will that be?
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I think it is highly unlikely that there will be a nuclear weapon free world. Not many countries, if any at all, would be willing to sacrifice their nuclear weapons while other countries still possess them. They would feel unprotected and more vulnerable for a nuclear attack. Then there are countries like Iran who claim to not have any nuclear power--though they obviously do. Countries could claim to have none, while they still do. It would be very difficult to rid the world of nuclear weapons and if it happened it would be in the very, very distant future.
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