I view India-Pakistan as the pair of nuclear armed states most like have a nuclear exchange. Do you agree with this and if so what should this imply about our priorities in the nuclear space.
Unfortunately I think there are multiple pathways to nuclear use or an exchange involving several pairings or groupings of states with nuclear weapons including: US-Russia and scenarios that could also involve the UK and France along with the US; US-China; India- Pakistan; China – India; DPRK – US; and potentially Iran and other countries should Iran decide to build a nuclear weapon, not to mention the potential for terrorists to get hold of nuclear weapons or materials.
So I believe our priorities in the nuclear space must be first to build awareness of the true risks and recognize that the risk is increasing that nuclear weapons will be used again; second to demand that governments pursue policies and concrete actions that will reduce the risks of nuclear use; and third build political will to ultimately end nuclear weapons as a threat by eliminating them and implementing safeguards for a world in which nuclear technology exists and will continue to be used for civilian purposes, but where possession of nuclear weapons is verifiably banned.
I view India-Pakistan as the pair of nuclear armed states most like have a nuclear exchange. Do you agree with this and if so what should this imply about our priorities in the nuclear space.
Unfortunately I think there are multiple pathways to nuclear use or an exchange involving several pairings or groupings of states with nuclear weapons including: US-Russia and scenarios that could also involve the UK and France along with the US; US-China; India- Pakistan; China – India; DPRK – US; and potentially Iran and other countries should Iran decide to build a nuclear weapon, not to mention the potential for terrorists to get hold of nuclear weapons or materials.
So I believe our priorities in the nuclear space must be first to build awareness of the true risks and recognize that the risk is increasing that nuclear weapons will be used again; second to demand that governments pursue policies and concrete actions that will reduce the risks of nuclear use; and third build political will to ultimately end nuclear weapons as a threat by eliminating them and implementing safeguards for a world in which nuclear technology exists and will continue to be used for civilian purposes, but where possession of nuclear weapons is verifiably banned.