Discuss “Fourth installment of campus-wide nuclear awareness survey”

Soon after the development of nuclear weapons, the international community realized that if it did not obstruct the development of these weapons, they would inevitably fall into the wrong hands. After several failed efforts to limit nuclear proliferation, the international community finally agreed to a treaty, the Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), that would strive to eliminate the threat of nuclear weapons to global security. The NPT entered into force in 1970 and outlined the roles of nuclear and non-nuclear powers. Nuclear-armed nations promised to pursue ?measures relating ... to nuclear disarmament.? Non-nuclear nations, while able to reap the benefits of the peaceful aspects of nuclear technology, promised not to pursue the development...