The Illusion of a Nuclear-Free World

Brahma Chellaney, strategic affairs analyst | March 11, 2008

Nuclear weapons with their incomparable destructive capacity are the determining center of international power. ++ As technological forces are increasingly being associated with national security and success, defenders of disarmament are losing ground. ++ In the face of this global trend towards "weaponisation," it is high time India gave up the illusion of a nukes-free world and made a priority of security.