Nuclear Weapons v. …show more content…
Struggling states feel as though they must attain nuclear weapons in order to gain power and notoriety. As shown with the US and China in the Korean War, states with nuclear arms will always have leverage in negotiations causing these non-nuclear states to feel harassed, leading them to seek to even the playing field. Most often these states neglect economics and the well-being of their people in order to gain nuclear weapons. Attaining nuclear weapons appear to be the shortcut to power, considering the fact that even if a state can still deliver a devastating blow to another even if they are outnumbered with nuclear weapons. The proliferation of nuclear weapons concerns the entire international community, considering the interconnectedness of today’s world. This has led to the Non-Nuclear Proliferation which has been adopted by 189 states, but more notably it has been rejected by Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea, all of whom have attained or attempted to attain nuclear