We are living through the most dangerous time in over a half-century when it comes to nuclear weapons and the prospect of them being used during an armed conflict. Nuclear treaties are unravelling. Rulers like Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin, who lead the two nations with around 87 percent of the world’s nuclear inventory, are ratcheting up global tensions. The U.S. is set to spend $1.7…
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No. Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) doctrine is the best you can hope to achieve in the current geopolitical climate. Having nuclear capability is a requirement to be taken seriously on the world stage and to maintain your borders.
Ukraine is a study in what happens to a denuclearized country. If Ukraine had a nuclear arsenal, many western powers would have been much faster to support Ukraine in order to keep their arsenal secure, as well as to de-escalate a major war between two nuclear powers. This assumes Russia would invade a nuclear power in the first place.