Publication

The “Nuclear Posture Review,” released by the US Department of Defense on April 6 2010, recognizes these shortcomings and suggests a drawing down of the US reliance on nuclear weapons for deterrence. However, states without nuclear weapons must have other viable security options to reliance on the deterrence regime. The creation and maintenance of Nuclear Weapon-Free Zones (NWFZs) provide a fundamentally different security alternative for those states who renounce nuclear weapons.