Publication

This commentary discusses the rising of a "second nuclear age". In the last two decades new nuclear powers have emerged and the dynamics of fear and insecurity that have long characterized international relations during the Cold War are back argues the author. Nine countries currently have the bomb. Eight have modernized their nuclear arsenals, with weapons of longer range and with a diverse menu of delivery means and warhead types. The one exception is the United States. The author contends that it is misguided for America to continue the charade that nuclear weapons are useless.