At the same time, the Non-Proliferation Treaty foresees the cooperation between the parties to the Treaty in the peaceful use of nuclear energy and affirms the "inalienable right of all the Parties...
With all that said, we often forget that Ukraine started its path toward independent statehood with a preference to become a state free of nuclear weapons.
Cluster munitions constitute a substantial part of the military arsenals of all major powers. Their development, procurement and stockpile are a central hard component of national security.
Formal cooperation between existing NWFZs is currently limited to the Conferences of Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones and Mongolia that are held in New York every five years (since 2005) in the lead up...