International laws and treaties are failing to stop a new arms race, says this law professor.
So the approaching 78th anniversary of theThe Cold War represented all that Oppenheimer had feared. But at its end,spoke of a “peace dividend” that would see money saved from reduced defence budgets transferred into more socially productive enterprises.
are all accelerating towards, or are already past, the 2 per cent of GDP military spending target. The global arms bazaar is busier than ever. While Russia and the US possess about 90 per cent of the world’s nuclear weapons, other countries are expanding quickly. China’s arsenal is projected to grow from 410 warheads in 2023 to maybe 1,000 by the end of this decade.Only Russia and the US were subject to bilateral controls over the buildup of such weapons, but Russian President Vladimir Putin suspended the arrangement.
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