"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 trillion on nuclear modernization over the coming decades."
"Russia's invasion of Ukraine has raised alarm around the use of nuclear weapons. A nuclear-armed Israel is regularly attacking Palestine, Lebanon, Syria, Iran, and Yemen. India and Pakistan, both nuclear-armed nations, were recently in armed conflict over Kashmir and are constantly at odds. China is rapidly militarizing and bolstering its nuclear stockpile. At the same time, there is hope and resistance to a nuclear-armed world."
Nuclear dangers are at their highest in decades because treaties are unraveling, leaders with large arsenals escalate tensions, and geopolitics intensify. The United States and Russia together hold roughly 87 percent of the world's nuclear inventory while the U.S. plans $1.7 trillion for nuclear modernization. Regional crises — including Russia's war in Ukraine, Israel's regional attacks, India–Pakistan clashes over Kashmir, and China's expanding stockpile — increase the risk of nuclear use. A majority of nations, particularly in the Global South, have ratified the 2017 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons, outlawing production, stockpiling, testing, and threats. Survivors call for reparations as antimilitarist movements mobilize for disarmament and internationalist solidarity.
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