Frank Blackaby

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), implemented in 1970, is an agreement among 186 countries that non-nuclear states will not develop nuclear weapons, while nuclear states will negotiate nuclear disarmament. In the following viewpoint, Frank Blackaby asserts that the NPT has not achieved its goal of nuclear disarmament because the nuclear powers are unwilling to relinquish their weapons.The only way to compel the nuclear states to disarm, maintains Blackaby, is for the non-nuclear states to issue a warning that they will withdraw from the treaty.

As you read, consider the following questions:

1. How have the nuclear states violated the provisions of the NPT, in Blackaby’s opinion"

2. According to Blackaby, what is the current state of nuclear disarmament"

3. Why would a withdrawal warning on the part of non-nuclear states be effective, in the...