The Nuclear Club: Ethics Of Nuclear Proliferation.

Nuclear fission has profoundly changed the way nations deal with each other in various international forums. With power, which may destroy the world several times over, the leaders of these select states are forced to acknowledge the fragility of peace. The myth of Mutual Assured Destruction has prevailed as the guiding logic in nuclear policies of numerous states. Proponents of this notion contend that nations are less likely to instigate war, conventional and nuclear, if …

…theory that states that hegemonic states will seek to stay dominant does not make the United States an ideal candidate for nuclear power control and oversight. The inadequacies are not only partial to the United States but also to any nation wishing to have sole control of nuclear technology simply because having one nation control atomic energy removes the only thing that made the I.A.E.A attractive in the first place, its multilateralism.