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File Name | S21-PF-08-PRO-No-First-Use.docx |
File Size | 137.93 KB |
Date added | October 26, 2020 |
Category | Archived |
Tags | No First Use, NSDA, Public Forum, Season 21 |
Tabitha Sleeger | Vance Trefethen |
Declaring “no first use” is no longer radical. Many leading countries have adapted this as their policy regarding nuclear weapons. Having the power to use a nuclear weapon is a huge responsibility and there needs to come a point where a country decides not to be the first one to strike. Mutually assured destruction (MAD) was a theory that surfaced during the Cold War the in the 1960s. The theory is that if one country strikes, another country will strike back and as a result, both countries will be destroyed. The United States should adapt a No First Use policy for its nuclear weapons so that it can avoid being destroyed. As of right now the United States has a Negative Security Assurance policy that agrees not to nuke non-nuclear countries that are members of the NPT [Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty]. However, this policy is vague and does not go far enough.