Ukrainian emergency workers wearing radiation protection suits attend training in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on June 7. The nine nuclear-armed states continued to modernise their nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Photo: AP
Ukrainian emergency workers wearing radiation protection suits attend training in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on June 7. The nine nuclear-armed states continued to modernise their nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Photo: AP
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Fakhar Alam

A fallout of the Ukraine war is the erosion of the global nuclear non-proliferation regime

  • The war has renewed discussion about the value of nuclear weapons to state security
  • Meanwhile, the failure to renew or replace the New START treaty could lead to a dangerous global arms race

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Fakhar Alam

Updated: 3:00am, 21 Jun, 2023

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Ukrainian emergency workers wearing radiation protection suits attend training in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on June 7. The nine nuclear-armed states continued to modernise their nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Photo: AP
Ukrainian emergency workers wearing radiation protection suits attend training in Zaporizhzhia, Ukraine, on June 7. The nine nuclear-armed states continued to modernise their nuclear arsenals and several deployed new nuclear-armed or nuclear-capable weapon systems in 2022, according to the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute. Photo: AP
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