Why Trump's 'Erratic' Move Against Iran's Nuclear Proliferation Will Backfire

How Trump’s ‘Hard Power Only’ Approach Will Backfire on America

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Why Trump's 'Erratic' Move Against Iran's Nuclear Proliferation Will Backfire

President Donald Trump says he's bombing Iranian sites to deter nuclear proliferation, but Washington Monthly writer Matthew Cooper says Trump’s chaotic behavior is giving non-nuclear nations more reason than ever to develop their own nuclear weapons.It’s about self-defense, says Cooper, citing a recent report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Director Dan Smith.“[Trump’s] erratic temperament and manic ability to shred once sac…

'Erratic' Trump's effort to curb nukes just backfired: analysis

President Donald Trump says he's bombing Iranian sites to deter nuclear proliferation, but Washington Monthly writer Matthew Cooper says Trump’s chaotic behavior is giving non-nuclear nations more reason than ever to develop their own nuclear weapons.It’s about self-defense, says Cooper, citing a recent report by Stockholm International Peace Research Institute Director Dan Smith.“[Trump’s] erratic temperament and manic ability to shred once sac…

Amid Iran rift, former NNSA Nuclear Nonproliferation head: Don’t cut nonproliferation funds - ExchangeMonitor

Corey Hinderstein, the former National Nuclear Security Administration’s deputy administrator for defense nuclear nonproliferation during the Joe Biden administration, said increasing weapons and slashing nonproliferation spending in the budget is a “recipe for national security failure.” “Cutting nonproliferation funding would be lose-lose: harming programs with valuable near-term threat-reduction benefits and making deterrence less sustainable…