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World faces new nuclear arms race, says UN atomic energy chief
Grossi said proliferating wars could push up to 20 countries toward nuclear arms as confidence in the Non-Proliferation Treaty weakens.
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The world is at risk of a fresh nuclear arms race, the head of the United Nations’ atomic agency has warned. Rafael Grossi said rising conflict and instability could lead to a “crack in the system” of non-proliferation and a domino effect in which as many as 20 states pursued a bomb.
The Director General of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), Rafael Grossi, warned this Monday that the increase in conflicts and global instability could lead to several members of the Treaty on Nuclear Non-Proliferation (NPT) breaking the pact in a nuclear arms race. This, according to Grossi, would open the door to “a world with 20 or more nuclear-weapon States”, compared to the nine countries that currently possess them, a scenario…