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China urges largest nuclear states to negotiate a 'no-first-use' treaty (www.reuters.com)
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"Nuclear-weapon states should negotiate and conclude a treaty on no-first-use of nuclear weapons against each other or make a political statement in this regard," Sun said.

China and India are currently the only two nuclear powers to formally maintain a no first use policy. Russia and the United States have the world's biggest nuclear arsenals.

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[–] Umbrias@beehaw.org 1 points 8 months ago (1 children)

You're coddling a nuclear power by claiming it's entirely subject to evil us pressures. They could have implemented a no first use policy any time in the past 20 years just fine, but they haven't.

I'm dismissing you because your points are wildly silly and blatantly have an agenda to paint Russia as a victim of external forces. Russia is a big boy country, they can implement a simple policy.

Don't worry, the us could too.

PS, every single country in the world is responding to external and internal pressures.

[–] alcoholicorn@lemmy.ml 3 points 8 months ago

They could have implemented a no first use policy any time in the past 20 years just fine, but they haven’t.

Do you think the pressures to maintain a nuclear deterrent against a conventional NATO invasion as more countries joined NATO and NATO leveled half a dozen countries over the last 20 years has increased or decreased?

Note that much of the former USSR, including Russia has not fully recovered in the last 30 years, and NATO has only expanded while denying Russia's attempts to join.

every single country in the world is responding to external and internal pressures.

You have failed to internalize this, hence why you feel like I am dodging or misleading when I discuss such pressures instead of ending my analysis at bad.