Nuclear constraints nullified, humanity stands at the most dangerous crossroads since the Cold War!
Yesterday, UN Secretary-General Guterres told the media: "For the first time in more than half a century, we face a world with no binding restrictions on the strategic nuclear arsenals of Russia and the United States, which account for the vast majority of the world's nuclear weapons. The achievements in arms control over decades have been lost, and the timing could not be worse. The risk of using nuclear weapons has reached its highest level in decades!"
Guterres' warning is not alarmist. With the expiration of the last US-Russia nuclear arms control treaty, nearly 90% of the world's nuclear warheads are now "unrestrained." The nuclear stability framework that has lasted for more than half a century has collapsed. From the Cold War-era Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty to the New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty, the security底线 that generations have maintained through negotiations is now zero. Without on-site inspections and quantity limits, the probability of miscalculations between major powers has surged, and the undercurrents of a nuclear arms race are brewing. Current geopolitical conflicts combined with technological competition continue to erode the peace dividend, and the nuclear risk has returned to the peak after the Cold War. This is not a problem of one country, but a survival question for all humankind. Reopening dialogue and rebuilding constraints are the only way out!
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