New US Nuclear Policy

US President Barack Obama has announced a new nuclear policy, which maintains that the United States reserves the right to use nuclear weapons in case of extreme circumstances. The United States will disband a large number of its nuclear weapons and only maintain a bare minimum for its defense.

The new nuclear policy has imposed a number of sanctions on the use of nuclear weapons, but Iran and North Korea have been restricted from availing any remissions under this policy. China's nuclear program has been declared murky.

Aim of New Policy
Before announcing this policy in an interview with The New York Times, President Obama said that he felt Pakistan has made its nuclear installations safe. Nuclear extremism is the biggest threat and the United States reserves the right to use nuclear weapon in defense of its allies. At the same time, dependence on nuclear weapons will be minimized and the defense of the United States will be based on conventional weapons.

The aim of this new policy is to give incentives to countries, which are willing to withdraw the option of nuclear weapons and refrain from nuclear intentions. Countries like Iran and North Korea, which violate the NPT, will not be able to benefit from this policy.

Discouragement for Other Countries
To discourage nuclear proliferation, Obama's new nuclear policy seems to be very positive, which says that the United States will abandon making nuclear weapons and maintain their use to a bare minimum. This policy is craftily drafted.

According to this policy, the United States wants to be the sole nuclear power and does not want to give the right to any other country to use nuclear technology for its defense. The fact of the matter is that in the Second World War the United States used nuclear bombs against the Japanese cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, and showed the way to countries of the world how to defend themselves through nuclear technology.

Hegemony on Nuclear Technology
Despite facing the brunt of nuclear bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki, Japan rose as an economic giant and compelled the United States to buy its products. But the question arises what lesson did the United States learn from this catastrophe? It seems that the United States only nurtured its ambition of expansionism and the desire to be a superpower.

Outside of this nuclear club no other country has the right to defend itself with nuclear technology. The United States wanted to make itself the sole merchants of nuclear technology.

The aim of the NPT and CTBT was also to maintain the US hegemony on nuclear technology. Moreover, India and Israel have fully been patronized by the United States in their nuclear initiatives. They have been encouraged and helped to attain nuclear technology.

Double Standard Game
Does this not speak of the double standard of the United States? Many countries' nuclear tests were considered violations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty (CTBT), and strict economic sanctions were imposed on them.

India, however, got some benefits, and has, so far, entered into 123 nuclear. Israel is an established nuclear partner of the United States. Our nuclear installations were threatened with attack by the Israeli Air Force, but this plan was foiled by our vigilant Air Force.

Assessment
The foundation of proliferation was laid by the United States itself. The United States does not want Iran, Pakistan, and North Korea to progress in this field. Likewise, Iran, after continued threats from the United States, decided to go nuclear. Only nuclear China can challenge the United States and strike a balance of power in the region.

Now, the United States, in order to impose its nuclear position, has set the stage for a reduction of nuclear arms, thus curtailing many countries' nuclear capabilities, depriving them from their right to defend themselves with nuclear technology.