ABSTRACT
Nuclear weapons, however destructive in their immediate and long term effects, do not repeal the relationship between war and politics. Nuclear abolition may be a splendid idea philosophically, but it is distressingly difficult idea for states to implement. Nuclear weapons in the hands of anti-systemic disrupters or otherwise rogue states are therefore politically charged with negative energy. Governments are responsible for the manufacture and deployment of nuclear weapons and governments can determine whether to live with more, fewer or none. Israeli leaders have openly discussed the possibility of a preemptive attack with conventional weapons against Iran's nuclear infrastructure. The United States and Israel therefore have played their cards carefully with respect to the deterrence of Iran. If Iran can be stopped short of nuclear weaponization and North Korean can be disarmed of its nukes by agreement, the international community would be in a stronger position to resist other non-nuclear states considering nuclear weapons.
