Nuclear
misconception among world nations provokes the thought on arms race,
leading only towards utter destruction of the world and not promotion of
security to maintain world peace for socio-economic development.
Holocaust of the World
It is well known that as far as economic and defense matters are
concerned advanced Western countries are for the domination on other
nations according to their policy of protectionism. It is interesting to
witness Nuclear Missiles War in James Bond movies like Diamonds are
Forever or The Spy Who Loved Me or Golden Eye but not
in reality as holocaust of the whole world without victory for anyone is
sure.
Disarmament and World Peace
Realizing this fact, the USA and USSR came forward for compromise paving
the way for disarmament of Nuclear Weapons and promotion of World Peace
through the famous Strategic Arms Limitation Treaty (SALT) I and II. Due
to that agreement Nuclear Weapons of these countries were reduced from
22,000 or so to around 6,000 or so each. But according to the view of
the former US Secretary of State, Robert McNamara if the Nuclear weapons
are further reduced to the tune of 200 in each Super Power, it would be
enough to maintain the world order at the time of chaos.
Nuclear Missiles
Thereafter America and Russia dropped the idea of making big Nuclear
Weapons from their agendas as in the Cold War period. Instead of that
their attention has turned from Atomic Bombs to limited Nuclear Weapons
like short or long range Nuclear Missiles. America is interested in deep
penetration weapons in lieu of nuclear arsenals. But Russia seems to
have successfully achieved an edge over other nations in the development
of Anti-Missile Shield. So, USA is trying its level best in its program
of Satellite Defense Initiative, which is famously called as Star Wars
Program or Anti-Ballistic Missile Defense System.
Axis of Evil
After being described as Rogue Nations of the Axis of Evil by the USA,
Iran and Libya accepted the inspection of International Atomic Energy
Agency (IAEA) to check for the existence of Atomic Bombs in their
Nuclear Plants and were ready for elimination of nuclear weapons if such
weapons were found in their stocks. No weapons were found out so far. In
the meantime Libya normalized its relationships with both the European
Union and the USA. But Iran has developed a dispute with the USA over
the issue of Nuclear Power for civil purpose as it cannot oblige to the
diktats of the USA.
Nuclear Weapons Free World
Even North Korea came forward for the dismantling of its Nuclear Weapons
Program if an assurance was provided for its National security and
economic development by the USA. Six party meetings were also initiated
among North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia and America for
settling the issue between North Korea and the USA. Conclusively no
solid decision was taken till the recent meeting. So, North Korea went
on with its nuclear program. In July 2006 it has tested its missiles
causing displeasure to its neighbors and concern to the whole world.
So, Japan and
the USA have now gone to the UN Security Council to decide about this
matter in order to stop North Korea’s Nuclear weapons program. In this
connection it has to be said that if the USA is steady with its Foreign
Policy and acts under the direction of UNO, Nuclear Weapons Free World
can be created in the near future.
Promotion of World Peace
Even though Israel can be believed to be sincere in its efforts towards
peace with Palestine in accordance with its Anti-Terrorism policy,
Pakistan cannot be relied upon for the promotion of World Peace after
being made into a major Non-NATO ally by the USA in the War on Terrorism
because of its double talks and non-development of genuine democracy. In
this circumstance it has become a necessity for India also to develop
anti-missile defense system to protect itself from the potential nuclear
neighbors like Pakistan, China and others. So, for the prevention of
nuclear attacks, the best option for India is to follow the policy of
give and take with its neighbors so that peace and a close rapport can
be established with them in pursuit of mutual economic development in
order to achieve a nuclear weapon free zone in South Asia and in the
world.
Shanghai Cooperation Organization
Sometime back China has started Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)
with central Asian countries like Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan,
Uzbekistan and Russia to jointly combat international terrorism and for
economic development among themselves. Slowly SCO developed with the
view of cooperating with its neighboring countries for the promotion of
World Peace. In the recent meeting observer status was conferred on
countries like India, Iran, Pakistan, Egypt, Israel, Palestine and other
Saudi Arabia States for seeking international cooperation to fight
against terrorism and to meet energy needs among themselves by laying
oil and gas pipelines in Central Asian region.
American Cold War Policy Not Changed
After the Cold War, War on Terrorism has started. To fight against
international terrorism some East European counties like Poland,
Ukraine, Hungary and others have joined hands with the USA. For the
promotion of freedom and democracy in those regions and for solving its
energy needs USA is increasing its influence in the Caspian and Central
Asian regions. As a result its influence played a big role in the Rose,
Tulip and Velvet Revolutions in Georgia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan that
created virtually irksome atmosphere in that region similar to Cold War
situation in pursuance of balance of power there.
This has provoked Russia to take counter measure against this trend by
holding control over energy supply in Europe and in the west. If the
West and the USA act against its reasonable interest, Russia will
facilitate energy supply to Eastern countries like China, Japan and
others by laying oil and gas pipelines there in lieu of Europe. Now
Russia has emerged again as a Super Power as far as energy supply for
the world is concerned.
Recently the former Premiere of the Soviet Union, Mikhail Gorbachov has
stated that it is better for the USA to take off its hand on the
countries of that region and invited all countries to think about the
disarmament of Nuclear Weapons and the creation of Nuclear Weapons Free
World as dreamt by the late Prime Minister of India, Rajiv Gandhi making
use of the UNO the best they can as he thinks that is the best way to
achieve World Peace. Accordingly if America and Russia in the coming G8
Conference of advanced Countries drop confrontationist attitude and
strengthen their friendship for cooperation and coordination towards
disarmament, World Peace can be achieved with certainty in the future.
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