The Most Important Issue in World Politics

With the advent of nuclear technology, the world entered a new age of science and weapons. The Cold War caused the United States and the Soviet Union to fight for the alliances of other nations. To help secure their power, the US or the Soviet Union would place missiles and other destructive arms into their “allied” nations. After the collapse of the Soviet Union in the early 1990s, the world was left with an abundance of dangerous technology lying around in relatively underdeveloped regions. Even though most of these weapons were dismantled, the plans and technology are still widely available. Nuclear proliferation is the most important issue in world politics.
In recent years there have been two countries that have quickly developed nuclear technology. These countries are Iran and North Korea. Men who have strong anti-Western policies and ideals rule both. North Korea’s leader, Kim Jong Il, has tried to prevent the United Nations from entering the country and checking on its nuclear development. The nation was supposed to release documents to the global community about its program by the end of 2007, but failed to do so. Iran has constantly refused for other nations to look at its nuclear programs. President Ahmadinejad has been publicly known at threaten Israel, a major US ally, and the United States. If Iran finishes and develops a true nuclear weapon arsenal then the world will back to the Cold War era of brinkmanship.
The world is already a dangerous place with the US, Russia, Israel and China possessing a large nuclear arsenal. Luckily we are all allies for now. If a country that is known to dislike Western ideas and traditions develops a nuclear arsenal then the whole world is threaten by nuclear war. Therefore, nuclear proliferation is the most important issue in world politics.