Prospects for the Nuclear Non-proliferation
The article describes prospects for the nuclear non-proliferation in the light of preparing the forthcoming 2015 Review Conference of the Non-proliferation Treaty. The author indicates lack of nuclear disarmament progress in view of the widening divergence of views of Russia and the United States on issues concerning strategic stability by 2011. It is indicated that the 2015 Review Conference will be less successful than the 2010 Review Conference even with some success for solution to the Iranian nuclear crisis and the resumption of six-party talks on the Korean Peninsula’s non-nuclear status. Consequently, it is desirable for Russia to focus on holding in Moscow the Middle East Conference for the purpose of creating a nuclear-weapon-free zone there.