Non-proliferation will only work if all states are willing to cooperate, and that will only happen if all feel they are being treated fairly.
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No state, as a matter of public policy, should turn back the clock on progress by, in effect, legalizing and relitigating the same types of discriminatory laws and debates that took America centuries to overcome.
Let us not say that we will decide on a political basis at the national level that no State is competent to regulate the practice of medicine in that State if they decide to allow a doctor to prescribe marijuana, because that is what we are talking about.
States can be deterred by the fear of retaliation; non-state organisations cannot by deterred at all.
The issues and challenges surrounding nuclear non-proliferation are continuously evolving. They've changed dramatically at several junctures in recent memory.
No state on earth can afford to allow several authorities to co-exist next to one another.
But what shouldn't happen is, you shouldn't have the taxpayers from states that are managing their situations well paying for those states that are not.
No state should be allowed to profess partnership with the global coalition against terror, while continuing to aid, abet and sponsor terrorism.
You cannot force a state to be demilitarized. Even if a state enters a treaty where it commits to be demilitarized, there's no way to reverse statehood if it violates it.
Challenging the integrity of the non-proliferation regime is a matter which can affect international peace and security.
The state is not abolished, it withers away.
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