Conversations on the Future
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine is “sadly… perhaps the final nail in the coffin” for the nuclear non-proliferation regime, former top diplomat Bilahari Kausikan says in The Straits Times’ latest Conversations on the Future.
“The lesson… many countries have taken away from the Ukraine crisis is that you have to be able to defend yourself.
“And if your likely threat is a nuclear power… I don’t think you can deter nuclear power by conventional means; that’s a stark fact,” said the former permanent secretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs – currently chairman of the Middle East Institute at the National University of Singapore.
In North-east Asia, China is modernising its nuclear forces, and North Korea is developing ICBM (intercontinental ballistic missile) capability, he noted.
This story is from the August 17, 2022 edition of The Straits Times.
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