THE HINDUSTAN TIMES

APLN member C. Uday Bhaskar, Director of the Society for Policy Studies (SPS), argued that the nuclear powers must reassert the “sanctity of deterrence” to avoid nuclear catastrophe.

The world has not used nuclear weapons since 1945. But 2022 is fraught with anxiety, given the geopolitical turbulence. While N-weapons cannot be wished away, the sanctity of deterrence must be acknowledged anew by the nuclear weapon powers.

Every year, August 6 is observed as Hiroshima Day to recall the apocalyptic destruction rained on the Japanese city by the United States (US) in 1945, followed by a similar nuclear weapon attack on Nagasaki three days later. The attack marked the end of World War II. While the world has managed to avoid a similar use of nuclear weapons for 77 years and renews this pledge annually, the occasion this year is fraught with deep anxiety given the prevailing global geopolitical turbulence and a disturbing absence of sagacious leadership.

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