FREE ESSAY ON NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION

NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION

Nuclear Proliferation 
With regards to Iran's position on Nuclear Proliferation, it is compared to the position
of Iraq, which is a country that has already signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty
but wants Nuclear weapons. Iran is a greedy country waiting to get the technology to
develop its Nuclear program and with recent development and help by other countries such
as China, North Korea, Russia, and Kazakhstan, it leaves the west worried. CIA director,
Robert Gates, testified that Iran was seeking a Nuclear bomb and could have one by the
year 2000 if the West does not prevent it. (Washington Post; NOV. 17, 1992). Since 1991
Iran has sought out the buy nuclear reactors to help it learn the technology such as in
1992 when it purchased reactors from former Soviet republics and China
Only one Middle East country owns nuclear weapons and that is Israel, which helps Iran's
case because that then creates a super power in that area. As said by Iranian leaders of
Iran's right to possess nuclear weapons and have suggested that Muslim nations should
acquire nuclear weapons to match Israel's capabilities. Along with Iran, Iraq is also
trying to build a nuclear program and are even closer than Iran is.
Iran has signed the NPT but does not agree with the contents. The treaty controls the
export of nuclear technology to prevent the spread of atomic weapons. Iran does not
follow this since they have been trying to import information on how to make these
weapons.
Since Iran is trying to build a nuclear missile and is looking for information outside
the country, they do not agree with Non-Proliferation. Iran for years has tried to buy
information off of China on how to build a nuclear reactor and just lately Russia. Ten
private Russian companies were allegedly helping Iran with nuclear technology. Since then
the United States learned of Russian and Iranian cooperation and has imposed sanctions on
those companies.
Nuclear information needs to fall under internal matters and the International Atomic
Energy Agency and the United Nations should not try to regulate nuclear proliferation.
Countries that do not have nuclear weapons feel that to protect themselves against
countries that do have weapons so they need to keep on developing ways to produce the
weapons. 
If any country is a protocol for anti - proliferation it would have to be the United
States. Many times they have stopped Iran from buying and receiving nuclear information
and materials from other countries. Other anti - proliferation countries should see what
the US has done with Iran and do the same.
No the IAEA should not be strengthened. Non -proliferation countries should take control
of the countries that are still evolved with proliferation.. For example the United
States has stopped Iran like in November of 1992 when the US discovered Iran was on the
verge of getting nuclear equipment by China and Argentina and in 1994 when Iran attempted
to buy 1320 pounds of enriched uranium from Kazakhstan. The United States has
successfully stopped many countries and other anti - proliferation can do the same.
The committee can strengthen the UN's efforts by providing new ways of stopping countries
that are providing nuclear information and those receiving it. If there was a way to
protect countries against other nuclear countries in their region then it would ease
proliferation. That way countries will not feel unprotected if they do not have nuclear
weapons.