'Today, 96% of the world's nuclear weapons are held by states with authoritarian leaders'
- Posted on February 18, 2026
- By Le Monde
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'Today, 96% of the world's nuclear weapons are held by states with authoritarian leaders'
OP-ED. By allowing the New START treaty to expire, Donald Trump and Vladimir Putin deliver the final blow to global regulation of the ultimate weapon. International security expert Joseph Cirincione writes that this situation has fundamentally changed the landscape of nuclear non-proliferation.
