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We are one crisis away from a nuclear point of no return

As global stability erodes, the greatest danger now comes not from rogue states, but from stable nations driven to the brink by fear

David BlairChief Foreign Affairs Commentator

 Of all the branches of the United Nations, none has a higher calling than
the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). In the end, its job is to
preserve humanity from nuclear destruction and embody the survival instinct
of our species.

Yet the whole intricate system designed to prevent calamity
is crumbling before our eyes. Rafael Grossi, the director general of the
IAEA, describes in his Telegraph interview how “important countries in
Europe, in Asia minor and in the Far East” are publicly debating whether
to build nuclear weapons, despite having promised never to do so.

America and Russia have allowed all their nuclear disarmament treaties either to
collapse or expire without replacement. After invading Ukraine in 2022,
Vladimir Putin took another step towards the brink by suspending the
“strategic stability” arrangements with the US, under which the
world’s biggest nuclear powers had previously reassured one another by
sharing information about exercises and missile deployments.

One by one, the risk-reduction measures have fallen away, even as more countries
consider building nuclear arsenals. That leaves only one question: Have we
already passed the point of no return, or does humanity retain its survival
instinct?

 Telegraph 20th April 2026, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/04/20/one-crisis-away-nuclear-point-no-return/

April 24, 2026 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | weapons and war