The logic here is somewhat different—you can’t just buy a nuke off the shelf. If Venezuela were to have a nuclear program, its development would follow the Iraq or Iran scenario, and in the end there still would be no nuclear weapons. All nuclear powers adhere to the principle of No First Use. If Venezuela were developing nuclear weapons in order to follow the same principle, that would be money down the drain, because the United States would defeat Venezuela in a conventional war without being the first to use nuclear weapons.
From this follows a logical conclusion: Venezuela does not intend to include No First Use in its doctrine. This increases the risk for the entire world; therefore, in separate negotiations the nuclear powers would agree that depriving Venezuela of the ability to create nuclear weapons would be a step toward strengthening global security.
Furthermore, any oil that could be used in the production of a first‑strike nuclear weapon must be seized from such a state. Since the world is far from ideal, national security policy has to be based on worst‑case assumptions.
Security operates by different rules than business: cooperation is not assumed.
The logic here is somewhat different—you can’t just buy a nuke off the shelf. If Venezuela were to have a nuclear program, its development would follow the Iraq or Iran scenario, and in the end there still would be no nuclear weapons. All nuclear powers adhere to the principle of No First Use. If Venezuela were developing nuclear weapons in order to follow the same principle, that would be money down the drain, because the United States would defeat Venezuela in a conventional war without being the first to use nuclear weapons.
From this follows a logical conclusion: Venezuela does not intend to include No First Use in its doctrine. This increases the risk for the entire world; therefore, in separate negotiations the nuclear powers would agree that depriving Venezuela of the ability to create nuclear weapons would be a step toward strengthening global security.
Furthermore, any oil that could be used in the production of a first‑strike nuclear weapon must be seized from such a state. Since the world is far from ideal, national security policy has to be based on worst‑case assumptions.
Security operates by different rules than business: cooperation is not assumed.