In the first of a series of articles covering nuclear issues, Declan Butler looks at the nuclear non-proliferation treaty and finds that there has never been a better climate for negotiation.
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Butler, D. Nuclear war: the threat that never went away. Nature 451, 114–115 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1038/451114a
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