Any regional security architecture will have to be premised on the Middle East becoming a zone free of all weapons of mass destruction, including nuclear, chemical, and biological weapons. The Middle East retains the infamous distinction of being the only region in the world to have used such weapons since the end of World War II.
任何区域安全体制都将不得不以中东成为一个没有大规模毁灭性武器——包括核武器，化学和生物武器——的区域为前提。中东取得了自二战结束后，世界上唯一一个使用过这样的武器的区域的臭名昭著名声。