These challenges to the non-proliferation regime not only jeopardize the credibility, efficacy, and viability of the Treaty; they have also cast a long shadow of doubt on the future of nuclear disarmament itself. Deliberations and negotiations both within the NPT regime and in other areas of disarmament have reached a difficult stage, if not a stalemate.
这些关于核不扩散的难题不仅危及到条约的可信性、有效性和持续发展性，并对未来的核裁军投下了一道怀疑阴影。如果还不能被称为僵局的话，至少NPT框架内和其他裁军领域内的磋商和会谈已经到了一个非常困难的阶段，。