The NPT, after all, is based on a bargain: states that do not possess nuclear weapons promise not to acquire them, in exchange for a pledge by those that do to move seriously toward eliminating their arsenals. And recent developments have once again jeopardized that bargain, with many states again asking why, if the US, Russia, and others need nuclear weapons, they do not.
说到底，NPT是讨价还价的产物：不拥有核武器的国家承诺不会拥有核武器，作为交换，已有核武器的国家认真对待削减核武库的问题。最近的发展趋势再次破坏了这一讨价还价，许多国家再次质疑，为何美国、俄罗斯和其他国家需要核武器，而它们不需要。