U.S. Expert Sees World on Brink of Nuclear Race, Amid Ukraine, Korea, Taiwan Unrests

The world is on the verge of an unconstrained era of dangerous nuclear competition, and the five permanent members of the United Nations Security Council must introduce a moratorium on expanding their nuclear arsenals to prevent that from ever happening, a U.S. expert said on Friday. Daryl Kimball, the Executive Director of the Washington-based Arms Control Association, described this concept as “a global nuclear freeze.” According to him, it “would involve all five countries [specifically, the permanent members of the UN SC – Russia, Great Britain, China, the United States and France], but would not require new negotiations involving the…