Donald Trump must decide how to compete in a new arms race
By Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic editor, The Economist
As 2025 dawns, the world is moving further into what many are calling the third nuclear age. It will probably feature more nuclear weapons, more nuclear-armed states, no limits on their arsenals and few qualms about threatening to use them.
The first nuclear era was terrifying enough. America and the Soviet Union confronted each other with tens of thousands of warheads each. The second era, after the end of the cold war, was calmer. Nuclear stockpiles shrank dramatically—though India, Pakistan and North Korea went nuclear during this period. The third age may resemble a new cold war, only more chaotic and with more potential foes.
