Leaders on all sides are pursuing policies inexorably driving us towards nuclear war. They must step back. Now.
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As world leaders gather to discuss securing fissile materials, nuclear arsenals remain the elephant in the room.
![It's good to secure nuclear materials, but is that the limit to the Obama administration's ambitions? asks Hudson [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/03/201432461042500734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
Recent flurry of international meetings have advanced cooperation between countries more than threats of war.
![Talks between US and Russia led to Syria agreeing to destroy its chemical weapons [AP]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/201311166343650734_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
The UK could be a world leader by getting rid of their nuclear arsenal.
As the British government looks to cut its spending, little sense exists in developing a new Nuclear weapons program.
Preventative diplomatic action is needed to halt nuclear proliferation and ensure disarmament of WMD in the Middle East.
!["While Israel steps up its rhetoric over Iran's alleged pursuit of nuclear weapons, it continues to ignore the part its own nuclear weapons play in regional insecurity," says author [EPA]](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/201210101371118580_20.jpeg?resize=270%2C180&quality=80)
NATO’s core function is still to advance US global interests and foreign policy goals.
The West cannot ignore its own disarmament obligations if it wants to see peacefulness triumph over warmongering.
