Opening Pandora's Box?

"The disappearance of the agreement between Washington and Moscow on the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons in 2026 with the subsequent increase in nuclear weapons will open a Pandora's Box - non-nuclear countries will want to acquire nuclear weapons," the chairman of the Conference for the Review of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, Gustavo Zlauvinen, told Sputnik.
In his opinion, if Russia and the United States do not agree on an agreement to replace the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, which expires in 2026, and begin to increase nuclear weapons, this will create a danger from a political point of view - "the vast majority countries, especially in the Non-Aligned Movement, who are really disappointed by the lack of progress in nuclear disarmament, will see another sign that the nuclear powers really do not want to achieve nuclear disarmament."
According to him, if these countries are disappointed, they will ask themselves why they are still not part of this Agreement.
"We decided not to be a nuclear state... The big thing is that the nuclear powers will one day achieve nuclear disarmament. If they don't, why should we do our part (commitments)," Zlauvinen said, explaining the logic of non-nuclear states.
"And there is a risk in that, because many other countries may decide to start developing their nuclear weapons program. It will open Pandora's Box," he emphasized.
He believes that such a development is more dangerous than the rivalry between the United States of America and Russia over who will have nuclear weapons.
"I think they have enough of them. The problem is that if they don't reduce it, the others will say: 'if they don't intend to reduce it (the nuclear...