The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty seeks to prevent horizontal ...

[jparksx]

The Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty seeks to prevent horizontal proliferation of nuclear weapons. Many countries reject the NPT as hypocritical as it denies them the same rights and capabilities that are afforded to the United States, Russia, China, Britain, and France. Analyze this argument. How can countries justify denying other countries nuclear weapons while they have no intention of giving up their own?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

Question 2

How are military expenditures and economic growth linked? Some people argue that there is a trade-off between guns and butter, because military expenditures divert resources away from growthpromoting investments. Yet, other people claim that military spending stimulates economic growth. Which side of this debate do you support? Why?
 
  What will be an ideal response?

[meow1234]

Answer to Question 1

Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (NPT) is aAn international agreement that seeks to
prevent horizontal proliferation by prohibiting further nuclear weapons sales,
acquisitions, or production. The nonproliferation regime are a set of rules to contain
arms races so that weapons or technology do not spread to states that do not have
them. Horizontal nuclear proliferation is an increase in the number of states that
possess nuclear weapons.Vertical nuclear proliferation is the expansion of the
capabilities of existing nuclear powers to inflict increasing destruction with their nuclear
weapons.

Answer to Question 2

The military industrial complex is a combination of defense establishments, contractors
who supply arms for them, and government agencies that benefit from high military
spending, which acts as a lobbying coalition to pressure governments to appropriate
large expenditures for military preparedness.