Nuclear weapons states no longer respect ‘legal commitment to non-proliferation treaty’

Hiroshima has marked the 80th anniversary of the US atomic bombing of the western Japanese city, with many aging survivors expressing frustration about the growing support of global leaders for nuclear weapons as a deterrence. With the number of survivors rapidly declining and their average age now exceeding 86, the anniversary is considered the last milestone event for many of them. For in-depth analysis and a deeper perspective, FRANCE 24’s Eve Irvine welcomes Prof. Dr. Malte Göttsche, Professor for Peace Research in Natural Sciences at PRIF and TU Darmstadt, co-speaker of the Cluster for Natural and Technical Science Arms Control Research (CNTR), and Head of the Research Group Science for Nuclear Diplo­macy.