at embraces the concept of an object of considerable political value is reinforced by the effects of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons which preserves the right of nuclear-armed stated to retain that status while denying non nuclear-armed states the right of access to nuclear weapons.
The findings of the analysis of the issues are presented in discussions of each of the major motivators that were delineated in the thesis statement for this essay, as well as the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, the effects of which reinforce the concept of nuclear weapons as objects of considerable political importance. These four major motivators were (a) desires to preserve or enhance international political leadership, (b) desires to be accorded higher levels of deference and consideration than otherwise would be the case, (c) desires to coerce other states to act in specific ways in situations wherein the national security of the coercing state is not at risk,
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