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The Cold War which was sparked between the two superpowers that had emerged from the Second World War, namely the United States and the Soviet Union, brought about a massive arms race between the two powers. This arms race included nuclear weapons, which were first developed by the United States during the early 1940's and used in 1945 in two attacks against its Japanese foes in the cities of Hiroshima and Nagasaki. The Soviet Union, which …

…created by these actions has put the goal of non-proliferation in even greater peril. In order to counter this, the United States must make a commitment to pursue nuclear weapons reductions multilaterally with other states and denounce the use of nuclear weapons. This kind of attitude emanating from the United States would allow for an atmosphere in which greater steps can be taken on an international level to reduce nuclear weapons and attain their prohibition.