Once the negotiations for FMCT start, a window of opportunity would open up for the Conference on Disarmament to develop a legally binding mechanism to eliminate fissile material and nuclear weapons from the face of the earth, attaining the objective of universal and comprehensive disarmament.
Author Note
Munish Sharma is a New Delhi based strategic analyst and Vineeth Krishnan is a post graduate research scholar at the Department of Geopolitics and International Relations, Manipal University.