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Show American Foreign Policy towards Nuclear Disarmament, 1945-1999 Taylor C. Parkin non-nuclear states. If these two goals can be accomplished then nuclear disarmament will continue. In the future the United States will work toward a new disarmament order, one that promotes safety in the international system, and strives to maintain the current balance of power that multipolarity has infused into the international system. In doing so it may deviate slightly from its current hard-line stance towards nuclear situations, into one that is more diplomatic towards the states that are attempting to comply with current and future disarmament agreements. Foreign policy as a whole towards disarmament has changed dynamically throughout the years. It has evolved from the stockpiling of nuclear weapons, to the cessation of testing, and finally to their gradual dismantlement. As the United States ushers in the new millennium as the premier superpower, it takes with it the obligation to guarantee national and international security. It is the responsibility of the United States to strive to stop the spread of regional conflict and war in general. Moreover, the United States must watch over and contemplate the possibility of another arms race, because no matter how conscious the international system is of the potential for conflict, the hazard always exists that situations like the one in south Asia may become reality. These situations have caused, and always will cause nuclear disarmament to "remain a major theme of foreign policy and national security strategy" (Lehman 1996, viii). References Ambrose, Stephen E. and Douglas Brinkley. 1997. Rise to Globalism: American Foreign Policy since 1938, New York Penguin. Arkin, William M. 1999. "The Last World; Nuclear Arms Control." New York Times, 1 January, 81-82. Associated Press. 1998. 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