Sidney Drell says there are many areas of policy where all nations committed to non-proliferation should be able to agree.

NPR: Nuclear Weapons Gain Importance for Regional Powers

Mr. DRELL: We're going to have to toughen up some of the restrictions in the Non-Proliferation Treaty so that we can verify compliance.

NPR: Nuclear Weapons Gain Importance for Regional Powers

In order to convince other nations not to go nuclear, this trend has to be reversed, argues Sidney Drell, a nuclear physicist who has been at the center of US nuclear policy for many years, now at Stanford University.

NPR: Nuclear Weapons Gain Importance for Regional Powers

Mr. SIDNEY DRELL (Stanford University): We have to convince many nations that we are serious about our commitment to the non-proliferation regime which calls on us to reduce our reliance on the weapons, reduce our arsenals, not to resume testing.

NPR: Nuclear Weapons Gain Importance for Regional Powers