Editing 2010s (section)

===Nuclear proliferation===
[[File:Iran negotiations about Iran's nuclear.jpg|thumb|[[P5+1]] and [[Iran]]ian negotiators meeting in [[Geneva]] for the [[Geneva interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme|interim agreement on the Iranian nuclear programme]] (2013)]]
*On 8 April 2010, the United States and Russia [[New START|signed a treaty]] in [[Prague]], [[Czech Republic]] agreed to reduce the stockpiles of their nuclear weapons by half. It is meant to replace the [[Strategic Offensive Reductions Treaty]] (SORT), which was set to expire.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8607985.stm |title=US and Russia hail nuclear treaty |date=8 April 2010 |work=BBC News |access-date=22 June 2016 |archive-date=10 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190310081648/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/8607985.stm |url-status=live}}</ref> The treaty went into force on 5 February 2011 after it was ratified by both nations.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-02-05-start-treaty_N.htm |title=U.S.-Russia nuclear arms treaty finalised |newspaper=USA Today |access-date=20 June 2016 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304060442/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/news/world/2011-02-05-start-treaty_N.htm |url-status=live}}</ref>
*In 2015, [[P5+1|Iran and other world powers]] agreed to trade sanctions relief for explicit constraints on Iran's contentious nuclear program, including allowing the inspections of nuclear facilities by the [[International Atomic Energy Agency]] (IAEA).<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32166814 |title=Iran nuclear talks: 'Framework' deal agreed |work=BBC News |access-date=22 June 2016 |archive-date=19 June 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180619185620/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-32166814 |url-status=live}}</ref> On 16 January 2016 the IAEA confirmed that Iran had complied with the agreement (the [[JCPOA]]), allowing the United Nations to lift sanctions immediately.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/iran-sanctions-lifted_us_569a3500e4b0ce496424a2b2 |title=Iran Says International Sanctions To Be Lifted Saturday |date=16 January 2016 |website=The Huffington Post |access-date=22 June 2016 |archive-date=21 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821220845/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/iran-sanctions-lifted_us_569a3500e4b0ce496424a2b2 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nuclear-sanctions-be-lifted-iran-fm-zarif-n497861 |title=Iran Sanctions Lifted After Watchdog Verifies Nuclear Compliance |work=NBC News |access-date=22 June 2016 |archive-date=23 March 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160323220024/http://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/nuclear-sanctions-be-lifted-iran-fm-zarif-n497861 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, on 8 May 2018, United States President [[Donald Trump]] announced the United States was withdrawing from the deal.<ref>[https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/05/trump-iran-and-the-end-of-the-deal/ Trump, Iran and the end of the deal] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180511215838/https://www.spectator.co.uk/2018/05/trump-iran-and-the-end-of-the-deal/ |date=11 May 2018 }}, [[The Spectator]].</ref>
*On 7 July 2017, the United Nations passed the [[Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons]], the first legally binding international agreement to comprehensively prohibit nuclear weapons, with the goal of leading towards their [[Nuclear disarmament|total elimination]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gladstone |first1=Rick |title=A Treaty Is Reached to Ban Nuclear Arms. Now Comes the Hard Part. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/world/americas/united-nations-nuclear-weapons-prohibition-destruction-global-treaty.html |work=The New York Times |date=7 July 2017 |access-date=9 August 2017 |archive-date=16 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190716130115/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/07/world/americas/united-nations-nuclear-weapons-prohibition-destruction-global-treaty.html |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Treaty banning nuclear weapons approved at UN: Supporters hail step towards nuclear free world as treaty is backed by 122 countries |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/07/treaty-banning-nuclear-weapons-approved-un |work=The Guardian |date=7 July 2017 |access-date=9 August 2017 |archive-date=12 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212081704/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/jul/07/treaty-banning-nuclear-weapons-approved-un |url-status=live}}</ref> It has been signed by 58 nations.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://treaties.un.org/Pages/ViewDetails.aspx?mtdsg_no=XXVI-9&chapter=26&clang=_en |title=Chapter XXVI: Disarmament&nbsp;– No. 9 Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons |publisher=United Nations Treaty Collection |date=20 September 2017 |access-date=21 September 2017}}{{Dead link|date=January 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes}}</ref>
*Throughout the decade, [[North Korea]] [[North Korea and weapons of mass destruction|expanded its nuclear capabilities]], performing alleged nuclear tests in [[2013 North Korean nuclear test|2013]]<ref>{{cite news |url=https://abcnews.go.com/story?id=18444191 |title=North Korea Says it Has Conducted a Nuclear Test |date=12 February 2013 |work=[[ABC News (United States)|ABC News]] |access-date=22 June 2016 |archive-date=22 October 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171022193506/http://abcnews.go.com/story?id=18444191 |url-status=live}}</ref> and [[January 2016 North Korean nuclear test|2016]],<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/06/north-korean-nuclear-test-suspected-as-artificial-earthquake-detected |title=North Korea claims successful hydrogen bomb test in 'self-defence against US' |last1=McCurry |first1=Justin |last2=Safi |first2=Michael |date=6 January 2016 |website=The Guardian |access-date=22 June 2016 |archive-date=16 June 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160616153138/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/06/north-korean-nuclear-test-suspected-as-artificial-earthquake-detected |url-status=live}}</ref> which governments responded by placing international sanctions on the country.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8097370.stm |title=UN toughens North Korea sanctions |date=12 June 2009 |work=BBC News |access-date=22 June 2016 |archive-date=9 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160809200452/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/8097370.stm |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/02/world/un-north-korea-sanctions-vote/index.html |title=North Korea hit with tough sanctions by U.N. |work=CNN |first1=Richard |last1=Roth |first2=Holly |last2=Yan |first3=Ralph |last3=Ellis |access-date=22 June 2016 |archive-date=1 July 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160701205818/http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/02/world/un-north-korea-sanctions-vote/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> In response North Korea has threatened the United States, South Korea and Japan with pre-emptive nuclear strikes.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Chambrot |first1=Krysten |last2=Ingber |first2=Hanna |last3=Keller |first3=Josh |last4=Mainl |first4=Lexi |last5=Murphy |first5=Heather |last6=Pecanha |first6=Sergio |last7=S |last8=Stevenson |first8=Ra |last9=Suppes |first9=Mark |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/04/12/world/asia/north-korea-questions.html |title=In Focus: North Korea's Nuclear Threats |access-date=22 June 2016 |archive-date=7 September 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210907121731/https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/interactive/2013/04/12/world/asia/north-korea-questions.html |url-status=live}}</ref> However, in 2018, North Korea suggested that they may disarm their nuclear arsenal after negotiations with the United States.
* On 1 February 2019, The US formally suspended the Russo-American [[Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty]] (INF),<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/politics/us-russia-nuclear-arms-treaty-pompeo/index.html |title=Pompeo announces suspension of nuclear arms treaty |access-date=1 February 2019 |website=CNN |archive-date=3 October 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231003004919/https://www.cnn.com/2019/02/01/politics/us-russia-nuclear-arms-treaty-pompeo/index.html |url-status=live}}</ref> and Russia did the same on the following day in response. The US formally withdrew from the treaty on 2 August 2019.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49198565 |title=INF nuclear treaty: US pulls out of Cold War-era pact with Russia |work=[[BBC News]] |date=2 August 2019 |access-date=2 August 2019 |archive-date=2 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190802085820/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49198565 |url-status=live}}</ref>
* The United States initiated a [[renovation of the nuclear weapon arsenal of the United States|renovation of its nuclear weapon arsenal]].