The Illogic of Zero. Center for Strategic and International Studies, April 2010

Throughout 2009, proponents of the abolition of nuclear weapons were unlucky. Almost each time they tried to make their case on the international scene, the real world came to haunt them. On April 5, 2009, North Korea tested a long-range missile just a few hours before President Barack
Obama delivered a major speech in Prague, disclosing his vision of a nuclearweapons-free world.