Today what nation does not need nuclear weapons to be respected at the barggining table.?

Answer 1

How about Vatican City?

Answer 2

I would say in a perfect world, no nation should have to posses nuclear weapons in order to communicate at a serious level with other national entities. However, in a world in which it appears that Islamic fundalmentalism is running rampent along with other terroristic threats, and that other countries are unwilling to or unable to deal with the serious nature of that threat, it would appear that in order for smaller countries to be taken seriously or to gain attention for issues that affect them, possessing nuclear technology in a weapons grade format would appear to be one way to level the playing field so to speak.

Answer 3

Well, it seems Iraq and Iran and N Korea didn't respect the nations who have nukes, so apparently those don't even help in some cases. I think the only way that a nation having nukes would give them any more power is if they are a hostile nation. Mainly those I listed earlier.

Answer 4

Start with Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Finland. Then pull in Germany and Japan. Switzerland. I could go on and on.

Only vicious, criminal and tyrannical govts think they need the bomb, not to be messed around with. They rule by intimidating, torturing and killing their own people, so they don't understand anything else but brutality in conducting their affairs in the world.

Answer 5

as much as people hate it, those few who have nukes are usually listened to more on the world stage. It gives you a bigger voice as you have a bigger gun.