Welcome! Nuclear weapons: gone with the end of the cold war? Something just to scare you in old James Bond movies? Unfortunately: No! Nuclear weapons are still “the greatest danger of all”, as former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan has pointed out in 2006. There are still more than 20.000 nukes in the world – many of them are ready to launch within minutes! Countries like India, Pakistan, North Korea and Iran refuse attempts to control and disarm their deadly nuclear weapons. Additionally, new states and even non-state actors seek them. Furthermore, there is a permanent dispute within the international community about the interpretation of disarmament and arms control agreements. A nuclear sword of Damocles is hanging above everyone of us.
Here is a site by the Federation of American Scientists compiling the current status of world nuclear forces.
Please take into consideration the German Wikipedia article about the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty (German “Nuklearer Nichtverbreitungsvertrag”); this treaty was drafted in 1968 to build the cornerstone of the international nonproliferation regime: it should restrict the spread (=proliferation) of nuclear weapons and promote disarmament as well as the “peaceful” use of nuclear energy. The article is very critical; I have updated it recently.
If you want to keep up with the latest developments of nuclear arsenals, as well as with a variety of activities to disarm them, I just can recommend you the monthly newsletter (“The Sunflower”) of the California based Nuclear Age Peace Foundation.
Additionally, you can watch this new five-min. video, made by the Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, about the myth of nuclear deterrence:
In case you prefer information in German: Just check out my publications 
Please take into consideration the following documentary films, as well:
