Non-Western states read nonproliferation as a tool of Western hegemony

Evidence

The West promotes nonproliferation as reflecting the interests of all nations in international order and stability. Other nations, however, see nonproliferation as serving the interests of Western hegemony. … This was notable with respect to Korea. In 1993 and 1994 the United States worked itself up into a crisis state of mind over the prospect of North Korean nuclear weapons. In November 1993 President Clinton flatly stated, “North Korea cannot be allowed to develop a nuclear bomb. We have to be very firm about it.” — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 508 (#corroborates, via linked claim)

Lal interpreted the South’s aggressive posture in its confrontation with the North as an attempt by developing country elites to mobilize Western ideas (specifically national self-determination and equality) in pursuit of their own ends: “the elites of the Third World remain conscious of their country’s vulnerability to any determined exercise of Western military power, and also of the potential threat to their positions vis-à-vis their subjects through subversion by the West. The fear that Western economic power, expressed through transnational corporations, could be used to exert pressure through economic destabilization to sow discontent between the rulers and the ruled, continues to be a serious worry for Third World leaders. Hence their strident calls for respect for national sovereignty and codes of conduct for multinationals” (Lal 1978, 7). — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1777 (#complicates, via linked claim)

Categorization

• XREF: connects to: Nonproliferation is perceived as serving Western hegemony rather than universal order — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 508; Non-Western peoples read Western universalism as imperialism and threat; Third World elites weaponized Western ideals of sovereignty and equality against the West — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin: The Making…, 1777 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Nonproliferation is perceived as serving Western hegemony rather than universal order #corroborates (0.97) — Samuel P. Huntington, The Clash of Civilizations and the…, 508
• Third World elites weaponized Western ideals of sovereignty and equality against the West #complicates (0.78) — Philip Mirowski & Dieter Plehwe (eds.), The Road from Mont Pèlerin, 1777