Nonproliferation is perceived as serving Western hegemony rather than universal order

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

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the ‘double standard’ critique of the NPT regime and to Korea-related scholarship; echoes the discrimination argument in nuclear deterrence literature.