The nuclear taboo — non-possession, non-transfer, and non-use of nuclear weapons — was assumed to be universal and robust. Nuclear weapons are no longer regarded as weapons of last resort; they are steadily becoming instruments of routine statecraft. This transformation marks the collapse of the post-Cold War belief that nuclear weapons were gradually becoming politically less valuable. Since then, the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva — the world’s sole standing multilateral negotiating forum on arms control — has remained paralyzed. Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman has already declared that his Kingdom would pursue nuclear weapons should Iran acquire them.