January 22, 2022 marks the first anniversary of the entry into force of the UN Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons.  Adopted by an overwhelming majority of the world's nations, the treaty bans developing, testing, producing, acquiring, possessing, stockpiling, and threatening to use nuclear weapons.  Nevertheless, the governments of the nine nuclear weapons nations (the United States, Russia, China, Britain, France, Israel, India, Pakistan, and North Korea) have not only refused to ratify the treaty, but are currently engaged in an exceptionally dangerous nuclear arms race.