Should all countries in the world be able to develop their own nuclear weapons? And more importantly, if so, can these countries be trusted? Richard Rhodes, the author of the essay entitled “Living with the Bomb”, believes so. With cooperation and negotiations, Rhodes believes that nations can secure the deadly materials from which weapons of mass destruction are made (Rhodes). It also believes that this will help reduce arsenals, thus helping to eliminate possible future risks (640). The author somehow believes that, despite the tensions in the Middle East and surrounding countries, they are worthy of our trust in such a big and serious issue as the development of nuclear weapons. In his essay, Rhodes cites several instances throughout history where there have been direct threats due to the fact that some countries simply cannot be trusted. Nuclear weapons are a big problem in our world today, especially when it comes to terrorism. The idea of ​​relying only on cooperation to secure the materials needed to build nuclear weapons is outrageous, and the only program that would eliminate all threats would be to disarm all countries of their nuclear programs. While it would be very nice and win-win if we could simply trust other nations to believe they have no reason to develop a nuclear arsenal, that's simply not possible. Even as Rhodes discusses the reasons why some of these countries cannot be trusted, he continues to believe that something can be worked out despite our differences. Rhodes also does not reveal to his readers what significant risk Pakistan poses. Rhodes did well to briefly describe what happened after the Cold War and how the USSR was divided into many different countries. Rhodes also discussed strained relations with North Korea and Iran and, more importantly, went into detail about terrorism, which is the number one threat in the world when it comes to nuclear weapons (641). Therefore, history has shown us that cooperation between some countries, regarding monitoring their nuclear programs and securing the deadly material of which nuclear weapons are made, is impossible and cannot be trusted. Iran has a very sneaky nuclear program. to say the least, and therefore poses a huge risk to everyone. Experts say their nuclear program has become a mature operation and has the capacity to produce nuclear warheads in less than a year (Jahn).