Prohibition of the use of weapons of mass destruction in international armed conflicts

Cooperation and conflict of interest are features of the behavior of governments in international politics, and the international self-help environment has led governments to seek effective tools of war and military advantages to defend their totality and existence. This struggle for survival and self-preservation in an insecure international environment has led to a shift in warfare technology and military weapons. So that the types of chemical, microbial and nuclear weapons known as weapons of mass destruction have been invented by the great powers and the advanced industrial governments and have been distributed and propagated among other actors. This shift in the tools of war has resulted in significant environmental and economic costs. In other words, along with the progress and development of societies developed in the modern era, various types of military weapons have been added, which has caused various costs and damages. This article examines the rules for the prohibition of the use of weapons of mass destruction and its challenges with respect to neo-realist theories, as well as the norms, rules and values ​​that affect the prohibition of the use of weapons of mass destruction in international conflicts. The passage has been examined