COD: a nation or territory considered as an organized political community under one government. A second front would come in the form of intense international pressure on states that are still in the position to help Iran perfect its knowledge and infrastructure -- Russia , Pakistan , China , and North Korea .A third approach might be a regional effort on the part of Arab states to pressure Iran to abandon sensitive technology and questionable activities in favor of a weapons - free zone in the Middle East .Although the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) allows transfers of nuclear technology for peaceful purposes to non - nuclear weapon states , the United States has vehemently opposed the Russian - Iranian deal .Iran has denied the charges that it is pursuing a nuclear weapons program , and argues that nuclear technology for civilian use is the right of every non - nuclear weapon state party to the NPT .As an extremely isolated and secretive state , North Korea provides few signals of the existence -- let alone the extent -- of its nuclear weapons program .Based on data supplied by the de jure nuclear weapons states , the IAEA Safeguards Division defines quantities of concern as 8kg of plutonium and 25kg of HEU .Russia , as the successor of the Soviet Union , is a nuclear weapon state party to the Non - Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) .Because of Taiwan 's non - state status , it can not join the Chemical Weapons Convention ( CWC ) nor the Australia Group .Those who believe North Korea is a revisionist state argue that Pyongyang 's nuclear motivations constitute a serious external threat .On the other hand , some people believe North Korea is a state satisfied with the status quo and that it seeks peaceful coexistence with South Korea and the international community .To date , Congress has authorized more than $4.7 billion for U.S. programs aimed at helping Russia and other newly independent states reduce the threats posed by their weapons of mass destruction .South Africa acceded to the Treaty on the Non - Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons ( NPT ) as a non - nuclear weapon state in 1991 , and International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) inspectors subsequently verified the completeness of its nuclear dismantlement .The apartheid - era South African government viewed itself as the target of a `` total onslaught '' by Soviet-backed Marxist guerrillas or regimes in neighboring states and black nationalists at home , and to meet this all - encompassing `` red - black danger '' it was apparently willing to use almost any means at its disposal to defend itself .Whereas most terrorist groups during the 1960s and 1970s were motivated either by left-wing ideology ( socialist / communist policies advocated by Marxist - Leninist or Maoist groups ) or by national - separatist goals ( a group 's pursuit to become an independent state based on its ethnic , racial , or cultural make-up ) , the number of groups characterized primarily by religious beliefs began to increase in the 1980s .Additionally , the government wanted to take advantage of technical assistance from the IAEA and its member states that is only available after a state signs the NPT .The Crusaders established a feudal Christian state with Godfrey at its head .In the 1890s , Theodor Herzl ( 1860 - 1904 ) worked to organize a movement , Zionism , to create a Jewish state .In 1947 the United Nations voted for the partition of Palestine into two states , one Jewish and one Arab , with Jerusalem as an international city that belonged to neither .The State of Israel was declared during this difficult time .In response , member states of the Arab League sent troops to help the Palestinian Arabs .China joined the International Atomic Energy Agency ( IAEA ) in 1984 and acceded to the Nuclear Non - Proliferation Treaty ( NPT ) in 1992 as a nuclear weapon state .In 2002 China ratified the IAEA Additional Protocol , the first and only nuclear weapons state to do so .Some definitions of terrorism go beyond sub - state actors to include repressive governments that may carry out acts of `` state terrorism '' against their own citizens .However , a movement was growing on the Greek peninsula against Ottoman rule and for an independent Greek state .Although this attempt was unsuccessful , the campaign for a Greek state continued into the 19th century and began to grow in strength .The Cyclades and the Sporades island chains were also included in this new state .Finally , Greece was ousted from its new territory in Asia Minor , which became part of the new Turkish state .Slowly it became more and more politicized , and more and more extreme in its demands for an Islamic state .The prime minister known as Abu Mazen must now contend with the rejection of side by side Palestinian and Israeli states .Translator : The armed Intifada must end and we must use and resort to peaceful means in our quest to end the occupation and the suffering of the Palestinians , and the Israelis , and to establish the Palestinian state .There is one state that does that by the way .However , a movement was growing on the Greek peninsula against Ottoman rule and for an independent Greek state .Finally , Greece was ousted from its new territory in Asia Minor , which became part of the new Turkish state .In the 1890s , Theodor Herzl ( 1860–1904 ) worked to organize a movement , Zionism , to create a Jewish state .The State of Israel was declared during this difficult time .The Cyclades and the Sporades island chains were also included in this new state .In 1947 the United Nations voted for the partition of Palestine into two states , one Jewish and one Arab , with Jerusalem as an international city that belonged to neither .I am confident in the state 's response as these fires continue to burn throughout California , '' he said .